1. of more than average size, quantity, degree, etc.; exceeding that which is common to a kind or class; big; great: a large house; a large number; in large measure; to a large extent.
2. on a great scale: a large producer of kitchen equipment.
3. of great scope or range; extensive; broad.
4. grand or pompous: a man given to large, bombastic talk.
5. (of a map, model, etc.) representing the features of the original with features of its own that are relatively large so that great detail may be shown.
6. famous; successful; important: He's very large in financial circles.
7. Obsolete. generous; bountiful; lavish.
8. Obsolete.
a. unrestrained in the use of language; gross; improper.
b. unrestrained in behavior or manner; uninhibited.
9. Nautical. free.
-noun 10. Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
11. Obsolete. generosity; bounty.
-adverb 12. Nautical . with the wind free or abaft the beam so that all sails draw fully.
-Idioms 13. at large,
a. free from restraint or confinement; at liberty:
ex. The murderer is still at large.
b. to a considerable extent; at length:
ex. to treat a subject at large.
c. as a whole; in general:
ex. the country at large
d. at-large. Representing the whole of the state, district, or body rather than division or parte of it
ex. a delegate at large
in large, on a large scale; from a broad point of view:
ex. a problem seen in large.
-Origin: XII sec. larga, fem. of largus ample, generous
-Related forms largeness, noun
o-ver-large, adjective
ul-tra-large, adjective
un-large, adjective
-Synonyms
1. huge, enormous, immense, gigantic, colossal; massive; vast.
-Antonym 1. small
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