large
IPA: ɫˈɑrdʒ
noun
- (music, obsolete) An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.
- (obsolete) Liberality, generosity.
- (slang, plural: large) A thousand dollars/pounds.
- (uncountable, especially clothing, food or drink) One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured.
- (countable, especially clothing, food or drink) An item labelled or denoted as being that size.
- (countable, especially with respect to clothing) One who fits an item of that size.
- A surname.
adjective
- Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
- (especially clothing, food or drink) That is large (the manufactured size).
- (obsolete) Abundant; ample.
- (archaic) Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.
- (obsolete) Free; unencumbered.
- (obsolete) Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.
- (nautical) 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.
adverb
- (nautical) Before the wind.
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Examples of "large" in Sentences
- The big school had a large student body.
- Pelicans are large birds with large pouched bills.
- It will be large and transformative, but not millenarian.
- Harridans resemble a very large gargoyle with great wings.
- The large gap of the rich and the poor is a big social problem.
- Most had a topsail above the huge mainsail and a large foresail.
- The county is largely covered by the dense forest of the Big Thicket.
- It was such a large job they had to subcontract a large portion of the work.
- The viola largely disappeared from pop music at the start of the big band era.
- The players, lonesome on a large stage with a huge open space above them, sounded further away than they looked.
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