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Overview of noun large

      »   The noun large has 1 meanings (no senses from tagged texts)

• large -- (a Garment1.) Garment -- (an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk")
  
  1.) Dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel -- (provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child")
  
  garment size for a large person)

Overview of adj large
      »   The adj large has 7 meanings (first 2 from tagged texts)

• large, Big1.) Large, big -- (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world")
  
  2.) Big -- (significant; "graduation was a big day in his life")
  
  big -- (above Average1.) Average, norm -- (a statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes")
  
  1.) Average, average out -- (amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain; "The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40")
  
  average in Size1.) Size -- (the physical magnitude of something (how big it is); "a wolf is about the size of a large dog")
  
  2.) Size -- (the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing); "he wears a size 13 shoe")
  
  size or number or Quantity1.) Measure, quantity, amount -- (how much there is of something that you can quantify)
  
  2.) Quantity -- (an adequate or large amount; "he had a quantity of ammunition")
  
  quantity or Magnitude1.) Magnitude -- (the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small); "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"; "about the magnitude of a small pea")
  
  2.) Order of magnitude, magnitude -- (a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10)
  
  magnitude or Extent1.) Extent -- (the point or degree to which something extends; "the extent of the damage"; "the full extent of the law"; "to a certain extent she was right")
  
  2.) Extent -- (the distance or area or volume over which something extends; "the vast extent of the desert"; "an orchard of considerable extent")
  
  extent; "a large city"; "Set1.) Set -- (a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth")
  
  2.) Set -- ((mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols; "the set of prime numbers is infinite")
  
  set out for the Big1.) Large, big -- (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world")
  
  2.) Big -- (significant; "graduation was a big day in his life")
  
  big city"; "a large sum"; "a Big1.) Large, big -- (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world")
  
  2.) Big -- (significant; "graduation was a big day in his life")
  
  big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "Big1.) Large, big -- (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world")
  
  2.) Big -- (significant; "graduation was a big day in his life")
  
  big businesses"; "a Big1.) Large, big -- (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world")
  
  2.) Big -- (significant; "graduation was a big day in his life")
  
  big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a Big1.) Large, big -- (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world")
  
  2.) Big -- (significant; "graduation was a big day in his life")
  
  big group of scientists"; "large Areas1.) Area, country -- (a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country")
  
  2.) Sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena -- (a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit")
  
  areas of the world")

• large -- (Fairly1.) Reasonably, moderately, within reason, somewhat, fairly, middling, passably -- (to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"; "they lived comfortably within reason")
  
  2.) Fairly, fair, evenhandedly -- (without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner; "deal fairly with one another")
  
  fairly large or Important1.) Important, of import -- (of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day")
  
  2.) Significant, important -- (important in effect or meaning; "a significant change in tax laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a significant contribution"; "significant details"; "statistically significant")
  
  important in Effect1.) Consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot -- (a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event")
  
  2.) Impression, effect -- (an outward appearance; "he made a good impression"; "I wanted to create an impression of success"; "she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting")
  
  effect; influential; "Played1.) Play -- (participate in games or sport; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches")
  
  2.) Play -- (act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome; "This factor played only a minor part in his decision"; "This development played into her hands"; "I played no role in your dismissal")
  
  played a large Role1.) Function, office, part, role -- (the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group; "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role")
  
  2.) Character, role, theatrical role, part, persona -- (an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona")
  
  role in the negotiations")

• bombastic, Declamatory1.) Bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid -- (ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose")
  
  declamatory, large, Orotund1.) Bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid -- (ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose")
  
  2.) Orotund, rotund, round, pear-shaped -- ((of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels")
  
  orotund, tumid, Turgid1.) Bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid -- (ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose")
  
  2.) Bloated, distended, puffed, puffy, swollen, intumescent, tumescent, tumid, turgid -- (abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh")
  
  turgid -- (Ostentatiously1.) Ostentatiously, showily, with ostentation -- (in an ostentatious manner; "Mr Khrushchev ostentatiously wooed and embraced Castro at the U.N. general assembly")
  
  ostentatiously lofty in Style1.) Style -- (a particular kind (as to appearance); "this style of shoe is in demand")
  
  2.) Manner, mode, style, way, fashion -- (how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion")
  
  style; "a Man1.) Man, adult male -- (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus")
  
  2.) Serviceman, military man, man, military personnel -- (someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force; "two men stood sentry duty")
  
  man given to large talk"; "Tumid1.) Bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid -- (ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose")
  
