large
see also: Large
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈlɑːd͡ʒ/
  • (GA) IPA: /ˈlɑɹd͡ʒ/
Adjective

large (comparative larger, superlative largest)

  1. Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
    Russia is a large country.   The fruit-fly has large eyes for its body size.   He has a large collection of stamps.
  2. (obsolete) Abundant; ample.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book 5”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: Printed [by Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […] [a]nd by Robert Boulter […] [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], OCLC 228722708 ↗; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: The Text Exactly Reproduced from the First Edition of 1667: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554 ↗:
      We have yet large day.
  3. (archaic) Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.
    • I might be very large upon the importance and advantages of education.
  4. (obsolete) Free; unencumbered.
    • Of burdens all he set the Paynims large.
  5. (obsolete) Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.
    • 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act II, scene iii]:
      Some large jests he will make.
  6. (nautical) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.
Synonyms Antonyms Translations Noun

large

  1. (music, obsolete) An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.
  2. (obsolete) Liberality, generosity.
  3. (slang, plural: large) A thousand dollars/pounds.
    Getting a car tricked out like that will cost you 50 large.
  4. A large serving of something.
    One small coffee and two larges, please.
Adverb

large

  1. (nautical) Before the wind.

Large
Proper noun
  1. Surname



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