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# oversized

«oversized» in Mova's school dictionary: **Bigger than the normal size; very large** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Bigger than the normal size; very large. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oversized/#m1)

2) Too big for its purpose, like an oversized coat on a small child. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oversized/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In fashion «oversized» clothes are made big on purpose; in stories it can be funny or show someone is too small for something. In hyperbole lessons it is a plain way to say «very big». Phrases: «oversized jumper», «oversized luggage».

### examples

- She wore an oversized jumper that came down to her knees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oversized/#x1)
- Oversized luggage costs extra on the plane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oversized/#x2)
- The clown had oversized shoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oversized/#x3)
- The cat sat in an oversized box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oversized/#x4)
- The giant in the story carried an oversized spoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oversized/#x5)
- Oversized hoodies are fashionable at our school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oversized/#x6)

### note

Also «outsized». Opposite «undersized». Prefix «over-» means «too much». It describes size only, not weight.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «oversized» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oversized/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.