English to English adjective
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above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent | | Example: 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
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Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious; extensive; -- opposed to small; as, a large horse; a large house or room; a large lake or pool; a large jug or spoon; a large vineyard; a large army; a large city. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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fairly large or important in effect; influential | | Example: played a large role in the negotiations
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ostentatiously lofty in style | | Example: a man given to large talk tumid political prose
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generous and understanding and tolerant | | Example: 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
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conspicuous in position or importance | | Example: a big figure in the movement big man on campus he's very large in financial circles a prominent citizen
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having broad power and range and scope | | Example: taking the large view a large effect a large sympathy
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in an advanced stage of pregnancy | | Example: was big with child was great with child
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at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark) | | source: wordnet30
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with the wind abaft the beam | | Example: a ship sailing large
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in a boastful manner | | Example: he talked big all evening
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Freely; licentiously. | | source: webster1913 noun
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a garment size for a large person | | source: wordnet30
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A musical note, formerly in use, equal to two longs, four breves, or eight semibreves. | | source: webster1913
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