large
Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
Adjective
- Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
- Russia is a large country. The fruit-fly has large eyes for its body size. He has a large collection of stamps.
- We drove back to the office with some concern on my part at the prospect of so large a case. Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. - 1897 December (indicated as 1898),...
- Hal Smith, manager of the Ferry Field theatre, Detroit, one of the largest and prettiest outskirt houses in town, played Metro's "Revelation" for three days last week - 1917, Michigan Film Review, page 347:
- That is large (the manufactured size).
- Abundant; ample.
- We have yet large day. - 1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC;...
- He prefers teachers with large experience, but often has positions for beginners who have had a thorough preparation. - 1895, Margaret Naomi MacArthur, Kindergarten Review, Finger Play, page 75:
- Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.
- And where hit please yow to saye that I haue holden my lady youre Quene yeres and wynters / vnto that I shal euer make a large ansuer "And where it please you to say that I have holden my lady your queen years and...
- I might be very large upon the importance and advantages of education. - 1711, Henry Felton, Dissertation on Reading the Classics:
- Free; unencumbered.
- Of burdens all he set the Paynims large. - 1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London:...
- Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.
- Some large jests he will make. - 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard,...
- 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.
Origin
From Middle English large, from Old French large, from Latin larga, feminine of largus (“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”), of uncertain ultimate origin; see there for more. Along with big, it mostly displaced Middle English stoor and muchel (the latter surviving in much under a different meaning).
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big huge giant gigantic enormous stour great mickle largeish ample cosmic bodacious broad commodious considerable expansive good-sized full generous grand hefty hench immense jumbo
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Adverb
- Before the wind.
Noun
- An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.
Synonyms: maxima octuple whole note
- Liberality, generosity.
- A thousand dollars/pounds.
- Getting a car tricked out like that will cost you 50 large.
- "We'll call you anything we want," Dave said. "You owe us eighty-five large, Ace, and what we've got for collateral on that money so far is a shitload of Arm & Hammer baking soda worth about a buck-fifty. We'll call you...
- So send my sister a hundred large, and next time you come down to Jessup it won't be my grill talking at you. My word on that. - 2008 January 13, David Simon, “Unconfirmed Reports” (30:16 from the start), in The Wire,...
Synonyms: grand
- One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured, larger than a medium.
Synonyms: L
- An item labelled or denoted as being that size.
- One small coffee and two larges, please.
- One who fits an item of that size.