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- 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 That is large (the manufactured size). especially
- 3 Abundant; ample. obsolete
"We have yet large day."
- 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 Free; unencumbered. obsolete
"Of burdens all he set the Paynims large."
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- 6 Unrestrained by decorum; said of language. obsolete
"Some large jests he will make."
- 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.
- 1 in an advanced stage of pregnancy wordnet
- 2 having broad power and range and scope wordnet
- 3 conspicuous in position or importance wordnet
- 4 generous and understanding and tolerant wordnet
- 5 above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent wordnet
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- 6 ostentatiously lofty in style wordnet
- 7 fairly large or important in effect; influential wordnet
- 1 Before the wind.
- 1 in a boastful manner wordnet
- 2 with the wind abaft the beam wordnet
- 3 at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark) wordnet
- 1 A surname.
- 1 An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves. countable, obsolete, uncountable
- 2 a garment size for a large person wordnet
- 3 Liberality, generosity. countable, obsolete, uncountable
- 4 A thousand dollars/pounds. countable, plural, slang, uncountable
"Getting a car tricked out like that will cost you 50 large."
- 5 One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured, larger than a medium. especially, uncountable
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- 6 An item labelled or denoted as being that size. countable, especially
"One small coffee and two larges, please."
- 7 One who fits an item of that size. countable, especially
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).
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).
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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