largest

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.

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 ).

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noun

10.

Music. the longest note in mensural notation.

11.

Obsolete. generosity; bounty.

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adverb

12.

Nautical. with the wind free or abaft the beam so that all sails draw fully.

Idioms

13.

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.

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

Related forms

large·ness, noun

o·ver·large, adjective

ul·tra·large, adjective

un·large, adjective

Can be confused: large, largess.

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

Antonyms
1. small.

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large (lɑːdʒ)

—*adj*
1.	having a relatively great size, quantity, extent, etc; big
2.	of wide or broad scope, capacity, or range; comprehensive: a large effect
3.	having or showing great breadth of understanding: a large heart
4.	nautical (of the wind) blowing from a favourable direction
5.	rare overblown; pretentious
6.	generous
7.	obsolete (of manners and speech) gross; rude

—n
8.	at large
	a. (esp of a dangerous criminal or wild animal) free; not confined
	b. roaming freely, as in a foreign country
	c. as a whole; in general
	d. in full detail; exhaustively
	e. ambassador-at-large See ambassador
9.	in large, in the large as a totality or on a broad scale

—*adv*
10.	nautical with the wind blowing from a favourable direction
11.	by and large
	a. (sentence modifier) generally; as a rule: by and large, the man is the breadwinner
	b. nautical towards and away from the wind
12.	loom large to be very prominent or important

[C12 (originally: generous): via Old French from Latin largus ample, abundant]

'largeness

—n

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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

1937 (bigger than life is from 1640s).

largest

superl. of large (q.v.).

Slang Dictionary

grand definition

and G; gee; large

n.
one thousand dollars. : That car probably cost about twenty grand. , You owe me three gees! , He won three large on the slots!

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Millions have risked their lives to seek self-determination in countries with

some of the world's largest civil-rights deficits.

These same countries are also the world's largest debtors.

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