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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