Definitions for large
lɑrdʒlarge

Princeton's WordNet(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. largeadjective

   a garment size for a large person

2. large, bigadjective

   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"

3. largeadjective

   fairly large or important in effect; influential

   "played a large role in the negotiations"

4. bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgidadjective

   ostentatiously lofty in style

   "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"

5. big, large, magnanimousadjective

   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"

6. big, large, prominentadjective

   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"

7. largeadjective

   having broad power and range and scope

   "taking the large view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy"

8. big(p), enceinte, expectant, gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p), with child(p)adverb

   in an advanced stage of pregnancy

   "was big with child"; "was great with child"

9. largeadverb

   at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark)

10. largeadverb

    with the wind abaft the beam

    "a ship sailing large"

11. boastfully, vauntingly, big, largeadverb

    in a boastful manner

    "he talked big all evening"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. largeadjective

   Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.

2. Etymology: From large, from large, from larga, feminine of largus. Displaced stoor (from stor) and muchel (from mycel).

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. LARGEadjective

   Etymology: large, French; largus, Latin.

   1. Big; bulky.

   Charles II. asked me, What could be the reason, that in mountainous countries the men were commonly larger, and yet the cattle of all sorts smaller. William Temple.

   Great Theron fell,
   Great Theron, large of limbs, of giant height. Dryden.

   Warwick, Leicester, and Buckingham, bear a large boned sheep of the best shape and deepest staple. John Mortimer, Husb.

   2. Wide; extensive.

   Their former large peopling was an effect of the countries impoverishing. Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwall.

   Let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for it is large enough for them. Gen. xxxiv. 21.

   There he conquered a thousand miles wide and large. George Abbot, Description of the World.

   3. Liberal; abundant; plentiful.

   Thou shalt drink of thy sister’s cup deep and large. Ezek.

   Vernal suns and showers
   Diffuse their warmest, largest influence. James Thomson, Autumn.

   4. Copious; diffuse.

   Skippon gave a large testimony under his hand, that they had carried themselves with great civility. Edward Hyde, b. viii.

   I might be very large upon the importance and advantages of education, and say a great many things which have been said before. Henry Felton, on the Classicks.

   5. At Large. Without restraint.

   If you divide a cane into two, and one speak at the one end, and you lay your ear at the other, it will carry the voice farther than in the air at large. Francis Bacon, Nat. History.

   Thus incorporeal spirits to smallest forms
   Reduc’d their shapes immense; and were at large,
   Though without number still. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

   The children are bred up in their father’s way; or so plentifully provided for, that they are left at large. Thomas Sprat.

   Your zeal becomes importunate;
   I’ve hitherto permitted it to rave
   And talk at large; but learn to keep it in,
   Lest it should take more freedom than I’ll give it. Addis.

   6. At Large. Diffusely.

   Discover more at large what cause that was,
   For I am ignorant, and cannot guess. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

   It does not belong to this place to have that point debated at large. Isaac Watts.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Large

   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

2. Large

   abundant; ample; as, a large supply of provisions

3. Large

   full in statement; diffuse; full; profuse

4. Large

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

5. Large

   free; unembarrassed

6. Large

   unrestrained by decorum; -- said of language

7. Large

   prodigal in expending; lavish

8. Large

   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

9. Largeadverb

   freely; licentiously

10. Largenoun

    a musical note, formerly in use, equal to two longs, four breves, or eight semibreves

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Large

   larj, adj. great in size: extensive: bulky: wide: long: abundant: liberal: diffuse: (Shak., of language) free, licentious.—adv. (naut.) before the wind.—adjs. Large′-ā′cred, possessing much land; Large′-hand′ed, having large hands: grasping, greedy: profuse; Large′-heart′ed, having a large heart or liberal disposition: generous.—adv. Large′ly.—adj. Large′-mind′ed, characterised by breadth of view.—ns. Large′ness; Lar′get, a length of iron cut from a bar and of proper size to roll into a sheet.—At large, without restraint or confinement: fully: as a whole, altogether. [Fr.,—L. largus.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. large

   Sailing large: going with the wind free when studding-sails will draw.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'large' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #237

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'large' in Written Corpus Frequency: #714

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'large' in Adjectives Frequency: #9

Anagrams for large »

1. Alger

2. Elgar

3. glare

4. lager

5. regal

6. ergal

7. garle

8. argel

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of large in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of large in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of large in a Sentence

1. Neil Davies:

   It was a complete fluke of a discovery, it was an incredibly exciting find, but the fossil is so large it took four of us to carry it up the cliff face.

2. Oxitec CEO Frandsen:

   We have gone above and beyond as it relates to public engagement, can you imagine any other large multinational chemical company doing 14 public webinars, being at farmer's markets or going door to door to talk about the technology ? Never happens.

3. Steve Mnuchin:

   The average American should be able to do his taxes on a large post card.

4. Richard Aboulafia:

   They've got a strong combination of technology, skills, reasonable costs, an export-driven economy, and a domestic defence market that's large enough to justify home-grown products.

5. Philip Yun:

   For them to deliver on a threat, they have to have intent and they have to have capability. And quite frankly, I don't think they have both. kim Jong Un has got a large party congress that's going to be happening in May. And this is all about, for him, again, additional consolidation of power. Kim Jong'll want to get rid and justify getting rid of any enemies Kim Jong may have.

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