large
/lɑːdʒ/
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Translation
Big in size or amount; more than usual.
Word origin
Comes through Old French from the Latin word largus, meaning plentiful or wide.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- largus
Examples
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"Large" shows the house is big in size.
voted.
Here "large" means the number was more than usual.
ordered coffee.
"Large" shows the coffee was a big size.
"Large" means big in size or amount. A large room takes up a lot of space, and a large number is a high one. It means much the same as "big", but often sounds a little more formal. The opposite is "small".
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