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Large Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Large? [n] a garment size for a large person [adv] in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening" [adv] with the wind abaft the beam; "a ship sailing large" [adv] at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark) [adj] having broad power and range and scope; "taking the large view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy" [adj] conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen" [adj] generous and understanding and tolerant; "a heart big enough to hold no grudges"; "that's very big of you to be so forgiving"; "a large and generous spirit"; "a large heart"; "magnanimous toward his enemies" [adj] above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world" [adj] large enough to be visible to the naked eye [adj] ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose" [adj] fairly large or important in effect; influential; "played a large role in the negotiations" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Large: ample \| astronomic \| astronomical \| banner \| big \| big \| bigger \| biggest \| biggish \| blown-up \| boastfully \| bombastic \| bouffant \| broad \| bulky \| capacious \| colossal \| comprehensive \| conspicuous \| cosmic \| declamatory \| deep \| double \| elephantine \| enlarged \| enormous \| epic \| extended \| extensive \| full-size \| galactic \| gargantuan \| generous \| giant \| gigantic \| great \| greatest \| gross \| heroic \| huge \| hulking \| hulky \| humongous \| immense \| important \| jumbo \| king-size \| king-sized \| larger \| larger-than-life \| large-scale \| largest \| largish \| lifesize \| life-size \| life-sized \| macro \| macroscopic \| macroscopical \| magnanimous \| mammoth \| man-sized \| massive \| megascopic \| monolithic \| monstrous \| monumental \| mountainous \| obvious \| orotund \| outsize \| outsized \| overlarge \| oversize \| oversized \| plumping \| prodigious \| prominent \| puffy \| queen-size \| queen-sized \| rangy \| rhetorical \| significant \| sizable \| sizeable \| spacious \| stupendous \| super \| thumping \| titanic \| too large \| tremendous \| tumid \| turgid \| vast \| vauntingly \| volumed \| voluminous \| walloping \| whacking \| whopping \| wide \| wide-ranging Related Terms \| Find terms related to Large: adipose \| altogether \| ample \| amplitudinous \| as a whole \| astronomical \| at large \| at liberty \| awesome \| beamy \| beneficent \| big \| bighearted \| boundless \| bounteous \| bountiful \| brawny \| broad \| Brobdingnagian \| bulky \| bull \| bumper \| burly \| capacious \| charitable \| chiefly \| chunky \| colossal \| considerable \| corpulent \| cosmic \| eleemosynary \| elephantine \| eminently \| enormous \| excessive \| exorbitant \| extensive \| extravagant \| extreme \| fat \| free \| freehanded \| freehearted \| galactic \| Gargantuan \| generally \| generous \| gigantic \| giving \| good \| goodly \| gracious \| grand \| great \| greathearted \| handsome \| healthy \| heavy \| hefty \| hospitable \| huge \| humongous \| husky \| immeasurable \| immense \| immoderate \| imposingly \| in a body \| in general \| in the main \| infinite \| inordinate \| jumbo \| kind \| king-size \| largehearted \| large-scale \| lavish \| liberal \| magnanimous \| mainly \| major \| mammoth \| man-sized \| massive \| massy \| monster \| monstrous \| monumental \| mountainous \| munificent \| muscular \| numerous \| obese \| on the loose \| open \| openhanded \| open-handed \| openhearted \| outsize \| overgrown \| overweight \| philanthropic \| portly \| princely \| prodigious \| profuse \| prominently \| rotund \| sizable \| sizeable \| solid \| spacious \| staggering \| stintless \| stocky \| stout \| strapping \| stupendous \| sturdy \| substantial \| tall \| thickset \| tidy \| titanic \| tremendous \| unconfined \| unfettered \| ungrudging \| unrestrained \| unselfish \| unsparing \| unstinted \| unstinting \| vast \| voluminous \| weighty \| wide See Also \| size Large In Webster's Dictionary \Large\, a. [Compar. {Larger}; superl. {Largest}.] [F., fr. L. largus. Cf. {Largo}.] 1. Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious; extensive; -- opposed to {small}; as, a large horse; a large house or room; a large lake or pool; a large jug or spoon; a large vineyard; a large army; a large city. Note: For linear dimensions, and mere extent, great, and not large, is used as a qualifying word; as, great length, breadth, depth; a great distance; a great height. 2. Abundant; ample; as, a large supply of provisions. We hare yet large day. --Milton. 3. Full in statement; diffuse; full; profuse. I might be very large upon the importance and advantages of education. -- Felton. 4. Having more than usual power or capacity; having broad sympathies and generous impulses; comprehensive; -- said of the mind and heart. 5. Free; unembarrassed. [Obs.] Of burdens all he set the Paynims large. --Fairfax. 6. Unrestrained by decorum; -- said of language. [Obs.] ``Some large jests he will make.'' --Shak. 7. Prodigal in expending; lavish. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 8. (Naut.) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; -- said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter. {At large}. (a) Without restraint or confinement; as, to go at large; to be left at large. (b) Diffusely; fully; in the full extent; as, to discourse on a subject at large. {Common at large}. See under {Common}, n. {Electors at large}, {Representative at large}, electors, or a representative, as in Congress, chosen to represent the whole of a State, in distinction from those chosen to represent particular districts in a State. [U. S.] {To give, go, run, or sail large} (Naut.), to have the wind crossing the direction of a vessel's course in such a way that the sails feel its full force, and the vessel gains its highest speed. See {Large}, a., 8. Syn: Big; bulky; huge; capacious; comprehensive; ample; abundant; plentiful; populous; copious; diffusive; liberal. \Large\, adv. Freely; licentiously. [Obs.] --Chaucer. \Large\, n. (Mus.) A musical note, formerly in use, equal to two longs, four breves, or eight semibreves.