  2.) Bloated, distended, puffed, puffy, swollen, intumescent, tumescent, tumid, turgid -- (abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh")
  
  tumid political prose")

• big, large, Magnanimous1.) Greathearted, magnanimous -- (noble and generous in spirit; "a greathearted general"; "a magnanimous conqueror")
  
  2.) Big, large, magnanimous -- (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")
  
  magnanimous -- (Generous1.) Generous -- (willing to give and share unstintingly; "a generous donation")
  
  2.) Generous -- (not petty in character and mind; "unusually generous in his judgment of people")
  
  generous and Understanding1.) Understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy -- (the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect")
  
  2.) Agreement, understanding -- (the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises; "they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business"; "there was an understanding between management and the workers")
  
  understanding and Tolerant1.) Tolerant -- (showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others)
  
  2.) Kind, tolerant -- (tolerant and forgiving under provocation; "our neighbor was very kind about the window our son broke")
  
  tolerant; "a Heart1.) Heart, bosom -- (the locus of feelings and intuitions; "in your heart you know it is true"; "her story would melt your bosom")
  
  2.) Heart, pump, ticker -- (the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body; "he stood still, his heart thumping wildly")
  
  heart big Enough1.) Enough, sufficiency -- (an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose; "enough is as good as a feast"; "there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country")
  
  1.) Adequate, decent, enough -- (enough to meet a purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough")
  
  enough to Hold1.) Clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold -- (the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing")
  
  2.) Appreciation, grasp, hold -- (understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices")
  
  hold no grudges"; "that's very Big1.) Large, big -- (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world")
  
  2.) Big -- (significant; "graduation was a big day in his life")
  
  big of you to be so forgiving"; "a large and Generous1.) Generous -- (willing to give and share unstintingly; "a generous donation")
  
  2.) Generous -- (not petty in character and mind; "unusually generous in his judgment of people")
  
  generous spirit"; "a large heart"; "Magnanimous1.) Greathearted, magnanimous -- (noble and generous in spirit; "a greathearted general"; "a magnanimous conqueror")
  
  2.) Big, large, magnanimous -- (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")
  
  magnanimous toward his enemies")

• big, large, Prominent1.) Outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular, striking -- (having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in prices"; "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance between parent and child")
  
  2.) Big, large, prominent -- (conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen")
  
  prominent -- (Conspicuous1.) Conspicuous -- (obvious to the eye or mind; "a tower conspicuous at a great distance"; "wore conspicuous neckties"; "made herself conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening")
  
  2.) Blatant, blazing, conspicuous -- (without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious; "blatant disregard of the law"; "a blatant appeal to vanity"; "a blazing indiscretion")
  
  conspicuous in Position1.) Position, place -- (the particular portion of space occupied by something; "he put the lamp back in its place")
  
  2.) Military position, position -- (a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons)
  
  position or Importance1.) Importance -- (the quality of being important and worthy of note; "the importance of a well-balanced diet")
  
  2.) Importance, grandness -- (a prominent status; "a person of importance")
  
  importance; "a Big1.) Large, big -- (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world")
  
  2.) Big -- (significant; "graduation was a big day in his life")
  
  big figure in the movement"; "Big1.) Large, big -- (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world")
  
  2.) Big -- (significant; "graduation was a big day in his life")
  
  big man on campus"; "he's very large in Financial1.) Fiscal, financial -- (involving financial matters; "fiscal responsibility")
  
  financial circles"; "a Prominent1.) Outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular, striking -- (having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in prices"; "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance between parent and child")
  
  2.) Big, large, prominent -- (conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen")
  
  prominent citizen")

• large -- (having Broad1.) Broad -- (slang term for a woman; "a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch")
  
  1.) Wide, broad -- (having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other; "wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river")
  
  broad power and Range1.) Scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit -- (an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power")
  
  2.) Range, reach -- (the limits within which something can be effective; "range of motion"; "he was beyond the reach of their fire")
  
  range and Scope1.) Scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit -- (an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power")
  
  2.) Setting, background, scope -- (the state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting")
  
  scope; "taking the large view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy")

• big, Enceinte1.) Big, enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, large, heavy, with child -- (in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child")
  
  enceinte, expectant, Gravid1.) Big, enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, large, heavy, with child -- (in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child")
  
  gravid, great, large, Heavy1.) Heavy -- (an actor who plays villainous roles)
  
  2.) Heavy -- (a serious (or tragic) role in a play)
  
  heavy, with Child1.) Child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling -- (a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters")
  
