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ADJECTIVE large COMPARATIVE larger SUPERLATIVE largest
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Meaning large meaning

What does large mean?
Definitions in simple English

large

Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, long, or fat. I would like a large glass of milk. I need a larger piece of paper to fit all these pictures onto it.

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 fairly large or important in effect; influential played a large role in the negotiations with the wind abaft the beam a ship sailing large at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark) having broad power and range and scope taking the large view a large effect a large sympathy a garment size for a large person (= big, 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 (= big, 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 (= tumid) ostentatiously lofty in style a man given to large talk tumid political prose (= big) in a boastful manner he talked big all evening (= big, great, with child) in an advanced stage of pregnancy was big with child was great with child

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Simple sentences

The old man drew a large crowd around him by his music.
The old man left a large fortune to his wife.
Mr Johnson's was a large room.
This room is large enough.
This size is too large for me.
We caught some large fish there.
My family is not very large.
My father died, leaving a large sum of money.
Large cars use lots of gas.
He demanded a large sum of money from me.
He acquired a large fortune.
I don't enjoy traveling in large groups.
Tom left a large tip on the table.
Your house is three times as large as mine.
The sudden increase of cars is causing a large number of traffic accidents every day.
Kyoto is not as large as Osaka.
All of a sudden, large drops of rain began falling from the dark sky.
There is a large house on the hill.
Round the corner came a large truck.
The town was defended by a large army.
We are, in large measure, responsible for students' success in the entrance exam.
If your prices are competitive, we will place a large order.
If we were to live on the moon, how large would the earth look?
There is a large parking lot in front of the station.
The people at large were against the war.
The people at large are hoping for great changes in the light of the present situation.
London is such a large city that visitors must use buses and the underground railway to get about.
Your income is about twice as large as mine.
Your income is about twice as large as mine is.
The population of your city is about five times as large as that of my town.

Movie subtitles

We sat in the middle forest in a large building.
Six survivors are in a large building in the middle of the jungle.
Britannia is much too large and powerful of an opponent to fight with just one Geass.
There were, of course, some imposing sights on the banks of the Thames, notably a large gaol, the Tower of London.
They're large balls of hydrogen and helium gas, like Jupiter and saturn.
Harry will give us venous access, via a large-bore cannula, and then we will immediately give 30 milligrams of ketamine, one gram of paracetamol and one litre of warmed Hartmann's, please.
That's large-format barrels, neutral oak.
And then with the Wadsworths having a large manor we could use while they were away, we thought wouldn't it be jolly good fun to adapt it into real life.
In Thailand they were apparently able to remove a large part of the cancer, but apparently not enough.
Jed Charmers is a wannabe mayor, yet he doesn't attend the one event that would guarantee him a large audience to mix and mingle with.
I'm sorry, Barbara, but I've a long list of things to do this evening and these exercises loom large on it.
Now please remember, a killer is still at large.
She analyzed Mr. Dubois's stomach emissions and found that, along with a minuscule amount of strychnine, there was a large quantity of ipecac.
Uh, of the other six, uh, only one has a structure large enough to get that stolen helicopter out of view and under construction.
Large quantities of dust between the stars obscured a clear view to distant parts and the Centre.
After the war, Oort immediately wanted to build a large telescope, with a diameter of 25 meter.
Once this was finished, in June 1952, the first large survey along the Milky Way equator started.
Large sums.
Last seen with a little man with large flat fleet and small moustache.
The devils are stuffing the damned into large pots.
The doctor has just described in detail how he believes the victim was struck with a large knife from 2 meters away.
Boxes of earth large enough for him to rest in.
The doctor's favorite lunatic is at large again.
Only there was a tremendously large yellow moon up in the sky.
A large room on the front, and with a bar.
Of the other six, only one has a structure large enough to get that stolen helicopter out of view, under construction.
Tonight amazing Galla performance. in the large tent in the field behind the inn.
It's a large order, but maybe it can be done.
Large or small?
I guess they'll be a little bit large, won't they?
Begging your pardon, sir, will it be a large affair?
Mr. Kringelein will take Room 176. It's one of our most expensive rooms. A large room on the front, and with a bar.
Now I'm a gambler. running at large, like a happy pig. devouring everything of life that pleases me.
It's very pretty but much too large.
It's a large sum, but I can give it up knowing it saved a child's life.
Please send a large autographed photograph for our club room.
I'll take a large piece of him.

News and current affairs

On the contrary, by and large it was the critics, not the supporters, of these measures who found themselves in trouble.
It is also difficult to grasp why China is so reluctant to reduce its bilateral surplus, given meager returns on its massive holdings of US government securities and a sustained risk of large capital losses in the future.
On the contrary, expansion takes away the worries - be they real or imagined - that surround the situation of the large Russian-speaking populations that now live outside of Russia but within the borders of the former Soviet Union.
They are affordable, and in each case would ultimately deliver large net benefits.
The bad news is that it has become increasingly clear that, at least for large countries, currency areas will be highly unstable unless they follow national borders.
Europe's leaders cannot carry out large transfers across countries indefinitely without a coherent European political framework.
Global warming is one of those rare instances where the scientific community is more fearful of what may be happening than the population at large.
It is now clear that the ECB itself has caused a large part of the capital flight from countries like Spain and Italy, because the cheap credit that it offered drove away private capital.
Their financial trust index, based on a large-scale survey of financial decision-makers in American households, did show a sharp fall in trust in late 2008 and early 2009, following the collapse of Lehman Brothers.
It would create a trade area large enough to generate both local and foreign investment.
This is no longer a feasible strategy for large or middle-income developing countries.
Will developing countries' need to generate large increases in the supply of industrial products inevitably clash with the world's intolerance of trade imbalances?
A consensus is emerging that the gap between the US economy's growth potential and its actual performance will remain large for some time to come.
The financial sector requires tougher regulation, strengthened supervision, and internationally consistent resolution mechanisms to address the problems posed by very large, global institutions that are considered too big (or too complex) to fail.
At the time (2008-2009), large international banks had to be rescued by their home countries' governments when they ran into trouble.
Just ask any of the large international banking groups headquartered in financially stressed eurozone countries.
Sarkozy, of all people, should know that a large part of the gravitas of office derives from pomp and circumstance.
It had no choice: with financial turmoil threatening to spread from small countries like Greece and Ireland to large ones like Italy and Spain, the euro's very survival was in growing jeopardy.
Global macroeconomic stability requires that we avoid such large current-account imbalances in the future.
In the past, this push was accommodated by the willingness of the US and a few other developed nations to run large trade deficits.
In fact, there is a large body of literature that indicates that even countries in the aftermath of internal conflict can reach a higher level of compliance with these standards.

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