extra large
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- noun
- /ˈɛkstrə lɑrdʒ/
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extra grande
- I bought it in an extra large because I was trying to make it a T-shirt dress.
- extra large sizes
- extra large pizza
- extra large fries
And they are in like small, medium, large, extra large kind of sizing.
- And they are in like small, medium, large, extra large kind of sizing.
- I bought it in an extra large because I was trying to make it a T-shirt dress.
- Is it like small, medium, large, extra large or is it like big, bigger, Damn, like it.
- And then when I was with Poppy in Westfield, I walked into that Zara and I found one which was like an extra large.
Examples
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When shopping for diapers, you'll notice that some diapers come in sizes: XS or newborn, small, medium, large, and even extra large.
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So this is the extra large in the same shirt.
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If you chose the extra-large size, it makes it much easier to read.
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Two girls are willing to go to a medical supply store on the outskirts of town and pick up extra large diapers.
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The extra-large is available in glacier, pebble, tulip, cayenne, moss and aubergine.
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Do these come in extra large sizes?
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I bought this shirt in extra large to ensure it fits comfortably.
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The store sells a variety of clothing options, including extra large sizes.
Synonyms
A clothes size that is larger than standard sizes
Antonyms
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward composition: 'extra' (more than usual) modifies 'large' (a size), so 'extra large' is readily understood as a size larger than large. This is a common, transparent sizing pattern in clothing (often abbreviated XL) and is cross-linguistically familiar, so a B1 learner who knows the parts will easily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Extra large comes from the idea of adding extra (more) to large, so it literally means 'larger than large'. That's why in clothing it names a size bigger than average and is often written as 'XL'.