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[ lahrj ]
adjective
- of more than average size, quantity, degree, etc.; exceeding that which is common to a kind or class; big; great:
a large house; a large number; in large measure; to a large extent.
Synonyms: , , , , , ,
Antonyms:
- on a great scale:
a large producer of kitchen equipment.
- of great scope or range; extensive; broad.
- grand or pompous:
a man given to large, bombastic talk.
- (of a map, model, etc.) representing the features of the original with features of its own that are relatively large so that great detail may be shown.
- famous; successful; important:
He's very large in financial circles.
- Obsolete. generous; bountiful; lavish.
- Obsolete.
- unrestrained in the use of language; gross; improper.
- unrestrained in behavior or manner; uninhibited.
- Nautical. free ( def 33 ).
noun
- Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- Obsolete. generosity; bounty.
adverb
- Nautical. with the wind free or abaft the beam so that all sails draw fully.
large
/ ɑː /
adjective
- having a relatively great size, quantity, extent, etc; big
- of wide or broad scope, capacity, or range; comprehensive
a large effect
- having or showing great breadth of understanding
a large heart
- nautical (of the wind) blowing from a favourable direction
- rare.overblown; pretentious
- generous
- obsolete.(of manners and speech) gross; rude
noun
- at large
- (esp of a dangerous criminal or wild animal) free; not confined
- roaming freely, as in a foreign country
- as a whole; in general
- in full detail; exhaustively
- See ambassador
- in large or in the largeas a totality or on a broad scale
adverb
- nautical with the wind blowing from a favourable direction
- by and large
- sentence modifier generally; as a rule
by and large, the man is the breadwinner
- nautical towards and away from the wind
- loom largeto be very prominent or important
Derived Forms
- ˈԱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·Ա noun
- ·· adjective
- ܱ·ٰ· adjective
- ܲ· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of large1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of large1
Idioms and Phrases
- at large,
- free from restraint or confinement; at liberty:
The murderer is still at large.
- to a considerable extent; at length:
to treat a subject at large.
- as a whole; in general:
the country at large.
- Also at-large. representing the whole of a state, district, or body rather than one division or part of it:
a delegate at large.
- Also at-large. having a general, as opposed to a specific, role in an organization or project:
She’s the magazine’s editor-at-large.
- in large, on a large scale; from a broad point of view: Also in the large.
a problem seen in large.
More idioms and phrases containing large
see at large ; big (large) as life ; by and large ; cog in the (a large) wheel ; in some (large) measure ; loom large ; writ large .Example Sentences
First, commercial properties often sell for significantly more than single-family homes, so even a slight decrease in sales leads to a large drop in tax revenue.
Research showed that Los Angeles and Orange counties “offered the fewest number of apartments with refrigerators among nearly two dozen large metropolitan areas nationwide.”
The three - among the top five largest apparel importers to the US - could soon see levies ranging from 34% to 46% charged on their products.
She said tourism was also a big contributor to the territory's economy, with large numbers of Amercians coming to see the renowned penguins living on the Falklands.
One video showed a large section of a 10-storey block of flats obliterated by the attack and victims lying on the road outside.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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