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large

9.9
With the wind blowing from behind the ship at an angle
  • adverb
  • /lɑrdʒ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : a sotavento
  • On a calm day, we sailed large, allowing the wind to push us swiftly across the water.

Examples

  • To navigate successfully, a captain must understand how to sail large, using the wind from behind.

  • But by and large that works out much better.

  • But it will change them, and those lives will, by and large, get a little bit better, just like they usually do.

  • I think by and large a lot of the high tech companies have done it right over the years.

  • These days, by and large, doesn't embrace this principle.

  • Actually, I'm really proud of the comment sections on my videos because they're by and large very good conversations.

  • When by and large everybody wanted steak and rich people ate steak frequently and poor people ate steak infrequently.

  • When sailing a ship, you need to know how to steer it large with the wind to ensure a smooth journey.

Idioms

89 3.4

To say that something is true in most cases

84 3.7

In a general way without giving details

66 6.2

Free and not caught after escaping, often said about criminals or dangerous animals

writ large
  • Formal
5 7.1

Very clear and easy to see

1 7.8

Has control and confidence when leading others

Compounds

158 1.4

Many people or things counted together

65 3.8

Very large and affecting many people or places

31 1.0

More than what is needed or allowed

A very large company that does business in many countries

9 1.0

A clothing size for people who are bigger than average

7 2.7

A big difference between two amounts or scores

large intestine
  • Specialized
4 2.8

The lower tube in the body that absorbs water from waste before the waste leaves the body

A thing you buy that costs a lot of money like a car or house

1 1.3

A big shelter made of cloth for people at outdoor events

large-scale
  • Specialized
1 3.7

Larger than usual to show more detail in maps or models

law of large numbers
  • Specialized
1 5.9

When a sample gets larger, its average gets closer to the average of the whole group

1 1.3

A clothing fit between medium and extra large

large cap
  • Jargon
1 4.4

A company worth more than about ten billion dollars

1 6.4

A task that is very hard to do

1 1.0

A person who is bigger than most people

1 8.8

A nearby irregular galaxy visible from the southern sky that orbits the Milky Way

A theorem that says the average of many independent random results almost certainly equals the true average

An amount that is large but not exactly known

large calorie
  • Specialized
3.7

A measure of food energy equal to the heat needed to warm 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree Celsius

large civet
  • Indian
7.8

A fairly large animal like a cat that is active at night in Asian forests

A grass used for hay that grows fast and often becomes a weed

A low North American plant that makes red berries people use for sauce and juice

7.2

A common large butterfly with white wings whose caterpillars eat cabbages

large white petunia
  • Specialized
6.6

A yearly garden plant with large white flowers that smell sweet at night

9.9

A North American wild flower with greenish-yellow pouch-shaped flowers and purple marks

large-capitalization
  • Specialized
7.0

About stocks of big companies worth five billion dollars or more

An herb that smells nice and has large pink flowers often grown in gardens or used for tea

A plant with large green and white leaves that grows along the ground in gardens

large tooth aspen
  • Specialized
6.5

A tree from eastern North America with large leaves that have rough edges and light bark

9.9

An annual plant with large coiled flower spikes that grows in the western United States and is threatened

6.9

An evergreen tree with large glossy leaves and big white fragrant flowers

A plant with large leaves, like many tropical houseplants

A plant with leaves larger than those of other plants of the same kind

A plant that lives for several years with broad leaves and small daisy-like flowers

A tree or bush with very large leaves and creamy flowers with purple near their base

The texture has large, easily seen pieces

A large tree or shrub with very big leaves and creamy purple flowers

Having a mouth that is bigger than the rest of the face or body

large-toothed aspen
  • Specialized
7.9

A poplar tree with large, toothed leaves and a narrow crown

A size between medium and large, bigger than medium but smaller than large

9.1

The average of many separate random results becomes almost always close to the true average

How Downwind

large
  • Specialized
9.9
close-hauled
  • Specialized
1 9.2

Surface Forms

large positive

Etymology

Large as a sailing word means the wind is behind the ship, giving a broad, free push, and it comes from an old sense of large meaning 'broad' or 'free'. So to sail 'large' is to go with the wind behind you.