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say it: lahrj
large is an adjective, adverb and noun meaning "above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent". It is pronounced /ˈlɑɹdʒ/ — lahrj. It carries 11 recorded senses.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
“a large city”
“set out for the big city”
“a large sum”
“a big (or large) barn”
“a large family”
“big businesses”
“a big expenditure”
“a large number of newspapers”
“a big group of scientists”
“large areas of the world”
fairly large or important in effect; influential
“played a large role in the negotiations”
generous and understanding and tolerant
“a heart big enough to hold no grudges”
“that's very big of you to be so forgiving”
“a large and generous spirit”
“a large heart”
“magnanimous toward his enemies”
conspicuous in position or importance
“a big figure in the movement”
“big man on campus”
“he's very large in financial circles”
“a prominent citizen”
having broad power and range and scope
“taking the large view”
“a large effect”
“a large sympathy”
at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark)
with the wind abaft the beam
“a ship sailing large”
a garment size for a large person
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for large come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.