Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, plural, slang, uncountable)A thousand dollars/pounds.

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

  2. (especially, uncountable)One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured, larger than a medium.

  3. (countable, especially)An item labelled or denoted as being that size.

    One small coffee and two larges, please.

  4. (countable, especially)One who fits an item of that size.

  5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.

  6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Liberality, generosity.

More definitions
  • a garment size for a large person

Examples

3254 sentences
  1. Do you have a larger size?

    У вас є розміром більше? — deniko

    ruУ Вас есть размером больше? — corvard

    deHaben Sie eine größere Größe? — MUIRIEL

  2. There was a large crowd there.

    Там був великий натовп. — deniko

    ruТам была большая толпа. — soweli_Elepanto

  3. 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

  4. China is much larger than Japan.

    Китай набагато більший за Японію. — Internecivus

    ruКитай гораздо больше Японии. — FeuDRenais

    deChina ist viel größer als Japan. — MUIRIEL

  5. 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 (“a

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. Along with big, it mostly displaced Middle English stoor and muchel (the latter surviving in much under a different meaning).

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Forms

plural: larges
Singularlarge
Plurallarges

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
grandB2maximaLoctuple whole note

Word family

1 related words
Derivedat large

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 dictionary
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