large.
Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
Meaning & usage
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.
That is large (the manufactured size).
Abundant; ample.
Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.
Free; unencumbered.
Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.
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.
Where this word comes from
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).
An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.
Liberality, generosity.
A thousand dollars/pounds.
Getting a car tricked out like that will cost you 50 large.
One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured, larger than a medium.
An item labelled or denoted as being that size.
One small coffee and two larges, please.
One who fits an item of that size.
Where this word comes from
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).
Before the wind.
Where this word comes from
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).
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