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large meaning and definition
Definition and meaning of large at MeaningMonkey.org. large meaning and definition in the English Dictionary.LARGE noun
Definition of large (noun)
- a garment size for a large person
LARGE adjective
Definition of large (adjective)
- above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
- fairly large or important in effect; influential
- "played a large role in the negotiations"
- ostentatiously lofty in style
- "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"
- synonyms: bombastic, declamatory, orotund, tumid, turgid
- generous and understanding and tolerant
- "a heart big enough to hold no grudges"; "that's very big of you to be so forgiving"; "a large and generous spirit"; "a large heart"; "magnanimous toward his enemies"
- synonyms: big, magnanimous
- conspicuous in position or importance
- having broad power and range and scope
- "taking the large view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy"
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
LARGE adverb
Definition of large (adverb)
- at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark)
- with the wind abaft the beam
- "a ship sailing large"
- in a boastful manner
- "he talked big all evening"
- synonyms: big, boastfully, vauntingly
Source: Princeton University Wordnet