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life-size

life-size adjective: the same size as the real thing.

Adjective

life-size (not comparable)

  1. (especially pictures, statues) The same size as the real thing.
    • Many consider the life-size painting of King Peter to be one of the artist's best works.

life-size meaning in Tamil and Kannada

life-size in Tamil

இயற்கை வடிவளவான, உள்ளபடி வடிவ அளவான

life-size in Kannada

ಸಹಜ ಗಾತ್ರದ, ಜೀವಂತ ಪ್ರಮಾಣದ

Forms of life-size

alternative formlifesize
alternative formlife-sized

Origin of life-size

From life + size.

Questions about life-size

What does life-size mean?
Life-size means the same size as the real thing.
What is life-size in Tamil?
Life-size in Tamil is இயற்கை வடிவளவான, உள்ளபடி வடிவ அளவான. See Life-size meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is life-size?
Life-size is an adjective.

Words near life-size in the dictionary

  1. life-ruining
  2. life-saver
  3. life-savers
  4. life-saving
  5. life-sentenced
  6. life-size
  7. life-sized
  8. life-source
  9. life-sources
  10. life-style
  11. life-styles

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: life-size (page history and authors); life-size (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); life-size (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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