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Complete Definition of "large"

wikipedia|dab=large (disambiguation)|large
English

rank|present|water|stood|261|large|within|room|power

Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) IPA|/lɑːdʒ/, SAMPA|/lA:dZ/
(General American|US) IPA|/lɑɹdʒ/, SAMPA|/lArdZ/
audio|en-us-large.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɑː(r)dʒ|-ɑː(r)dʒ

Etymology
From OF. #French|large.

Adjective
en-adj-er-e|larg|e

  1. 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)

See at large.

  • At liberty; Not incarcerated.
  • Representing the whole, rather than a section.
  • As a collection or entirely- "the populace at large"

Synonyms
WikiSaurus?-link|large
big, huge, giant, gigantic, enormous, largeish

Antonyms
small, tiny, miniscule

Translations
trans-top|of greater size
Albanian: gjerë
Arabic: كبير
Azerbaijani: böyuk
Bulgarian: голям (goljam)
Chinese: 大
Czech: početný
Dutch: groot
Esperanto: granda
Estonian: suur
Finnish: iso
French: grand
Georgian: დიდი (didi)
German: groß
Greek: μεγάλος (megálos)
Hungarian: nagy
Icelandic: mikill (number/quantity); stór
Ido: granda
Indonesian: besar
Irish: mór
Italian: grande
Japanese: 大きい (おおきい) (ōkī)
Korean: 큰 (kŭn)
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Kurdish: KUchar|گه‌وره‌
Latvian: liels
Lithuanian: didelis
Maori: nui
Norwegian: stor
Persian: وسيع
Polish: duży
Portuguese: grande
Rohingya: boro
Romanian: mare
Romany: bāro
Russian: большой (boľšoj)
Slovak: veľký
Slovene: velik
Spanish: grande
Swahili: kikubwa
Swedish: stor
Telugu: పెద్ద (pedda), భారీ (bhaari)
Turkish: geniş
Vietnamese: rộng
Welsh: braisg, mawr
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trans-top|escaped criminal
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Derived terms
as large as life, larger than life
at large
by and large
enlarge
largely
largeness
writ large
largish


French

Pronunciation
IPA|[laʁʒ
]

Etymology
From L. largus.

Adjective
large

  1. wide|Wide, broad.
  2. Large.
  3. generous|Generous.

Category:200 English basic words

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ta:large
vi:large
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