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large

UK/lɑːd͡ʒ/ US/lɑɹd͡ʒ/ common slang

adjective

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”
2.

fairly large or important in effect; influential

  • “played a large role in the negotiations”
3.
4.

ostentatiously lofty in style

  • “a man given to large talk”
  • “tumid political prose”
5.

generous and understanding and tolerant

  • “a heart big enough to hold no grudges”
  • “that”
  • “;”
  • “;”
  • “;”
Similar
6.

conspicuous in position or importance

  • “a big figure in the movement”
  • “big man on campus”
  • “he”
  • “;”
Synonyms
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”

noun

1.

adverb

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”

Origin

From Middle English large, from Old French large, from Latin larga, feminine of largus (“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”), of uncertain ultimate origin; see there for more. Along with big, it mostly displaced Middle English stoor and muchel (the latter surviving in much under a different meaning).

Phrases

  • as large as life
  • at large
  • binary large object
  • bulk large
  • by and large
  • diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
  • extra extra extra large
  • extra extra large
  • extra large

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Pertaining to

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.