sizeablesize‧a‧ble, sizable /ˈsaɪzəbəl/ adjective 
a sizeable amount of moneysizeable proportion/portion/minority (of something) Part-time students make up a sizeable proportion of the college population.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- A sizeable computer system contract with Credit Suisse excited investors in electronics firm Rolfe & Nolan which jumped 12p to 235p.
- During 1990 they rose to a sizeable four million.
- I see Scribners is bringing out both the novels, and has a sizeable publicity campaign on the stocks.
- More than 10 houses were burnt and a sizeable number of cattle stolen.
- Some Prescott votes will transfer to Beckett, but the left should still be able to muster a sizeable block.
- To determine this they want to do their own biopsy, and will require a sizeable lymph node to go at.
- Where a grouping is a sizeable one it becomes divided into smaller subgroups.
Longman Language Activatorlarge numbers/amounts
· She's used to working with large sums of money.· Large numbers of seabirds have been killed by pollution following the oil spillage.· A large proportion of the audience consisted of teenaged girls.
use this about rates, levels, measurements etc that are bigger than is usual or than is acceptable: · Someone on such a high salary shouldn't have to borrow money.· High levels of radiation have been reported near the nuclear plant.· I always try to avoid foods with a high fat content.
fairly large: · £1000 is a considerable sum for most people.· She receives a sizable income from her investments.· A considerable number of voters changed their minds at the last minute.· Sugar is added in considerable quantities to most soft drinks.
large enough to be useful or to have an important effect: · The survey showed that substantial numbers of 15-year-olds were already smoking twenty cigarettes a week.in substantial/significant numbers: · Women began to enter the British Parliament in significant numbers in the 1990s.a substantial/significant proportion of: · A significant proportion of drivers fail to keep to speed limits.
use this about an amount, especially of food or money, that is larger than what is needed or expected: · He heaped the plate with a generous serving of meat and potato pie.· I usually stir a generous quantity of rum into the cake mixture.· The company offers bonuses, stock options, and a generous benefit package.
use this about an amount of money someone gets or is paid that is surprisingly large: · Ozzie left a very handsome tip on the plate.· She received a handsome reward for finding the wallet.· The big oil companies made a handsome profit out of the fuel crisis.
use this about a surprisingly large amount of money, especially one that someone has to pay: · The other driver received a hefty fine for his role in the accident.· hefty admission fees· It was a $350,000 contract, plus hefty bonuses and expenses.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY a sizeable amount of money Part-time students make up a sizeable proportion of the college population.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
fairly largesizeable amount/number a sizeable amount of money Part-time students make up a sizeable proportion of the college population. (=a large minority)· A sizeable minority of people sleep less than five hours a night without problems.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· Indeed, many of the ISPs will offer you a sizeable amount of free Web space.· This was still a sizeable amount of text to process manually.· However, there needs to be a sizeable amount of the latter for the marriage to work.
· It was noted that a sizeable minority of the Shop still wanted to fight for differentials.· A sizeable minority said hardship was forcing them to give up education.· Foreigners were small in number and for the most part temporary residents, but there were two sizeable minority groups in the country.
· More than 10 houses were burnt and a sizeable number of cattle stolen.· With a sizeable number of these prisoners now pardoned, this situation has apparently been resolved.· Just having one calf a year to sell instead of a sizeable number like most farmers.
· My eyes fell instead on Idi, his back taking up a sizeable portion of the first pew.
· A sizeable proportion of the episcopal appointments recorded by Gregory are quite clearly uncanonical.· A sizeable proportion of these cases were suspected arson and were related to increased business failure because of high interest rates.· A sizeable proportion of the population did not even listen to the speech.· The Cabinet closed ranks behind him and a sizeable proportion of his back-benchers followed suit.
a sizeable amount of moneysizeable proportion/portion/minority (of something) Part-time students make up a sizeable proportion of the college population.