large
/lˈɑrdʒ/
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Adjective
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"
Adjective Satellite
fairly large or important in effect; influential; "played a large role in the negotiations"
Adjective Satellite
ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"
Adjective Satellite
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"
Adjective Satellite
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"
Adjective Satellite
having broad power and range and scope; "taking the large view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy"
Adjective Satellite
in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child"
Adverb
at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark)
Adverb
with the wind abaft the beam; "a ship sailing large"
Adverb
in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening"
Noun
a garment size for a large person