supersize

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verb

To increase the size of something, especially to unusual proportions.

“a supersize yacht”

OriginEnglish size ← Latin super- ← Proto-Italic *super →
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Meanings

verbsupersize (third-person singular simple present supersizes, present participle supersizing, simple past and past participle supersized)

present singular third person supersizes · participle present supersizing · participle past supersized · past supersized

  1. transitiveTo increase the size of something, especially to unusual proportions.

    [N]ow countless books, blogs and social media accounts are dedicated to super-sizing spuds, swedes and squash.

    2023 December 8, The Big Issue, Melbourne, page 9, column 2
adjectivesupersize (not comparable)
  1. not comparableVery large.

    a supersize yacht

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Englishsize
  8. Englishsupersize

From super- + size.

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Cite this entry
APA

supersize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supersize

MLA

“supersize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supersize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “supersize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supersize.

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