large
large
/lɑːdʒ/
1 big in size or quantity
a large group/city/area/crowd/family
a large number of people
There were some very large amounts of money involved.
Drought hit large parts of the country.
A large proportion of old people live alone.
The company has grown large enough to employ over 100 people.
The kitchen is relatively large for a modern apartment.
That's too large to fit in my suitcase!
The population is slightly larger than that of Canada.
Women usually do the larger share of the housework.
Seoul is one of the world's largest cities.
Who's the rather large (= fat) lady in the hat?
He's a very large child for his age.
Brazil is the world's largest producer of coffee.
By this time his debt had become extremely large.
His eyes were abnormally large.
Isn't that jumper rather large?
Our house was not overly large.
Some of the clothes looked very large.
The plant had grown quite large.
The universe is infinitely large.
a huge chair behind an equally large desk
the increasingly large numbers of senior citizens
I grew up in a large family.
It's better value if you buy a large box.
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adverb
2 (abbreviation L) used to describe one size in a range of sizes of clothes, food, products used in the house, etc.
Would you like small, medium or large?
Do you have these jeans in a larger size?
3 wide in range and involving many things
a large and complex issue
Some drugs are being used on a much larger scale than previously.
The studies are often large in scope, with budgets to match.
If we look at the larger picture of the situation, the differences seem slight.
Idioms
Word Origin
Middle English (in the sense ‘liberal in giving, lavish, ample in quantity’): via Old French from Latin larga, feminine of largus ‘copious’.