at large
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3.7
- idiom
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en general
- Is there anything more that you want my audience or the public at large to know about your company?
- society at large
- community at large
- the public at large
And, and then the public at large also counts.
- And, and then the public at large also counts.
- How does that impact society at large as a macro Organism?
- But I think in media at large these days, we're losing that context.
- But you do incredible work for for the community at large.
- What is it that you think society at large disagrees with you on as it relates to these issues?
- A lot of why people get stuck is the messaging from the world at large.
- They hurt poor people, they hurt women, and they hurt the society at large.
- And then the question is, how does that circumstance relate to quote, reality at large?
- One theory posits that the world's degree of acceptance of trans people at large has changed.
- And it's got really major ramifications for the world at large.
- But the world at large, gay people don't dress like the runway, for better or for worse.
- The media, the justice system, the government, the corporations, the education systems, the economy at large.
- But this knowledge was never studied in universities, and these books were never read by the public at large.
- And I think the world at large is experiencing what seems to be a dividing collective consciousness.
Examples
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Your constituents and the opinion of the public at large is changing.
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We are the only hope for the community and the world at large!
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So, what do you think about the world at large?
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You mean society at large?
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And the world at large enables these relationships.
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Are you going to run to GoFundMe and hope that the community at large will help fund that thing?
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Because it ignores the needs of the community at large.
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I believe that freedom from fear in the world at large and here at home is not negotiable.
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Now, in the spirit of Mother Teresa, what will be your contribution to your community and the world at large?
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The new policy will impact the workforce at large, affecting employees across all departments.
Synonyms
26
2.7
In a wide or large way, for example with a big smile
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7.4
In a broad way that affects many people or things
In a general way without details
Antonyms
How General
Surface Forms
Morphology
at + large
The sense 'not yet captured; free' cannot be derived from combining 'at' (prepositional marker) with the literal meaning of 'large' (big). This is an idiomatic/historical extension of 'large' (as 'at liberty') that is not predictable from the constituent meanings, so a B1 learner who knows the words would likely not infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
At large comes from an old use of large meaning 'wide' or 'full'. Imagine a speaker spreading ideas across a wide field; to speak at large is to cover the whole topic, so it now means 'in a general or broad way'.