From Middle English large, from Old French large, from Latin larga, feminine of largus ("abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much"), of uncertain ultimate origin; see there for more.

• (RP) IPA: /lɑːd͡ʒ/
• (America) IPA: /lɑɹd͡ʒ/

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.

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC ↗:

     We drove back to the office with some concern on my part at the prospect of so large a case. Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.

2. (especially, clothing, food or drink) That is large .
3. (obsolete) Abundant; ample.
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC ↗; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC ↗:

     We have yet large day.

4. (archaic) Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.
   • 1711, Henry Felton, Dissertation on Reading the Classics:

     I might be very large upon the importance and advantages of education.

5. (obsolete) Free; unencumbered.
   • 1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC ↗:

     Of burdens all he set the Paynims large.

6. (obsolete) Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.
   • 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act II, scene iii]:

     Some large jests he will make.

7. (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.

• big, huge, giant, gigantic, enormous, stour, great, mickle, largeish
• See also Thesaurus:large

• small, tiny, minuscule

• French: grand
• German: groß, weit
• Italian: grande, ampio, vasto
• Portuguese: grande
• Russian: большо́й
• Spanish: grande

large

1. (music, obsolete) An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.

   Synonyms: maxima, octuple whole note

2. (obsolete) Liberality, generosity.
3. (slang, plural: large) A thousand dollars/pounds.

   Synonyms: grand

   Getting a car tricked out like that will cost you 50 large.

4. (uncountable, especially, clothing, food or drink)

   Synonyms: L

5. (countable, especially, clothing, food or drink) An item labelled or denoted as being that size.

   One small coffee and two larges, please.

6. (countable, especially, wrt, clothing) One who fits an item of that size.

large

1. (nautical) Before the wind.

1. Surname.