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oversize

How to use oversize in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for oversize.

Editorial note

I remember seeing theses oversize flash ads but that was a long time ago.

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Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

larger than normal for its kind

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

larger than normal for its kind

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for oversize.

Example sentences

1

I remember seeing theses oversize flash ads but that was a long time ago.

2

Fortunately, drives are cheap enough these days that you can just way oversize your pool to begin with. But anyone switching to ZFS should be aware of the need to do this.

3

I was just flying for the first time in a decade last week and I saw an oversize tail on another plane while we were taxi-ing around the runway. The proportions struck me as non-obvious.

4

On the plus side, they only charged me an oversize fee ~$30 for my bicycle, versus the astounding $200 US Airways charges one-way.

5

And doing that while preventing the oversize egos of a bunch of 3/4-scale Jobs wannabes from exploding over each other. Tim Cook's Apple is less random, but otherwise much the same as Jobs's, and that's good.

6

I think some of it is preference and comfort level, but I think it's a also less efficient to read oversize text unless one's eyesight is poor.

7

This doesn't appear to have been a collapse due to unsound infrastructure, but rather a collapse due a truck with an oversize load taking out one or more supporting beams.

8

Finally, you want to oversize the generator just a touch, as running them at 100% is a great way to burn it out relatively quickly. If you can keep it at about 80%, it'll increase the longevity of the unit, and also give you some fudge factor.

9

Hexagons and higher order polygons are pretty rare usually you get somewhat oversize triangle-ish shaped hole. Yes the sides are not precisely flat they are curved.

10

Larger scale means larger glass, oversize 60" mats, shipping gets more expensive, everything is more difficult and cost goes up exponentially. There's no typical scenario, that's why custom framing is so interesting.

11

It's often cheaper to oversize your catchment area and direct tank overflow to a nearby garden. Generally the available roof area isn't the limiting factor, but I encourage you to verify this by looking up annual rainfall numbers for areas you're interested in.

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Both incidents may be outliers, but I'm beginning to wonder if there is a problem with the current resources devoted to logistics planning for oversize highway equipment traveling at high rates of speed.

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The best way to get good retina images I've found so far is simply to oversize and compress heavily, which gives surprisingly good results and small files even for large images - I'd love to use something like the new picture element for multiple resolutions so that I could also provide a smaller version for lower bandwidth uses, but frustratingly webkit authors seem to see the picture element as somehow superseded by srcset, even though it doesn't do what a picture element would do, and introduces yet more headaches. I wouldn't consider using srcset for the reasons given above and because I've already experienced this solution in iOS dev, and it was equally broken there.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use oversize in a sentence?

I remember seeing theses oversize flash ads but that was a long time ago.

What does oversize mean?

larger than normal for its kind

What part of speech is oversize?

oversize is commonly used as adjective.