large
/lɑːd͡ʒ//lɑɹd͡ʒ/
large adjective: of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
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.
- We drove back to the office with some concern on my part at the prospect of so large a case. Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
- That is large (the manufactured size).
- Abundant; ample.
- We have yet large day.1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
- He prefers teachers with large experience, but often has positions for beginners who have had a thorough preparation.1895, Margaret Naomi MacArthur, Kindergarten Review, Finger Play, page 75
- Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.
- And where hit please yow to saye that I haue holden my lady youre Quene yeres and wynters / vnto that I shal euer make a large ansuer
- "And where it please you to say that I have holden my lady your queen years and winters, unto that I shall ever make a large answer"1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur Book XX, Chapter xj, leaf 408r-v
- Free; unencumbered.
- Of burdens all he set the Paynims large.1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield...
- Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.
- Some large jests he will make.1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- 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.
Noun
large (countable and uncountable, plural larges)
- An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.
- Synonyms:
- maxima, octuple whole note
- Liberality, generosity.
- A thousand dollars/pounds.
- Getting a car tricked out like that will cost you 50 large.
- "We'll call you anything we want," Dave said. "You owe us eighty-five large, Ace, and what we've got for collateral on that money so far is a shitload of Arm & Hammer baking soda worth about a buck-fifty. We'll call you Hubert J. Motherfucker if we want to."1991, Stephen King, Needful Things
- Synonyms:
- grand
- One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured, larger than a medium.
- Synonyms:
- L
- An item labelled or denoted as being that size.
- One small coffee and two larges, please.
- One who fits an item of that size.
Adverb
large
- Before the wind.
Proper noun capitalized: Large
Large (plural Larges)
- A surname.
large meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
large in Hindi
- of greater size — see also big
- बड़ा baṛā, विशाल viśāl
large in Tamil
- பெரிதான, பெரிய
large in Marathi
- of greater size — see also big
- मोठा moṭhā, मोठी moṭhī, मोठे moṭhe
large in Urdu
- of greater size — see also big
- بڑا baṛā
More languagesFewer languages
- large in Bengali
- বড় boṛ
- large in Telugu
- పెద్ద pedda, భారీ bhārī
- large in Malayalam
- വലുത് valutŭ, ഓടി ōṭi
- large in Kannada
- ಪೇರ್, ಹೇರ್, ಹೆರ್, ಹೆಬ್
- large in Punjabi
- بھارا bhārā
- large in Gujarati
- હિંડોળો hiṇḍoḷo, ઝૂલો jhūlo, વિશાલ viśāl, મહામંત્ર mahāmantra
- large in Odia
- ମୁଲକ mulaka, ବୁଢ଼ା buṛhā
- large in Sanskrit
- मह maha, महत् mahat
- large in Assamese
- বিপুল bipul, ডাঙৰ daṅor
- large in Nepali
- विपुल् vipul
- large in Pashto
- ستر stër, لوی loi
- large in Arabic
- كَبِير kabīr, وَاسِع wāsiʕ
- large in Malay
- besar
- large in Indonesian
- besar
- large in Persian
- بزرگ bozorg, گنده gonde
- large in Thai
- ใหญ่ yài
- large in Vietnamese
- rộng
- large in Myanmar
- ကြီး kri:, ကြီးမား kri:ma:
Examples of large in a sentence
- Hal Smith, manager of the Ferry Field theatre, Detroit, one of the largest and prettiest outskirt houses in town, played Metro's "Revelation" for three days last week1917, Michigan Film Review, page 347:
- Test large, cylindrical, early portion closely coiled and always completely involute, later and larger portion uncoiled[…]1946, Joseph Augustine Cushman, The larger fossil Foraminifera of the Panama Canal Zone:
- The largest age group for volunteers was 35-44, the CNCS survey said, and volunteers were most likely to be parents with children under 18.2018 July 19, Thom Patterson, “Stats reveal how many Americans volunteer and where”, in CNN:
- I might be very large upon the importance and advantages of education.1711, Henry Felton, Dissertation on Reading the Classics:
Synonyms of large
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Antonyms
Forms of large
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | larger |
| superlative | largest |
| Noun | |
| plural | larges |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Larges |
Origin of large
From Middle English large, from Old French large, from Latin larga, feminine of largus (“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”), of uncertain ultimate origin; see there for more. Along with big, it mostly displaced Middle English stoor and muchel (the latter surviving in much under a different meaning).
Words formed from large
- as large as life
- binary large object
- bulk large
- by and large
- diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
- enlarge
- extra extra extra large
- extra extra large
- extralarge
- extra large
- extra-large
- give it large
- go large
- have it large
- Khitan large script
- large and in charge
- large-billed crow
- large-billed scrubwren
- Large Black
- large blue
- large bonito
- large bowel
- large breasts
- large calorie
- large cap
- large cardamom
- large cardinal
- large charge
- large chequered skipper
- large cruiser
- large egret
- largeflower
- large format
- large grizzled skipper
- large-group awareness training
- large group awareness training
- large-handed
- large-handedly
- large-handedness
- large-headed rice rat
- large-headed water snake
- large-hearted
- large-heartedly
- large-heartedness
- large heath
- large igneous province
- large intestine
- large it
- large it up
- large language model
- largeleaf
- large leaf-eating ladybird
- large light cruiser
- largely
- large-minded
- largemouth
- largen
- largeness
- largenose
- large offspring syndrome
Phrases with large
- at large
- large toe
- large caps
- large page
- large pink
- large toes
- live large
- loom large
- writ large
- bulks large
- by in large
- large blues
69 more phrasesFewer phrases
- large scale
- large white
- lived large
- lives large
- looms large
- bulked large
- large bowels
- large heaths
- large tupelo
- large whites
- living large
- loomed large
- bulking large
- gave it large
- large bonitos
- large formats
- large skipper
- large toenail
- large tupelos
- looming large
- given it large
- gives it large
- large calories
- large skippers
- large toe nail
- large toe-nail
- large toenails
- county at large
- giving it large
- large cardinals
- large toe nails
- large toe-nails
- large twayblade
- large intestinal
- large intestines
- large twayblades
- counties at large
- large curly brace
- large seal script
- prisoner at large
- statutes at large
- to a large extent
- large quasar group
- prisoners at large
- large curly bracket
- Large Münsterländer
- large quasar groups
- large tortoiseshell
- binary large objects
- large light cruisers
- Large Münsterländers
- large tortoiseshells
- law of large numbers
- large language models
- Large Magellanic Cloud
- large grizzled skippers
- large scale integration
- large yellow sweet plum
- large chequered skippers
- programming in the large
- very large crude carrier
- ultra large crude carrier
- very large crude carriers
- ultra large crude carriers
- very large scale integration
- ultra large scale integration
- diffuse large B-cell lymphomas
- large group awareness trainings
- Marshall's large yellow sweet plum
Words that rhyme with large
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Questions about large
- What does large mean?
- Large means of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
- What is large in Hindi?
- Large in Hindi is बड़ा (baṛā), विशाल (viśāl). See Large meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use large in a sentence?
- Hal Smith, manager of the Ferry Field theatre, Detroit, one of the largest and prettiest outskirt houses in town, played Metro's "Revelation" for three days last week
- What part of speech is large?
- Large can be an adjective, a noun, an adverb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce large?
- Large is pronounced /lɑːd͡ʒ/ (UK).
Words near large in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: large (page history and authors); Large (page history and authors); large (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ഓടി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); large (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); بھارا (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ઝૂલો (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ବୁଢ଼ା (Odia) (page history and authors); ডাঙৰ (Assamese) (page history and authors); विपुल् (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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