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adjective
1.
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.
2.
on a great scale: a large producer of kitchen equipment.
3.
of great scope or range; extensive; broad.
4.
grand or pompous: a man given to large, bombastic talk.
5.
EXPAND(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.
noun
10.
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
11.
Obsolete. generosity; bounty.
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adverb
Idioms12.
Nautical. with the wind free or abaft the beam so that all sails draw fully.
13.
at large,
a.
free from restraint or confinement; at liberty: The murderer is still at large.
b.
to a considerable extent; at length: to treat a subject at large.
c.
as a whole; in general: the country at large.
d.
Also, at-large. representing the whole of a state, district, or body rather than one division or part of it: a delegate at large.
14.
in large, on a large scale; from a broad point of view: a problem seen in large. Also, in the large.
Origin:
1125–75; Middle English < Old French < Latin larga, feminine of largus ample, generous
1125–75; Middle English < Old French < Latin larga, feminine of largus ample, generous
Related forms
large·ness, noun
o·ver·large, adjective
ul·tra·large, adjective
un·large, adjective
Antonyms
1. small.
1. small.
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Word Origin & History
large
late 12c., "bountiful," from O.Fr. large "broad, wide," from L. largus "abundant, copious, plentiful, liberal," of unknown origin. Main modern meaning "extensive, big" emerged c.1300. An older sense of "liberated, free" is preserved in at large (late 14c.). Adj. phrase larger-than-life first attested
EXPAND1937 (bigger than life is from 1640s).
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Slang Dictionary
grand definitionand G; gee; large
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