writ large
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7.1
- idiom
- Formal
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evidente
- This is a Google versus Oracle case writ large, but it's really about something bigger than that.
- culture writ large
So it's sort of writ large in our existence in the modern world.
- So it's sort of writ large in our existence in the modern world.
- That the there is this master slave dialectic going on writ large within the society.
- And they do continue to be representative of blackness writ large, so to speak.
- And we've seen that writ large over the entire history of the tax code.
- We're going to talk about science literacy and the importance of seeking knowledge and understanding of science writ large and all its manifestations.
- That's that is more biodiverse than a monocrop desertifying farm, but it's not biodiversity writ large.
- So I'm wondering what the experience was like for you to see your story writ large on such a gigantic screen with all of these people here.
- If it's not, if it's not writ large, it's going to get to sort of intimate and intellectual.
- And so for the game theorists in the in the room, this is, this is the prisoner's dilemma writ large.
- It worked because it is the paradigm writ small as opposed to the big budget movies where it's writ large.
- So it's not just verbal language, but how has language writ large affected your creative and aesthetic and artistic work?
- But what I, what I would say is is this that the asset management industry writ large is a, is a great business for the asset manager.
- The way we're approaching it in the center is think from the surface of a single cell to the population writ large.
Examples
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The changes writ large were an accidental consequence of her mission.
Academic text (2011) -
But you know, we can think of this writ large, you might say.
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The Royal Commission report was, in the end, nothing more than the Red Paper writ large.
Fiction book (2002) -
So it's sort of writ large in our existence in the modern world.
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I think we should look at Kansas writ large as an example, right?
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But for swing state voters writ large, it was described as follows.
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And the story of black Philadelphia was then the urban black experience writ large.
Academic text (1992) -
But most of the discussion centers around her work, which, writ large, concerns explanation.
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Many Russians believed that the Clinton administration was doing the same with Russia writ large.
Academic text (2007) -
The differences in education policy are writ large in the test scores of students across the country.
Synonyms
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2.2
Clear and very noticeable, like strong lines or patterns
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3.5
Very clear and hard to miss
How Obvious
Surface Forms
Morphology
writ + large
If a learner knows 'writ' as the archaic past participle of 'write' (i.e. 'written') and 'large' as 'big/prominent', they can reasonably infer 'writ large' means 'written/made prominent' and thus 'clearly shown'. However, the expression uses an archaic form and an idiomatic phrasing, so the relation is inferable but not fully predictable for an average B1 learner without exposure.
Etymology
Writ large may come from the idea of a message writ, an old form of 'written', in very large letters so everyone could see it, like a notice on a wall. So, when something is writ large today it means 'very obvious' or 'clearly shown'.