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resize en · NOUN · etymology 1

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English size English resize From re- + size.

Meanings

1. An operation that changes the size of something.

Forms

resize en · VERB · etymology 1

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English size English resize From re- + size.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To alter the size of something.
2. (intransitive) To change in size.

Forms

Deriveds

resizable · unresized · resizability · resizer

Hypernyms

size

Translations (9)

bg преоразмерявам (alter the size of something) · fi muuttaa kokoa (alter the size of something) · et mõõtmeid muutma (alter the size of something) · nl afmeting veranderen (alter the size of something) · es cambiar de tamaño (alter the size of something) · es reescalar (alter the size of something) · es redimensionar (alter the size of something) · cs změnit velikost (alter the size of something) · fr redimensionner (alter the size of something)

resize en · VERB · etymology 2

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English size English resize From re- + size.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To size (apply glue or other primer to a surface) again.
   • If the chemicals are too strong, or the sheets remain too long in the bath, or are not thoroughly cleansed from the bleach before they are re-sized, the certain seeds of decay are planted in the paper, and [...] in the course of a few years the enemy will appear, the fibre will decay, and the existence of the books will terminate in a state of white tinder. 1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 93:

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