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Webster 1913 Edition

Large

Large

(lärj)
,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Larger
(lär′jẽr)
;
sup
erl.
Largest
.]
[F., fr. L.
largus
. Cf.
Largo
.]
1.
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.
☞ For linear dimensions, and mere extent, great, and not large, is used as a qualifying word; as, great length, breadth, depth; a great distance; a great height.
2.
Abundant; ample;
as, a
large
supply of provisions
.
We have yet
large
day.
Milton.
3.
Full in statement; diffuse; full; profuse.
I might be very
large
upon the importance and advantages of education.
Felton.
4.
Having more than usual power or capacity; having broad sympathies and generous impulses; comprehensive; – said of the mind and heart.
5.
Free; unembarrassed.
[Obs.]
Of burdens all he set the Paynims
large
.
Fairfax.
6.
Unrestrained by decorum; – said of language.
[Obs.]
“Some large jests he will make.”
Shak.
7.
Prodigal in expending; lavish.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
8.
(Naut.)
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.
Syn. – Big; bulky; huge; capacious; comprehensive; ample; abundant; plentiful; populous; copious; diffusive; liberal.

Large

,
adv.
Freely; licentiously.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Large

,
Noun.
(Mus.)
A musical note, formerly in use, equal to two longs, four breves, or eight semibreves.

Webster 1828 Edition

Large

L'ARGE

, a larj. [L. largus; Gr. wide, copious, and perhaps with floor.]
1.
Big; of great size; bulky; as a large body; a large horse or ox; a large mountain; a large tree; a large ship.
2.
Wide; extensive; as a large field or plain; a large extent of territory.
3.
Extensive or populous; containing many inhabitants; as a large city or town.
4.
Abundant; plentiful; ample; as a large supply of provisions.
5.
Copious; diffusive.
I might be very large on the importance and advantages of education.
6.
In seamen's language, the wind is large when it crosses the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction, particularly on the beam or quarter.
7.
Wide; consisting of much water; as a large river.
8.
Liberal; of a great amount; as a large donation.
1.
At large, without restraint or confinement; as, to go at large; to be left at large.
2.
Diffusely; fully; in the full extent; as, to discourse on a subject at large.

L'ARGE

,
Noun.
Formerly, a musical note equal to four breves.

Definition 2024

large

large

See also: larĝe

English

Adjective

large ‎(comparative larger, superlative largest)

  1. Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
    • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 2, in The Celebrity:
      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.
    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.
    • Milton
      We have yet large day.
  3. (archaic) Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.
    • Felton
      I might be very large upon the importance and advantages of education.
  4. (obsolete) Free; unencumbered.
    • Fairfax
      Of burdens all he set the Paynims large.
  5. (obsolete) Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.
    • Shakespeare
      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

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

large ‎(countable and uncountable, plural larges)

  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.

Derived terms

Statistics

Most common English words before 1923: present · water · stood · #261: large · within · room · power

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Old French large, from Latin largus, larga, largum ‎(“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [laʁʒ]
  • Homophone: larges
  • Hyphenation: large

Adjective

large m, f ‎(plural larges)

  1. wide, broad
  2. large
  3. generous

Noun

large m ‎(plural larges)

  1. open sea
  2. width

Synonyms

Descendants
  • Antillean Creole: laj
  • Haitian Creole: laj
  • Karipúna Creole French: laj
  • Louisiana Creole French: laj, larj

Anagrams

Latin

Adverb

largē ‎(comparable largius, superlative largissimē)

  1. munificently, generously, liberally.
  2. abundantly, copiously.
  3. to a great extent.

Adjective

large

  1. vocative masculine singular of largus

References

Norman

Etymology

From Old French large, from Latin largus ‎(“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”).

Adjective

large m, f

  1. (Jersey) wide

Derived terms

Noun

large m ‎(plural larges)

  1. (Jersey, nautical) open sea, deep sea

Synonyms

Old French

Alternative forms

  • larc (Roman de Renard, "wide")

Etymology

From Latin largus, larga.

Adjective

large m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular large)

  1. generous
  2. large; big
  3. wide (when used to differentiate between height, width and length)

Descendants

References

Etymology

From Middle English large, from Old French large, from Latin larga, feminine of largus ‎(“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”). Mostly displaced Middle English stoor, stour ‎(“large, great”) (from Old English stōr) and muchel ‎(“large, great”) (from Old English myċel).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /lɑːdʒ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /lɑɹdʒ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dʒ

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