large
∞
1.0
- adjective
- /lɑrdʒ/
:
grande
- I began working as a librarian at a large public school eleven years ago.
- a large number
- large-scale
- a large amount
It's not about how large every single move is.
- It's not about how large every single move is.
- We'll see how large the class is next week.
- Why do men, let's say a large fraction of men, love boobs?
- This is one small scan for man, one large scan for mankind.
- So very, very little whiskey, large amounts of soda.
- Yeah, I think the willingness to take large risks is important.
- Your brain is made in very large part from Omega threes.
- The origin of suffering to a large extent is there.
- And, and it was a large floating steel pier.
Examples
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The elephant is a very large animal known for its impressive size.
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Does this come in a large?
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We'll see how large the class is next week.
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I got to finish this very large coffee quickly.
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I only have a rather large cut on my head, sir.
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Yeah, because it was on quite a large stage with strong lighting.
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It's just a very large class of equations.
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I found a large bottle of whiskey.
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And again, I'm referring to a very large global middle class.
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There are three of them planted in this large black clay pot.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Larger than usual in size or amount
∞
1.0
Very large in size, amount, or degree
∞
1.0
Very large in size or number
940
2.9
Very large and impressive in scale
878
1.0
Very large in size
842
2.1
Very large in size, amount, or effect
794
3.0
Very large or impressive
721
2.1
Very large in size or amount
141
3.7
Very large in size, amount, or degree
139
3.2
Very large, much bigger than normal
64
3.7
Quite large in size or amount
55
4.7
So large in size or amount that it causes great surprise
45
4.1
Being large in amount and often expensive
37
3.6
Very large in size, much bigger than normal
26
5.4
Very large and wide, often used for places or plans
21
4.5
Very large in size or amount, much bigger than normal
19
7.3
Very large, much bigger than usual
12
4.6
Much larger than is usual for that kind
5
3.9
Very large in size or amount
3
4.4
Much larger than usual for its kind
Very large, often said in a playful way
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
4
2.8
The lower tube in the body that absorbs water from waste before the waste leaves the body
- Specialized
1
5.9
When a sample gets larger, its average gets closer to the average of the whole group
- Specialized
1
8.8
A nearby irregular galaxy visible from the southern sky that orbits the Milky Way
- Specialized
A theorem that says the average of many independent random results almost certainly equals the true average
- Specialized
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
- Specialized
A yearly garden plant with large white flowers that smell sweet at night
- Specialized
A North American wild flower with greenish-yellow pouch-shaped flowers and purple marks
- Specialized
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
- Specialized
A tree from eastern North America with large leaves that have rough edges and light bark
- Specialized
An annual plant with large coiled flower spikes that grows in the western United States and is threatened
- Specialized
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
- Specialized
The average of many separate random results becomes almost always close to the true average
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Large comes from the Latin word largus, which meant 'plenty' or 'generous'. Think of enlarge, which shares the same root and means 'make bigger', so large now means 'big' or 'more than average'.