♦ size

♦ size
♦ size (1) /saɪz/
n.
1 [uc] dimensione, dimensioni; grandezza; statura; taglia: It was about the size of a pill, era all'incirca della grandezza d'una pillola; a man of his size, un uomo della sua taglia; the size of the business [market], le dimensioni dell'azienda [del mercato]
2 taglia (di un indumento); misura; numero (di scarpe, ecc.): What is your size?, che taglia porti?; I take a size 9 shoe, di scarpe porto il (numero) 43; DIALOGO-Clothes 3- Do you have them in the next size up, a 34?, li ha della taglia più grande, la 34?; DIALOGO-Shoes- Do you have half a size smaller?, ha una mezza taglia in meno?; DIALOGO-Clothes 4- How are those for size?, come va la taglia?; DIALOGO-Shoes- Can I try these shoes on in a size ten please?, posso provare il dieci di quelle scarpe?; children's sizes, misure per bambini
3 formato (di carta, ecc.): commercial size, formato commerciale; (di sigarette, ecc.) king size, formato maggiore (o grande)
4 (comm.: del carbone, ecc.) pezzatura
5 (tecn.) calibro; spessore
6 volume; valore; numero: the size of exports, il volume delle esportazioni; the size of the reading public, il numero dei lettori
the size of a bank account, l'ammontare di un conto in banca □ (tipogr.) size of type, corpo del carattere □ size-stick, arnese di calzolaio per prendere la misura del piede □ to cut sb. down to size, ridimensionare q. □ (d'abito, ecc.) a size too big, di una taglia in più; che sta (o va) largo di una misura □ to try st. on for size, provarsi (un abito, ecc.) per vedere se va bene (come misura); (fig.) assaggiare (qc.) tanto per cominciare □ (fam.) That's about the size of it, le cose stanno più o meno così.
size (2) /saɪz/
n. [u]
(ind. tess.) colla; bozzima
● (pittura) size colour, tinta a colla.
(to) size (1) /saɪz/
v. t.
1 raggruppare (o classificare, graduare) secondo la misura
2 (mecc.) ridurre a misura; ridimensionare
3 selezionare secondo grandezza, calibrare (uova, frutta, ecc.)
to size up, calcolare la grandezza, valutare le dimensioni di (un oggetto); (fam.) indovinare (una probabilità); inquadrare, valutare, farsi un'idea di (una persona).
(to) size (2) /saɪz/
v. t.
(ind.) imbozzimare; incollare (tessili, cuoio, carta).

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