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LARGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A garment size for a large person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("large" is a kind of...):
size (the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing))
Derivation:
large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In an advanced stage of pregnancy
Example:
was great with child
Synonyms:
big; enceinte; expectant; gravid; great; heavy; large; with child
Classified under:
Similar:
pregnant (carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life)
Derivation:
largeness (the property of having a relatively great size)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having broad power and range and scope
Example:
a large sympathy
Classified under:
Similar:
comprehensive (including all or everything)
Derivation:
largeness (the capacity to understand a broad range of topics)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Conspicuous in position or importance
Example:
a prominent citizen
Synonyms:
big; large; prominent
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
conspicuous (obvious to the eye or mind)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Generous and understanding and tolerant
Example:
magnanimous toward his enemies
Synonyms:
big; large; magnanimous
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
generous (not petty in character and mind)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Example:
large areas of the world
Synonyms:
big; large
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
monstrous (abnormally large)
medium-large (of anything that is large but not the largest)
massive (imposing in scale or scope or degree or power)
massive; monolithic; monumental (imposing in size or bulk or solidity)
man-sized (very large; appropriate to the size of a man)
macro (very large in scale or scope or capability)
macroscopic; macroscopical (large enough to be visible with the naked eye)
full-size; life-size; life-sized; lifesize (being of the same size as an original)
large-scale (constructed or drawn to a big scale)
large-scale (unusually large in scope)
large-mouthed (having a relatively large mouth)
king-size; king-sized (extra large)
mountainous (like a mountain in size and impressiveness)
outsize; outsized; oversize; oversized (larger than normal for its kind)
overlarge; too large (excessively large)
plumping (very large; of exceptional size for its kind)
queen-size; queen-sized ((used especially of beds) not as large as king-size)
rangy (allowing ample room for ranging)
super (extremely large)
titanic (of great force or power)
volumed (formed or rising in rounded masses)
voluminous (large in volume or bulk)
whacking ((British informal) enormous)
wide-ranging (including much)
ample; sizable; sizeable (fairly large in size)
astronomic; astronomical; galactic (inconceivably large)
bear-sized (large as a bear)
bigger; larger (large or big relative to something else)
biggish; largish (somewhat large)
blown-up; enlarged (as of a photograph; made larger)
bouffant; puffy (being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing)
broad; spacious; wide (very large in expanse or scope)
bulky (of large size for its weight)
capacious (large in capacity)
colossal; prodigious; stupendous (so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe)
deep (large in quantity or size)
double (large enough for two)
enormous; tremendous (extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree)
cosmic (inconceivably extended in space or time)
elephantine; gargantuan; giant; jumbo (of great mass; huge and bulky)
epic; heroic; larger-than-life (very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale))
extended; extensive (large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity)
gigantic; mammoth (so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth)
great (relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind)
grand (large and impressive in physical size or extent)
Brobdingnagian; huge; immense; vast (unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope)
hulking; hulky (of great size and bulk)
banging; humongous; thumping; walloping; whopping ((used informally) very large)
Attribute:
size (the physical magnitude of something (how big it is))
Antonym:
small (limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
Derivation:
large (a garment size for a large person)
largeness (the property of having a relatively great size)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Ostentatiously lofty in style
Example:
tumid political prose
Synonyms:
bombastic; declamatory; large; orotund; tumid; turgid
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
rhetorical (given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought)
Derivation:
largeness (the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth))
Sense 7
Meaning:
Fairly large or important in effect; influential
Example:
played a large role in the negotiations
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
important; significant (important in effect or meaning)
Derivation:
largeness (large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness)
III. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a boastful manner
Example:
he talked big all evening
Synonyms:
big; boastfully; large; vauntingly
Classified under:
Sense 2
Meaning:
With the wind abaft the beam
Example:
a ship sailing large
Classified under:
Sense 3
Meaning:
At a distance, wide of something (as of a mark)
Classified under:
Adverbs
Context examples:
Large and cheerful-looking, and the dressing-closets so well disposed!
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
A larger society would improve them.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
This causes the bones of the hands, feet, head, and face to grow larger than normal.
(Acromegaly, NCI Dictionary)
A rapidly progressing cancer that starts in blood-forming tissue such as the bone marrow, and causes large numbers of white blood cells to be produced and enter the blood stream.
(Acute leukemia, NCI Dictionary)
The bone marrow and the peripheral blood show large myeloblasts with abundant basophilic cytoplasm, often containing azurophilic granules.
(Acute Myeloid Leukemia with t(8;21)(q22;q22); RUNX1-RUNX1T1, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)
A biologic subset of diffuse large B-cell lymphomas with a unique molecular signature or expression profile.
(Activated B-Cell-Like Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)
In the middle of the day he found two minnows in a large pool.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
A large portion of the flavanols can also be removed during processing.
(Can Chocolate Really Be Good for You?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The batteries are able to recharge by electrochemically reinserting a large number of electrons.
(New, high-energy rechargeable batteries, NSF)
The flyby of 2004 BL86 will be the closest by any known space rock this large until asteroid 1999 AN10 flies past Earth in 2027.
(Asteroid to Fly By Earth on January 26, NASA)
