large
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English large, from Old French large, from Latin larga, feminine of largus (“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”). Displaced Middle English stoor, stour (“large, great”) (from Old English stōr) and muchel (“large, great”) (from Old English myċel).
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /lɑːʤ/, SAMPA: /lA:dZ/
- (US) IPA: /lɑɹʤ/, SAMPA: /lAr\dZ/
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Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(r)dʒ
[edit] Adjective
large (comparative larger, superlative largest)
- 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.
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[edit] Derived terms
- as large as life, larger than life
- at large
- by and large
- enlarge
- largely
- largeness
- writ large
- largish
[edit] Translations
of greater size
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[edit] External links
- large in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- large in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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Most common English words before 1923: present · water · stood · #261: large · within · room · power
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[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
Old French large, from Latin larga, feminine of largus (“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”).
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[edit] Adjective
large (epicene, plural larges)
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[edit] Latin
[edit] Adjective
large
- vocative masculine singular of largus
