LARGE
\lˈɑːd͡ʒ], \lˈɑːdʒ], \l_ˈɑː_dʒ]\
Definitions of LARGE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child"
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ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"
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fairly large or important in effect; influential; "played a large role in the negotiations"
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a garment size for a large person
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with the wind abaft the beam; "a ship sailing large"
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at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark)
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having broad power and range and scope; "taking the large view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy"
By Princeton University
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in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child"
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ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"
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fairly large or important in effect; influential; "played a large role in the negotiations"
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a garment size for a large person
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with the wind abaft the beam; "a ship sailing large"
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at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark)
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having broad power and range and scope; "taking the large view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious; extensive; -- opposed to small; as, a large horse; a large house or room; a large lake or pool; a large jug or spoon; a large vineyard; a large army; a large city.
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Abundant; ample; as, a large supply of provisions.
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Full in statement; diffuse; full; profuse.
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Free; unembarrassed.
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Prodigal in expending; lavish.
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A musical note, formerly in use, equal to two longs, four breves, or eight semibreves.
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Having more than usual power or capacity; having broad sympathies and generous impulses; comprehensive; - said of the mind and heart.
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Unrestrained by decorum; - said of language.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious; extensive; -- opposed to small; as, a large horse; a large house or room; a large lake or pool; a large jug or spoon; a large vineyard; a large army; a large city.
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Abundant; ample; as, a large supply of provisions.
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Full in statement; diffuse; full; profuse.
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Free; unembarrassed.
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Prodigal in expending; lavish.
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A musical note, formerly in use, equal to two longs, four breves, or eight semibreves.
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Having more than usual power or capacity; having broad sympathies and generous impulses; comprehensive; - said of the mind and heart.
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Unrestrained by decorum; - said of language.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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Great in size; bulky; wide; extensive; broad in understanding or sympathy; as, a large mind; at large, in full; as, to discuss a subject at large; free; as, the thief is at large; for a whole state, district, etc.; as, a Congressman at large.
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Largely.
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Largeness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Great in size, or quantity, or number, or extent, or capacity; bulky; abundant; numerous; ample; diffuse; wide; extensive; capacious; comprehensive; liberal; generous. At large, without restraint or confinement; diffusely; fully.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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