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oversize

oversize adjective: larger than normal.

Adjective

oversize (comparative more oversize, superlative most oversize)

  1. Larger than normal.
  2. Excessively large.
    • Volleyball jerseys are formfitting and cute—unlike the oversize basketball or football ones.2009, Debbie Rigaud, chapter 2, in Perfect Shot (The Romantic Comedies), New York, N.Y.: Simon Pulse, →ISBN, page 18

Verb

oversize (third-person singular simple present oversizes, present participle oversizing, simple past and past participle oversized)

  1. (transitive) To exceed in size.
  2. (transitive) To make larger, or too large.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To cover with size or gluey matter.
    • o'er-siz'd with coagulate gorec. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Noun

oversize (plural oversizes)

  1. The increased size of the bore of an engine when it is rebored.
    • However, any increase in capacity is useful and, if an engine is worn and needs a rebore, it's worth considering boring to a near maximum size rather than simply having it bored to the next oversize.2005, Daniel Stapleton, How to Plan and Build a Fast Road Car, page 14
    • Have your local machine shop rebore the cylinders to the next nearest oversize and supply new pistons and rings to suit. Recommended rebore oversizes go up in increments of 0.25mm/0.010 inch. If the engine's already been rebored, you'll usually be able to find the oversize stamped in the piston...2006, Rod Grainger, Pete Shoemark, Mazda MX-5 Miata 1.8 1993 to 1999: Enthuasiast Workshop Manual

Examples of oversize in a sentence

  • The cannonball could be called the S.U.V. of the pool — oversized, brash, hormonally hardwired.
  • The fundraisers presented us with an oversize novelty cheque.
  • Lampshading – or, wearing an oversized top with over-the-knee boots – isn't just for Ariana Grande.

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Synonyms of oversize

Forms of oversize

Adjective
comparativemore oversize
superlativemost oversize
Verb
third-person singular presentoversizes
present participleoversizing
past participleoversized
pastoversized
Noun
pluraloversizes

Past tense of oversize: oversized

Origin of oversize

From over- + size.

Questions about oversize

What does oversize mean?
Oversize means larger than normal.
What part of speech is oversize?
Oversize can be an adjective, a verb or a noun.

Words near oversize in the dictionary

  1. oversit
  2. oversite
  3. oversites
  4. oversits
  5. oversitting
  6. oversize
  7. oversized
  8. oversizedness
  9. oversizes
  10. oversizing
  11. overskate

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