life-size
or life-sized
[lahyf-sahyz]
- of the natural size of an object, person, etc., in life; of the actual size of a living original: a life-size statue.
Origin of life-size
First recorded in 1835–45
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Examples from the Web for life-size
Contemporary Examples
Families stuff a life-size male doll with memories of the outgoing year and dress him in their clothing.
In other news, black and white pin-up shots are now officially less valuable than life-size Tiger Beat tear outs.
In one room of the exhibition, his vivid, life-size plan for the Vence Chapel includes the outline of the door to his studio.
If you do not mind paying full price, for $39.95 there is the life-size Phil Cut Out Stand-Up.
The Daily Pic: With his new, life-size panoramas, Yadegar Asisi shows us worlds that have disappeared.
Historical Examples
It was of a full-length portrait of Alice, life-size, by Grant.
Tony ButlerCharles James Lever
The background of the picture was a distant landscape, and all the objects were life-size.
EricMrs. S. B. C. Samuels
I have now a life-size steel-engraving of him that I secured when a girl.
Lee and Longstreet at High TideHelen D. Longstreet
Most people see the image in the crystal, but believe they see it life-size.
Metapsychical PhenomenaJ. Maxwell
The life-size card of Kedzie was made with a prop to hold it up.
We Can't Have EverythingRupert Hughes
life-size
life-sized
- representing actual size
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Word Origin and History for life-size
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