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  [lahrj] adjective, larg⋅er, larg⋅est, noun, adverb
Use in the large in a Sentence
–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. (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.
6. famous; successful; important: He's very large in financial circles.
7. Obsolete. generous; bountiful; lavish.
8. Obsolete.
a. unrestrained in the use of language; gross; improper.
b. unrestrained in behavior or manner; uninhibited.
9. Nautical. free (def. 33).
–noun
10. Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
11. Obsolete. generosity; bounty.
–adverb
12. Nautical. with the wind free or abaft the beam so that all sails draw fully.
—Idioms
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; ME < OF < L larga, fem. of largus ample, generous

Related forms:
largeness, noun

Synonyms:
1. huge, enormous, immense, gigantic, colossal; massive; vast. See great.

Antonyms:
1. small.
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grand

and G; gee; large
  1. n.
    one thousand dollars. : That car probably cost about twenty grand. , You owe me three gees! , He won three large on the slots!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

large 
c.1175, "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 (1399). Adj. phrase larger-than-life first attested 1937 (bigger than life is from 1641).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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