resize

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verb

To alter the size of something.

Less commonScrabble 15

Meanings

resize1

verbresize (third-person singular simple present resizes, present participle resizing, simple past and past participle resized)

present singular third person resizes · participle present resizing · participle past resized · past resized

  1. transitiveTo alter the size of something.
  2. intransitiveTo change in size.
nounresize (plural resizes)

plural resizes

  1. computingAn operation that changes the size of something.

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verbresize (third-person singular simple present resizes, present participle resizing, simple past and past participle resized)

present singular third person resizes · participle present resizing · participle past resized · past resized

  1. transitiveTo size (apply glue or other primer to a surface) again.
    1 more example

    If the chemicals are too strong, or the sheets remain too long in the bath, or are not thoroughly cleansed from the bleach before they are re-sized, the certain seeds of decay are planted in the paper, and [...] in the course of a few years the enemy will appear, the fibre will decay, and the existence of the books will terminate in a state of white tinder.

    1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 93

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

resize · verb, noun

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishsize
  7. Englishresize

From re- + size.

Full word history & related roots →

resize · verb

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishsize
  7. Englishresize

From re- + size.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian преоразмерявам
  • преоразмерявам (preorazmerjavam)alter the size of something
Czech změnit velikost
  • změnit velikostalter the size of something
Dutch afmeting veranderen
  • afmeting veranderenalter the size of something
Estonian mõõtmeid muutma
  • mõõtmeid muutmaalter the size of something
Finnish muuttaa kokoa
  • muuttaa kokoaalter the size of something
French redimensionner
  • redimensionneralter the size of something
Spanish cambiar de tamaño, redimensionar
  • cambiar de tamañoalter the size of something
  • redimensionaralter the size of something
  • reescalaralter the size of something

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APA

resize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resize

MLA

“resize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “resize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resize.

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