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

Examples of life-size in a Sentence

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Tuxedoed servers wear playing-card pins on their lapels; a slot machine in the entryway shaped like a life-size Doc Holliday gazes at diners with uncanny intensity. Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026 Among the nostalgic artifacts is a life-size Ghostface model that turns its head via movement sensors. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 26 Feb. 2026 Walk Your Plans, which opened last month, allows homeowners as well as architects, builders, designers and anyone else with a hand in building a new home, the opportunity to walk through a life-size projection of the floor plan before the first bit of concrete is poured, the first brick is laid. Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Feb. 2026 In the new museum, Schneider and others recorded by Storyfile will appear on life-size screens. Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 23 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for life-size

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 6 Mar. 2026.

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life-size

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