life-size
or life-sized
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
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How to use life-size in a sentence
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.
Justin Bieber Isn’t Even 21, Yet Makes More Money Than Meryl Streep | Amy Zimmerman | November 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTScenes of various moments—eating, showering, being interrogated—are meticulously replicated almost in life size.
In one room of the exhibition, his vivid, life-size plan for the Vence Chapel includes the outline of the door to his studio.
Pistoletto uses life-size mirrors as a base on which he adds painted figures or photographic prints.
10 Works to See at the Armory Show in New York City | Justin Jones | March 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
A girl of forty-two weeks showed the same excitement at the sight of a life-size painting of a cat as at that of a real cat.
Children's Ways | James SullyBefore the principal entrance, to which several flights of steps lead, stand two figures of elephants above life-size.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferMy own contributions consisted of life-size sketches of my wife, myself, and Bruno.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont | Louis de RougemontThe paper was wrought in great panels, with life-size figures of orientals in the center.
That Old-Time Child, Roberta | Sophie Fox SeaIt was a piet, a life-size statue of the Blessed Virgin set within a semicircle of rocks.
Flappers and Philosophers | F. Scott Fitzgerald
British Dictionary definitions for life-size
representing actual size
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