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oversize

[ adjective oh-ver-sahyz; noun oh-ver-sahyz ]

adjective

  1. of excessive size; unusually large:

    an oversize cigar.

  2. of a size larger than is necessary or required.


noun

  1. something that is oversize; an oversize article or object.
  2. a size larger than the proper or usual size.

oversize

adjective

  1. Alsooversized larger than the usual size
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a size larger than the usual or proper size
  2. something that is oversize
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of oversize1

First recorded in 1605–15; over- + size 1
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One image features these huge, oversize petals that are flexible.

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The set list mixed new songs with old favorites: “Bloody Mary” into “Abracadabra” into “Judas” into the German-language “Sheiße,” which involved a bunch of oversize quill pens and a Last Supper-style tableau.

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To the audition, he "wore oversize gonky Australian shorts in nausea green" in an attempt to put the producers off, he wrote in his autobiography.

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Outside, clubhouse workers filled two huge tractor trailers bound for Dodger Stadium and an oversize moving van with equipment headed for Japan.

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Think convertible anoraks, packable neoprene ballet flats, oversize scrunchies that double as mini purses!

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