large
- adverb
- /lɑrdʒ/
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- On a calm day, we sailed large, allowing the wind to push us swiftly across the water.
Examples
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To navigate successfully, a captain must understand how to sail large, using the wind from behind.
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But by and large that works out much better.
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But it will change them, and those lives will, by and large, get a little bit better, just like they usually do.
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I think by and large a lot of the high tech companies have done it right over the years.
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These days, by and large, doesn't embrace this principle.
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Actually, I'm really proud of the comment sections on my videos because they're by and large very good conversations.
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When by and large everybody wanted steak and rich people ate steak frequently and poor people ate steak infrequently.
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When sailing a ship, you need to know how to steer it large with the wind to ensure a smooth journey.
Idioms
Compounds
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The lower tube in the body that absorbs water from waste before the waste leaves the body
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When a sample gets larger, its average gets closer to the average of the whole group
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A nearby irregular galaxy visible from the southern sky that orbits the Milky Way
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A theorem that says the average of many independent random results almost certainly equals the true average
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A measure of food energy equal to the heat needed to warm 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree Celsius
A low North American plant that makes red berries people use for sauce and juice
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A yearly garden plant with large white flowers that smell sweet at night
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A North American wild flower with greenish-yellow pouch-shaped flowers and purple marks
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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
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A tree from eastern North America with large leaves that have rough edges and light bark
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An annual plant with large coiled flower spikes that grows in the western United States and is threatened
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An evergreen tree with large glossy leaves and big white fragrant flowers
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
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The average of many separate random results becomes almost always close to the true average
How Downwind
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Surface Forms
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.