Large

//lɑːd͡ʒ// adj, adv, name, noun, slang

adj, adv, name, noun, slang ·Very common ·Middle school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves. countable, obsolete, uncountable
  2. 2
    a garment size for a large person wordnet
  3. 3
    Liberality, generosity. countable, obsolete, uncountable
  4. 4
    A thousand dollars/pounds. countable, plural, slang, uncountable

    "Getting a car tricked out like that will cost you 50 large."

  5. 5
    One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured, larger than a medium. especially, uncountable
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  1. 6
    An item labelled or denoted as being that size. countable, especially

    "One small coffee and two larges, please."

  2. 7
    One who fits an item of that size. countable, especially
Adjective
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    That is large (the manufactured size). especially
  3. 3
    Abundant; ample. obsolete

    "We have yet large day."

  4. 4
    Full in statement; diffuse; profuse. archaic

    "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 winters, unto that I shall ever make a large answer""

  5. 5
    Free; unencumbered. obsolete

    "Of burdens all he set the Paynims large."

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  1. 6
    Unrestrained by decorum; said of language. obsolete

    "Some large jests he will make."

  2. 7
    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.
Adjective
  1. 1
    in an advanced stage of pregnancy wordnet
  2. 2
    having broad power and range and scope wordnet
  3. 3
    conspicuous in position or importance wordnet
  4. 4
    generous and understanding and tolerant wordnet
  5. 5
    above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent wordnet
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  1. 6
    ostentatiously lofty in style wordnet
  2. 7
    fairly large or important in effect; influential wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    Before the wind.
Adverb
  1. 1
    in a boastful manner wordnet
  2. 2
    with the wind abaft the beam wordnet
  3. 3
    at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark) wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms
astronomicalbigbulkycapaciouscosmicelephantine

Example

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"Brian repeatedly told Chris that he owed him a pretty large amount of money."

Etymology

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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