Used in a Sentence

life-size

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for life-size.

Editorial note

One benefit of the former is privacy; kinda hard to hide a life-size robot from the cleaner, friends, etc.

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Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(of any representation, especially pictures, statues) The same size as the real thing.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of life-size gathered in one view.

adjective

(of any representation, especially pictures, statues) The same size as the real thing.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for life-size.

adjective

(of any representation, especially pictures, statues) The same size as the real thing.

Example sentences

1

One benefit of the former is privacy; kinda hard to hide a life-size robot from the cleaner, friends, etc.

2

Yet people gladly upvote stories about computers implemented insite Minecraft and life-size spaceships made out of Lego blocks.

3

Unless you are building life-size replicas of people out of tuna salad and Swedish Fish, other companies will do what you do.

4

You could look down and it was a life-size graph of basic land utilization.

5

I would think a life-size bust of anything to be weird, even if it was Zachary Quinto or George Washington.

6

Some of the audience supposedly jumped from their seats in terror as the life-size train seemingly came straight at them from the movie screen.

7

When I started boxing as a teenager there was a life-size cutout of Mike Tyson in the corner of the gym.

8

Put a life-size virtual model of a T-Rex inside the classroom.

9

(...) jobless builders presented her with a gift: a life-size sculpture of a hand with a raised middle digit.

10

It is fun to imagine marbles as life-size, lifelike figures, lacquered to give a living shine and perhaps dressed in fine vestments and perfumed; the uncanny valley of yesteryear.

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Higher DPI displays for life-size photos?

12

Businesses will pay $$$ for larger models that can project life-size head and shoulders for telepresence meetings, because that will feel about 100x more meaningful than talking to people on a video wall.

Quote examples

1

Whiteboards are way more "visible" and life-size.

2

Down the bottom left of the page it mentions: "[...]fun projects such as the life-size piano we demonstrated at Build 2014." Yup, looks like this is a real thing and will show up soon as part of a //Build/ conference.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use life-size in a sentence?

One benefit of the former is privacy; kinda hard to hide a life-size robot from the cleaner, friends, etc.

What does life-size mean?

(of any representation, especially pictures, statues) The same size as the real thing.

What part of speech is life-size?

life-size is commonly used as adjective.