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to a large extent

to a large extent prepositional phrase: mostly; usually or primarily.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Mostly; usually or primarily.
    • Standard tests would at least eliminate that additional variable, teacher judgment, to a large extent.1920, Francis Marion Garver, Misplacement of Children in Grades Six, Seven, Eight in a Large City School System, page 6
    • When a business has grown to such an extent that it cannot be operated individually, one must confine initiative and talents to purely executive routine to a large extent.1931, The Tea & Coffee Trade Journal - Volume 61, page 724

Synonyms of to a large extent

Questions about to a large extent

What does to a large extent mean?
To a large extent means mostly; usually or primarily.
What part of speech is to a large extent?
To a large extent is a prepositional phrase.

Words near to a large extent in the dictionary

  1. to a first approximation
  2. to a great extent
  3. to a greater extent
  4. to a hair
  5. to a hammer, everything looks like a nail
  6. to a large extent
  7. to a lesser extent
  8. to a man
  9. to a nicety
  10. to a T
  11. to a tee

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