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large
adjective /lɑːdʒ/
/lɑːrdʒ/ Definition
A2 big in size or amount: a large house the world's largest computer manufacturer We need a larger car. We didn't expect such a large number of people to attend the concert. We've made good progress, but there's still a large amount of work to be done. There was a larger-than-expected fall in unemployment last month. Researchers have just completed the largest-ever survey of criminal behaviour in the UK. The population faces starvation this winter without large-scale emergency food aid.Big and quite bigEnormous
(Definition of large adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- Also, extra, and in addition
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- General words for size and amount
- Increasing and intensifying
- Large in number or quantity
- Masses and large amounts of things
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- Small in number and quantity
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- Someone, anyone, no one or everyone
- Something, anything, nothing, and everything
- Things collected in lines or rings
- Things remaining
- Too much and unnecessary
- Unavailable and inaccessible
- Unlimited
- Words meaning small pieces and amounts
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Synonyms and related words:
- appreciable adjective
- baronial adjective
- burly adjective
- capacious adjective
- commodious adjective
- fair adjective (QUITE LARGE)
- grand adjective (SPLENDID)
- heavy adjective (MACHINES)
- juicy adjective (GOOD)
- L, l adjective
- largish adjective
- macro- prefix
- man-sized adjective
- mass adjective
- mega- prefix (BIG/GOOD)
- swamp verb (TOO MUCH/BIG)
- sweeping adjective (GENERAL)
- the bigger the better idiom
- uncommon adjective (EXTREME)
- voluminous adjective
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