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English

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Pronunciation


Etymology

From #French|large.

Adjective

  1. Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
  2. : (Russia is a large country)
  3. : (The fruit-fly has large eyes for its body size)
  4. : (He has a large collection of stamps)


See at large.

  • At liberty; Not incarcerated.
  • Representing the whole, rather than a section.
  • As a collection or entirely- "the populace at large"


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French

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at Fr-large.ogg
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Etymology

From largus.

Adjective

large

  1. wide|Wide, broad.
  2. Large.
  3. generous|Generous.


Category:200 English basic words

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Large \Large\ (l[aum]rj), a. [Compar. Larger (l[aum]r"j[~e]r);
superl. Largest.] [F., fr. L. largus. Cf. Largo.]
1. Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk,
capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of
constituent units; big; great; capacious; extensive; --
opposed to small; as, a large horse; a large house or
room; a large lake or pool; a large jug or spoon; a large
vineyard; a large army; a large city.
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Note: For linear dimensions, and mere extent, great, and not
large, is used as a qualifying word; as, great length,
breadth, depth; a great distance; a great height.
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2. Abundant; ample; as, a large supply of provisions.
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We have yet large day. --Milton.
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3. Full in statement; diffuse; full; profuse.
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I might be very large upon the importance and
advantages of education. --Felton.
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4. Having more than usual power or capacity; having broad
sympathies and generous impulses; comprehensive; -- said
of the mind and heart.
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5. Free; unembarrassed. [Obs.]
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Of burdens all he set the Paynims large. --Fairfax.
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6. Unrestrained by decorum; -- said of language. [Obs.] "Some
large jests he will make." --Shak.
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7. Prodigal in expending; lavish. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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8. (Naut.) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a
favorable direction; -- said of the wind when it is abeam,
or between the beam and the quarter.
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At large.
(a) Without restraint or confinement; as, to go at large;
to be left at large.
(b) Diffusely; fully; in the full extent; as, to discourse
on a subject at large.

Common at large. See under Common, n.

Electors at large, Representative at large, electors, or
a representative, as in Congress, chosen to represent the
whole of a State, in distinction from those chosen to
represent particular districts in a State. [U. S.]

To give large, To go large, To run large, or {To sail
large} (Naut.), to have the wind crossing the direction of a
vessel's course in such a way that the sails feel its full
force, and the vessel gains its highest speed. See
Large, a., 8.

Syn: Big; bulky; huge; capacious; comprehensive; ample;
abundant; plentiful; populous; copious; diffusive;
liberal.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Large \Large\, adv.
Freely; licentiously. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Large \Large\, n. (Mus.)
A musical note, formerly in use, equal to two longs, four
breves, or eight semibreves.
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WordNet large
adj 1: above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or
extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a
large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family";
"big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number
of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large
areas of the world" [syn: big] [ant: small, small]
2: fairly large or important in effect; influential; "played a
large role in the negotiations"
3: large enough to be visible to the naked eye [syn: macroscopic,
macroscopical] [ant: microscopic]
4: ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk";
"tumid political prose" [syn: bombastic, declamatory,
orotund, tumid, turgid]
5: generous and understanding and tolerant; "a heart big enough
to hold no grudges"; "that's very big of you to be so
forgiving"; "a large and generous spirit"; "a large
heart"; "magnanimous toward his enemies" [syn: big, magnanimous]
6: conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the
movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in
financial circles"; "a prominent citizen" [syn: big, prominent]
7: having broad power and range and scope; "taking the large
view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy"
8: in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child";
"was great with child" [syn: big(p), enceinte, expectant,
gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p), {with
child(p)}]
n : a garment size for a large person
adv 1: at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark)
2: with the wind abaft the beam; "a ship sailing large"
3: in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening" [syn: boastfully,
vauntingly, big]
Moby Dictionary
Brobdingnagian , Gargantuan , adipose , altogether , ample ,
amplitudinous , as a whole , astronomical , at large , at liberty ,
awesome , beamy , beneficent , big , bighearted , boundless , bounteous ,
bountiful , brawny , broad , bulky , bull , bumper , burly , capacious ,
charitable , chiefly , chunky , colossal , considerable , corpulent ,
cosmic , eleemosynary , elephantine , eminently , enormous , excessive ,
exorbitant , extensive , extravagant , extreme , fat , free , freehanded ,
freehearted , galactic , gargantuan , generally , generous , gigantic ,
giving , good , goodly , gracious , grand , great , greathearted ,
handsome , healthy , heavy , hefty , hospitable , huge , humongous ,
husky , immeasurable , immense , immoderate , imposingly , in a body ,
in general , in the main , infinite , inordinate , jumbo , kind ,
king-size , large-scale , largehearted , lavish , liberal , magnanimous ,
mainly , major , mammoth , man-sized , massive , massy , monster ,
monstrous , monumental , mountainous , munificent , muscular , numerous ,
obese , on the loose , open , open-handed , openhanded , openhearted ,
outsize , overgrown , overweight , philanthropic , portly , princely ,
prodigious , profuse , prominently , rotund , sizable , sizeable , solid ,
spacious , staggering , stintless , stocky , stout , strapping ,
stupendous , sturdy , substantial , tall , thickset , tidy , titanic ,
tremendous , unconfined , unfettered , ungrudging , unrestrained ,
unselfish , unsparing , unstinted , unstinting , vast , voluminous ,
weighty , wide


LARGE. Broad; extensive; unconfined. The opposite of strict, narrow, or confined. At large, at liberty.
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