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large (adjective), larger, largest
1. A reference to being greater than average size, extent, quantity, or amount: A large room, a large corporation, a large glass of water. 2. Pertaining to being greater than average scope, breadth, or capacity; comprehensive.
3. Relating to something that is important; significant; fairly large or important in effect or influence.
4. Comparatively big in size, number, or quantity, or bigger in size, number, or quantity than is usually expected: Which city has the largest population?
> 5. The greatest in size of things or objects which are under consideration: It was the largest bird Irene has ever seen. 6. Etymology: "bountiful", from Old French large, "broad, wide"; from Latin largus, "abundant, copious, plentiful, liberal".
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(Latin: large, enlargement, spacious; comprehensive; enough, more than enough)
(Latin: large, great)
(Latin: large, big, thick)
(Latin: largus, ample, abundant, copious, generous; large)
(Greek: large, great; long [in extent or duration]; enlarged, or elongated, long [in length]; abnormally large)
(Latin: large, big, great; much, abundant)
(Latin: large, great, greatest)
(Greek: large, great, big, powerful)
(Greek: large, big, very big)
(Greek: thick, dense; large, massive)
(Greek: windpipe or one of the two large branches of the trachea, the tube in air-breathing vertebrates that conducts air from the throat to the bronchi, strengthened by incomplete rings of cartilage)
(Latin: blind, blind gut [first part of the large intestine, forming a dilated pouch into which open the ileum, the colon, and the appendix vermiformis]; any blind pouch)
(Greek: kolo- > Latin: colo-, colon or large intestine [that part which extends from the cecum to the rectum])
(Greek: giant; giantlike; very large, big, huge)
(Greek > Latin: a kind of whale; large sea creature)
(Latin: foot, feet; people often see this ped element in other words. When people refer to "pedal extremities", they mean "feet". When anyone pushes the pedals of a bicycle, it is done with the feet. A pedestrian must use the feet for walking. A quadruped has four feet while a centipede has "100 feet"; or a large number of them because it may be impossible to count all of them.)
(Greek: many, much; excessive; abnormal amount, profuse, ample, large quantity; multiple, abundant, numerous)
(Latin: straight [intestine], direct, right; that is, "the part of the large intestine that ends at the anus")
(Greek: blind, blindness [typhlos, blind]; denotes relationship to the cecum or the first part of the large intestine, forming a dilated pouch; also called the "blindgut" or "blind intestine" [caecum, "blind, blind gut", typhlon, cecum])
(Latin: internal organs; all that is under the skin, all parts in the body except flesh or muscles; entrails; any large interior organ in any of the three great cavities of the body; specifically, those within the chest; such as, the heart or lungs; or in the abdomen; such as, the liver, pancreas, and intestines; and in the head; such as, the brain)
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A midget fortune-teller who escapes from prison is a small medium at large.
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at large (a prepositional phrase)
1. Not having been captured: The bandit is still at large.
2. As a group or as a whole: The senator's statements don't reflect the beliefs of society at large.
3. Not having a specific subject to discuss: The reporter is a critic at large or someone who writes about many topics.
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in large part, in large measure (prepositional phrases)
Not entirely, but mostly or significantly: The success of the drama was in large part because of the talents of the director and actresses.
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large majority
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large supermarket
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large-scale (adjective), more large-scale, most large-scale
1. A reference to involving many people or things to accomplish an objective: The equipment the company wants to use isn't suitable for such a large-scale construction of houses.
2. Descriptive of covering or involving a large area: The company used a large-scale group of employees from various parts of the country to complete the production of the special cars.
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large-scale structure (s) (noun), large-scale structures (pl)
Involving a very big area and its contents or characteristics: Sky surveys and mappings of the various wavelength bands of electromagnetic radiation have yielded much information on the content and character of the universe's large-scale structure.
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loom large (verb), looms large; loomed large, looming large
To have great importance or influence: The rising tuition costs of a university education for young people loom large in the minds of many students and parents.
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