Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A size that is larger than usual.
- noun An oversize article or object.
- adjective Larger in size than usual or necessary.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To surpass in bulk or size.
- To cover with size or viscid matter.
- Of excessive size; specifically, noting material which is too large to pass through the meshes of a given screen or sieve. That which passes through the meshes receives one sort of treatment; the oversize, or oversized material, passes off from the screen on its upper surface to a subsequent process.
- noun Material that is oversize.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To surpass in size.
- transitive verb rare To cover with viscid matter.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Larger than normal - adjective Excessively
large
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective larger than normal for its kind
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Examples
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The Indians call their oversize, beaded, feathered and sometimes elaborately cantilevered costumes suits.
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The Indians call their oversize, beaded, feathered and sometimes elaborately cantilevered costumes suits.
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Mr. Nielsen called the oversize yellow pause button in the middle of the remote "the most beautiful pause button I've ever seen."
Boing Boing: February 15, 2004 - February 21, 2004 Archives 2004
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“Where did you get that shirt?” he asked over the radio, referring to the oversize, beat-up plaid she wore.
The Princess Jude Deveraux 1987
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“Where did you get that shirt?” he asked over the radio, referring to the oversize, beat-up plaid she wore.
The Princess Jude Deveraux 1987
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Some days it seems all the fish you land are oversize, which is hard to classify as a problem, unless you're out for a snook dinner.
unknown title 2009
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Some days it seems all the fish you land are oversize, which is hard to classify as a problem, unless you're out for a snook dinner.
unknown title 2009
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The success of the ' oversize ' racket led to other manufacturers experimenting with different sized heads.
Pulling All the Strings Jason Goodall 2010
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However, an unforeseen benefit to the consumer did eventually emerge, since after awhile everyone else went "oversize" too, and once the 31.8 size became common riders could mix and match stems and bars for both road bikes and mountain bikes with impunity.
Pull My Strings: The New Puppetry BikeSnobNYC 2010
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(The car wash waived the $10 charge for our "oversize" vehicle, a 1997 Honda CR-V sport-utility vehicle.)
In Search of a Clean Machine: Testing Four Car-Wash Chains 2009
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