outsize
Collocations
4ADJ.
growing, reigning
VERB + OUTSIZE
play, provide
OUTSIZE + NOUN
proportion, queen, role, seas'
PREP.
in, on
Definitions
noun
An unusually large garment size.
adj
Of an unusually large size .
1958, P. G. Wodehouse, The Fat of the Land, in 'A Few Quick Ones', Everyman, London: 2009, p 11. ...the contents of the kitty amounted to well over a hundred pounds. And it was generally recognized that this impressive sum must inevitably go to the lucky stiff who drew the name of Lord Blicester, for while all the starters were portly, having long let their waist-lines go, not one of them could be considered in the class of Freddie's outsize uncle.
Unintuitively or unexpectedly large.
Small changes in initial conditions can have an outsize effect on the course of events.
[Leslie] Wexner is among a small number of Jewish community megadonors, billionaires who provide an outsize and growing proportion of funding for communal organizations and to a large extent determine what those organizations look like.
verb
To exceed in size.
Mega-ship to outsize seas' reigning Queen.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — larger than normal for its kind
- outsized
- oversize
- oversized
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
51958, P. G. Wodehouse, The Fat of the Land, in 'A Few Quick Ones', Everyman, London: 2009, p 11. ...the contents of the kitty amounted to well over a hundred pounds. And it was generally recognized th
WiktionarySmall changes in initial conditions can have an outsize effect on the course of events.
Wiktionary[Leslie] Wexner is among a small number of Jewish community megadonors, billionaires who provide an outsize and growing proportion of funding for communal organizations and to a large extent determine
WiktionaryMega-ship to outsize seas' reigning Queen.
WiktionaryBecause forests are massive sponges of carbon dioxide, reversing their loss would play an outsize role in fighting climate change.
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