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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
source: wordnet30
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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
source: wordnet30
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ostentatiously lofty in style | | Example: a man given to large talk
tumid political prose
source: wordnet30
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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
source: wordnet30
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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
source: wordnet30
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having broad power and range and scope | | Example: taking the large view
a large effect
a large sympathy
source: wordnet30
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in an advanced stage of pregnancy | | Example: was big with child
was great with child
source: wordnet30 adverb
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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
source: wordnet30
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in a boastful manner | | Example: he talked big all evening
source: wordnet30
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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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