Meaning
1 sensesBefore the wind.
with the wind abaft the beam
Examples
3254 sentencesDo you have a larger size?
У вас є розміром більше? — deniko
ruУ Вас есть размером больше? — corvard
deHaben Sie eine größere Größe? — MUIRIEL
There was a large crowd there.
Там був великий натовп. — deniko
ruТам была большая толпа. — soweli_Elepanto
My family is not very large.
У мене не дуже велика родина. — deniko
ruУ меня не очень большая семья. — marafon
deMeine Familie ist nicht sehr groß. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
China is much larger than Japan.
Китай набагато більший за Японію. — Internecivus
ruКитай гораздо больше Японии. — FeuDRenais
deChina ist viel größer als Japan. — MUIRIEL
He lives in a large house.
Він живе у великому будинку. — deniko
ruОн живёт в большом доме. — DiePain
deEr wohnt in einem großen Haus. — wolfgangth
Origin
From Middle English large, from Old French large, from Latin larga, feminine of largus (“aFrom 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. Along with big, it mostly displaced Middle English stoor and muchel (the latter surviving in much under a different meaning).
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- in a boastful manner:boastfullyvauntinglybig
Collocations
12 patterns- has a large
- a large family
- as large as
- a large audience
- large sum of
- large family
- is larger than
- isn't very large
- a large sum
- large audience
- a large house
- much larger than
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.