life-size

Or life-sized

[lahyf-sahyz]

adjective

1. of the natural size of an object, person, etc., in life; of the actual size of a living original.

   a life-size statue.

life-size

adjective

1. representing actual size

Word History and Origins

Origin of life-size¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

Inside one darkened room in the show, a life-size, glass “portrait” of the astronaut Lawrence appears to be levitating as if free from gravitational forces.

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Held at the Centre Pompidou, the show’s set was created in collaboration with Studio Mumbai, an Indian architectural firm, and imagined as a life-size game of Snakes and Ladders.

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Kim was sculpting a life-size Gus lamp at her work table the other day when a smile suddenly illuminated her face.

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A moment that killed me was at the snow globe museum when you asked about that life-size doll on the shelf, and the woman said it’s her father.

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The life-size replica of the fire temple is equally fascinating, offering a rare glimpse into a sacred space typically off-limits to non-Parsis.

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