large

Definitions of large in various dictionaries:

noun - a garment size for a large person

adj - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

adj - fairly large or important in effect

adj - ostentatiously lofty in style

adj - generous and understanding and tolerant

adj - conspicuous in position or importance

adj - having broad power and range and scope

adj - in an advanced stage of pregnancy

adv - at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark)

adv - with the wind abaft the beam

adv - in a boastful manner

Of greater than average size, extent, quantity, or amount; big.

Of greater than average scope, breadth, or capacity; comprehensive.

Important; significant: had a large role in the negotiations; a large producer of paper goods.

Understanding and tolerant; liberal: a large and generous spirit.

Of great magnitude or intensity; grand: “a rigid resistance to the large emotions” (Stephen Koch).

Pretentious; boastful.

Gross; coarse.

Favorable.

Not in confinement or captivity; at liberty: a convict still at large.

As a whole; in general: the country at large.

Representing a nation, state, or district as a whole.

Not assigned to a particular country.

The central meaning shared by these adj ectives is “being notably above the average in size or magnitude”: a large city; a large sum of money; a big brown barn; a big sweep of open lawn; a great old oak tree; a great ocean liner.

adv - of considerable size or quantity [ adj LARGER, LARGEST] : LARGELY

LARGE - Large means of great size. Large may also refer to:...