Large Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Large?

[n] a garment size for a large person
[adv] in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening"
[adv] with the wind abaft the beam; "a ship sailing large"
[adv] at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark)
[adj] having broad power and range and scope; "taking the large view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy"
[adj] conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen"
[adj] generous and understanding and tolerant; "a heart big enough to hold no grudges"; "that's very big of you to be so forgiving"; "a large and generous spirit"; "a large heart"; "magnanimous toward his enemies"
[adj] above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"
[adj] large enough to be visible to the naked eye
[adj] ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"
[adj] fairly large or important in effect; influential; "played a large role in the negotiations"

See Also | size

Large In Webster's Dictionary

\Large\, a. [Compar. {Larger}; superl. {Largest}.] [F.,
fr. L. largus. Cf. {Largo}.]
1. Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk,
   capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of
   constituent units; big; great; capacious; extensive; --
   opposed to {small}; as, a large horse; a large house or
   room; a large lake or pool; a large jug or spoon; a large
   vineyard; a large army; a large city.

Note: For linear dimensions, and mere extent, great, and not
      large, is used as a qualifying word; as, great length,
      breadth, depth; a great distance; a great height.

2. Abundant; ample; as, a large supply of provisions.

         We hare yet large day.                --Milton.

3. Full in statement; diffuse; full; profuse.

         I might be very large upon the importance and
         advantages of education.              -- Felton.

4. Having more than usual power or capacity; having broad
   sympathies and generous impulses; comprehensive; -- said
   of the mind and heart.

5. Free; unembarrassed. [Obs.]

         Of burdens all he set the Paynims large. --Fairfax.

6. Unrestrained by decorum; -- said of language. [Obs.]
   ``Some large jests he will make.'' --Shak.

7. Prodigal in expending; lavish. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

8. (Naut.) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a
   favorable direction; -- said of the wind when it is abeam,
   or between the beam and the quarter.

{At large}.
   (a) Without restraint or confinement; as, to go at large;
       to be left at large.
   (b) Diffusely; fully; in the full extent; as, to discourse
       on a subject at large.

{Common at large}. See under {Common}, n.

{Electors at large}, {Representative at large}, electors, or
   a representative, as in Congress, chosen to represent the
   whole of a State, in distinction from those chosen to
   represent particular districts in a State. [U. S.]

{To give, go, run, or sail large} (Naut.), to have the wind
   crossing the direction of a vessel's course in such a way
   that the sails feel its full force, and the vessel gains
   its highest speed. See {Large}, a., 8.

Syn: Big; bulky; huge; capacious; comprehensive; ample;
     abundant; plentiful; populous; copious; diffusive;
     liberal.


\Large\, adv.
Freely; licentiously. [Obs.] --Chaucer.


\Large\, n. (Mus.)
A musical note, formerly in use, equal to two longs, four
breves, or eight semibreves.

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