  2.) Child, kid -- (a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age; "they had three children"; "they were able to send their kids to college")
  
  child -- (in an Advanced1.) Advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on -- (move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on")
  
  2.) Advance, throw out -- (bring forward for consideration or acceptance; "advance an argument")
  
  advanced stage of Pregnancy1.) Pregnancy, gestation, maternity -- (the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus)
  
  pregnancy; "was Big1.) Large, big -- (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world")
  
  2.) Big -- (significant; "graduation was a big day in his life")
  
  big with child"; "was Great1.) Great -- (a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field; "he is one of the greats of American music")
  
  1.) Great -- (relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind; "a great juicy steak"; "a great multitude"; "the great auk"; "a great old oak"; "a great ocean liner"; "a great delay")
  
  great with child")

Overview of adv large
      »   The adv large has 3 meanings (no senses from tagged texts)

• large -- (at a Distance1.) Distance -- (the property created by the space between two objects or points)
  
  2.) Distance -- (a distant region; "I could see it in the distance")
  
  distance, wide of Something1.) Something -- (a thing of some kind; "is there something you want?")
  
  something (as of a mark))

• large -- (with the Wind1.) Wind, air current, current of air -- (air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere")
  
  2.) Wind -- (a tendency or force that influences events; "the winds of change")
  
  wind abaft the Beam1.) Radio beam, beam -- (a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides pilots in darkness or bad weather)
  
  2.) Beam -- (long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction)
  
  beam; "a Ship1.) Ship -- (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)
  
  1.) Transport, send, ship -- (transport commercially)
  
  ship sailing large")

• boastfully, Vauntingly1.) Boastfully, vauntingly, big, large -- (in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening")
  
  vauntingly, big, large -- (in a Boastful1.) Boastful, braggart, bragging, braggy, big, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandising -- (exhibiting self-importance; "big talk")
  
  boastful manner; "he Talked1.) Talk, speak -- (exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words")
  
  2.) Talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise -- (express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize")
  
  talked big all evening")

Related Terms - "Large"

Meaning 1 of Largelarge size

• Extra Large1.) Large -- (a garment size for a large person)
  
  1.) Large, big -- (above average in size or Number1.) Number, figure -- (the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals; "he had a number of chores to do"; "the number of parameters is Small1.) Small -- (the slender part of the back)
  
  2.) Small -- (a garment size for a small person)
  
  Small - The slender part of the back"; "the figure was about a thousand")
  
  2.) Number -- (a concept of quantity derived from zero and units; "every number has a unique position in the sequence")
  
  Number - The property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals; "he had a number of chores to do"; "the number of parameters is small"; "the figure was about a thousand" or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world")
  
  Large - A garment size for a large person1.) Extra large -- (a garment size for a very large person)
  
  Extra large - A garment size for a very large person

• large - no definition found

• number - no definition found

• Octavo1.) Octavo, eightvo, 8vo -- (the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves)
  
  Octavo, Eightvo1.) Octavo, eightvo, 8vo -- (the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves)
  
  Eightvo, 8vo1.) Octavo, eightvo, 8vo -- (the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves)
  
  8vo - The size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves

• Outsize1.) Outsize -- (an unusual garment size (especially one that is very large))
  
  1.) Outsize, outsized, oversize, oversized -- (larger than normal for its kind)
  
  Outsize - An unusual garment size (especially one that is very large)

• Petite1.) Petite -- (a garment size for short or slender women)
  
  1.) Bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck -- (very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy")
  
  Petite - A garment size for short or slender women

• Quarto1.) Quarto, 4to -- (the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves)
  
  Quarto, 4to1.) Quarto, 4to -- (the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves)
  
  4to - The size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves

• Regular1.) Regular, habitue, fixture -- (a regular patron; "an habitue of the racetrack"; "a bum who is a Central Park fixture")
  
  2.) Regular -- (a soldier in the regular army)
  
  Regular - A regular patron; "an habitue of the racetrack"; "a bum who is a Central Park fixture"

• small - no definition found

• Stout1.) Stout -- (a strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hops)
  
  2.) Stout -- (a garment size for a large or heavy person)
  
  Stout - A strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hops

• Tall1.) Tall -- (a garment size for a tall person)
  
  1.) Tall -- (great in vertical dimension; high in stature; "tall people"; "tall buildings"; "tall trees"; "tall ships")
  
  Tall - A garment size for a tall person