1. Of greater than average size, extent, quantity, or amount; big.
2. Of greater than average scope, breadth, or capacity; comprehensive.
3. Important; significant: had a large role in the negotiations; a large producer of paper goods.
4.
a. Understanding and tolerant; liberal: a large and generous spirit.
b. Of great magnitude or intensity; grand: a rigid resistance to the large emotions(Stephen Koch).
5.
a. Pretentious; boastful. Used of speech or manners.
b. Obsolete Gross; coarse. Used of speech or language.
6. Nautical Favorable. Used of a wind.
Idiom:
at large
1. Not in confinement or captivity; at liberty: a convict still at large.
2. As a whole; in general: the country at large.
3. Representing a nation, state, or district as a whole. Often used in combination: councilor-at-large.
4. Not assigned to a particular country. Often used in combination: ambassador-at-large.
5. At length; copiously.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin largus, generous.]
largeness n.
Synonyms: large, big, great These adjectives mean being notably above the average in size or magnitude: a large sum of money; a big brown barn; a great ocean liner.
large /lrd/ adj.larger, largest1 big in size, amount, etc.: He wears extra large shirts.2 important, on a grand scale: That company is a large computer maker.3at large: a. free to move around, uncontrolled: The escaped prisoners are still at large.b. in general, as a whole: The country at large supports the peace plan.4by and large: in general, speaking generally: By and large, I think that the economy is doing well.
Thesaurus: large 1 very big, bulky, sizable | huge, immense. Ant. small. 2 significant.
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/ adj. larger, largest 1 big in size, amount, etc.: He wears extra large shirts. 2 important, on a grand scale: That company is a large computer maker. 3 at large: a. free to move around, uncontrolled: The escaped prisoners are still at large. b. in general, as a whole: The country at large supports the peace plan. 4 by and large: in general, speaking generally: By and large, I think that the economy is doing well.
ness n.