variants or life-sized
: of natural size : of the size of the original
a life-size statue

Examples of life-size in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The duo’s use of experimental techniques, such as life-size stop-motion and stretching narrative structures to breaking point, puts them between three worlds: that of film, animation, and contemporary art. Callum McLennan, Variety, 20 May 2024 This bonanza of a brick fest offers life-size models, hands-on attractions and shopping opportunities for hard-to-find LEGO merchandise. Brittany Delay, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024 Inside the museum, the awards dinner took place in the Hall of Ocean Life underneath a life-size whale sculpture. Jaden Thompson, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024 The project of removing the marbles from the Parthenon, the fifth-century temple on the Acropolis, and shipping them to Britain took more than a decade—about half of the original five-hundred-and-twenty-four-foot frieze was removed, as were a number of life-size statues from the pediments. Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for life-size 

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Word History

First Known Use

1813, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of life-size was in 1813

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“Life-size.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life-size. Accessed 5 Jun. 2024.

Kids Definition

life-size

adjective
ˈlīf-ˈsīz
variants or life-sized
-ˈsīzd
: of natural size : having the same size as the original
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