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Definition: Resize |
ResizeVerb1. Change the size of; make the size more appropriate. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Resize |
| Specialty definitions using "resize": DESIGN TECHNICIAN, COMPUTER-AIDED ♦ to resize a graphic illustration, to resize a graphical illustration, to resize a page, to resize a picture, to resize an image. (references) |
| "Resize" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Resize" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 66.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 33.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "resize": to resize a graphic illustration ♦ to resize a graphical illustration ♦ to resize a page ♦ to resize a picture ♦ to resize an image. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
resize | 101 | batch photo resize | 6 |
resize partition | 100 | partition resize xp | 6 |
resize image | 83 | image java resize script | 6 |
resize picture | 81 | browser resize | 6 |
resize photo | 53 | linux partition resize | 6 |
resize window | 22 | resize ring | 6 |
ntfs partition resize | 20 | format large photo resize shop | 6 |
resize jpg | 19 | avi download mpg resize tool | 5 |
java script resize window | 18 | free partition resize | 5 |
batch resize | 18 | photo resize shop | 5 |
image resize batch | 14 | image php resize | 4 |
ntfs resize | 12 | resize screen | 4 |
resize jpeg | 12 | html resize window | 4 |
resize digital photo | 10 | browser resize window | 4 |
resize video | 9 | batch jpg resize | 4 |
avi resize | 9 | divx resize | 4 |
mpeg resize | 8 | batch picture resize | 4 |
resize gif | 8 | 2.0 picture resize | 4 |
frame resize | 7 | page resize web | 4 |
pic resize | 7 | partition resize window xp | 4 |
java script on resize | 4 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "resize"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 重量尺寸. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | ændre størrelse af grafisk illustration (to resize a graphic illustration, to resize a graphical illustration), ændre sidestørrelse (to resize a page), ændre billedstørrelse (to resize a picture, to resize an image). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | pagina-afmetingen wijzigen (to resize a page), een grafiek herschalen (to resize a graphic illustration, to resize a graphical illustration), een beeld herschalen (to resize a picture, to resize an image). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | muuttaa sivun kokoa (to resize a page), muuttaa kuvan kokoa (to resize a picture, to resize an image), muuttaa graafisen kuvan kokoa (to resize a graphic illustration, to resize a graphical illustration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | redimensionner une page (to resize a page), redimensionner une image (to resize a picture, to resize an image), redimensionner un graphique (to resize a graphic illustration, to resize a graphical illustration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Maßstab von einer Seite ändern (to resize a page), Maßstab einer Graphik ändern (to resize a graphic illustration, to resize a graphical illustration), Bildmaßstab ändern (to resize a picture, to resize an image). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αλλάζω το μέγεθος μιας σελίδας (to resize a page), αλλάζω το μέγεθος μιας γραφικής απεικόνισης (to resize a graphic illustration, to resize a graphical illustration), αλλάζω το μέγεθος μιας εικόνας (to resize a picture, to resize an image). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ridimensionare un'immagine (to resize a picture, to resize an image), ridimensionare un'illustrazione grafica (to resize a graphic illustration, to resize a graphical illustration), ridimensionare una pagina (to resize a page). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | リアルタイ 処理 (liaison, Likud, liqueur, liquid, liquor, real politics, real price, real time processing, recall, recital, reclining seat, recommendation, reconstruction, recorder, recover, recovery, recovery shot, recreation, recruit, recruit fashion, recruiter, recurrent, recurrent neural network, recursion, recursive, recycle, recycle shop, recycling, re-engineering, regret, request, research, rickettsia, Ricoh, rig, Rigel Kentaurus, rigorism, rigorist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | リサイズ . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | esizeray redimensionar uma página (to resize a page), redimensionar uma imagem (to resize a picture, to resize an image), redimensionar uma ilustração gráfica (to resize a graphic illustration, to resize a graphical illustration). (various references) менять размеры. (various references) redimensionar una página (to resize a page), redimensionar una imagen (to resize a picture, to resize an image), redimensionar un gráfico (to resize a graphic illustration, to resize a graphical illustration). (various references) storleksändra. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "resize": resized, resizes. (additional references) | |
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"Resize" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Arsizio, desize, Ezeiza, mestiza, reiz, relize, reoise, rerize, resi, resige, resile, resine, resipe, resis, resite, Reszo, revize, reznicek, Tresise. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: seizer. | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-i-r-s-z" | |
-1 letter: seize, siree, sizer. | |
-2 letters: ires, rees, reis, rise, seer, sere, sire, size, zees. | |
-3 letters: ere, ers, ire, ree, rei, res, see, sei, ser, sir, sri, zee. | |
-4 letters: er, es, is, re, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-i-r-s-z" | |
+1 letter: friezes, reseize, resized, resizes, seizers, seizure, zestier. | |
+2 letters: emprizes, erotizes, frenzies, grecizes, heroizes, oversize, realizes, reseized, reseizes, seizures, sierozem, sleazier, sneezier, soberize, suberize. | |
+3 letters: breeziest, creolizes, dimerizes, energizes, eternizes, etherizes, exorcizes, fiberizes, frizettes, graecizes, hebraizes, isomerize, itemizers, laterizes, memorizes, mesmerize, oversized, oversizes, peptizers, poetizers, racemizes, realizers, reseizing, serialize, sermonize, sierozems, soberized, soberizes, sterilize, suberized, suberizes, supersize, theorizes, undersize, velarizes, zedoaries. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 73 69 7A 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . ... .. --.. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01110011 01101001 01111010 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e s i z e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0073 0069 007A 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)527185759271 |
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