what does large mean?
LARGE as NOUN
- Meaning
- a garment size for a large person
Hypernyms(s) large is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
LARGE as ADJECTIVE
- Meaning
- having broad power and range and scope
Usage Example(s)
- taking the large view
- a large effect
- a large sympathy
Similar To
- Meaning
- conspicuous in position or importance
Synonym(s)
Usage Example(s)
- a big figure in the movement
- big man on campus
- he’’s very large in financial circles
- a prominent citizen
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- Meaning
- generous and understanding and tolerant
Synonym(s)
Usage Example(s)
- 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
Similar To
- Meaning
- above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Synonym(s)
Usage Example(s)
- 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 o
Antonym(s)
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Attribute(s)
- Meaning
- large enough to be visible to the naked eye
Synonym(s)
Antonym(s)
Similar To
- Meaning
- ostentatiously lofty in style
Synonym(s)
Usage Example(s)
- a man given to large talk
- tumid political prose
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- Meaning
- fairly large or important in effect
- influential
Usage Example(s)
- played a large role in the negotiations
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LARGE as ADVERB
- Meaning
Synonym(s)
Usage Example(s)
- he talked big all evening
Pertainym(s)
- Meaning
- with the wind abaft the beam
Usage Example(s)
- Meaning
- at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark)
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