large
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old French large < Latin largus (“‘abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much’”)
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /lɑːʤ/, SAMPA: /lA:dZ/
- (US) IPA: /lɑɹʤ/, SAMPA: /lAr\dZ/
- Audio (US)help, file
- Rhymes: -ɑː(r)dʒ
[edit] Adjective
large (comparative larger, superlative largest)
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- 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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