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at large1(Especially of a criminal or dangerous animal) at liberty; escaped or not yet captured: the fugitive was still at large...- The prosecution are entitled to raise it and it is their duty to do so rather than allow a dangerous person to be at large.
- Finally, a power of entry is given to recapture a person who is unlawfully at large and whom the police officer is pursuing.
- It also signifies fugitives and runaways, including known criminals who are at large such as escaped convicts.
Synonyms at liberty, free, on the loose, on the run, fugitive; unconfined, unrestrained, roaming, loose, unbound, unrestricted, untied, unchained, unshackled, unfettered, set loose, wild North American informal on the lam 2As a whole; in general: there has been a loss of community values in society at large...- When I send you one, you take it from me, generalise it at a glance, bestow it thus generalised upon society at large, and make me the second discoverer of a known theorem.
- Society at large obviously doesn't value their education either.
- And for another, society at large will not in general desire that its members should be victims of cruelty, and so its desires in this respect will be frustrated too.
Synonyms as a whole, as a body, generally, in general, in the main 3US In a general way; without particularizing: he served as an ambassador at large in the Reagan Administration...- Mr. Yates is editor at large of Car and Driver magazine.
- He's now an editor at large at U.S. News and World Report.
- Michael Elliott is editor at large for ‘Time’ magazine here in New York City.
4 dated At length; in great detail: writing at large on the policies he wished to pursue...- The column quoted veteran Carnival music-provider DJ Hurricane George, who detailed female Jouvert frustrations at large.
Synonyms in detail, with full details, exhaustively, at length, extensively See parent entry: large |