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largelarge /lɑrdʒ/ ●●● S1 W1 adjective ETYMOLOGYlargeOrigin: 1100-1200 Old French Latin largus ► a large number/amount of something people who drink large amounts of coffee THESAURUSsize► biga)of more than average size, amount, weight, etc.: We built a treehouse in the big tree in the backyard. These jeans are too big.b)used to show the size of something: How big a piece of cake do you want? It’s about as big as a dime. ► large big or bigger than usual in size or amount: A large rock had rolled down the mountain and damaged the railroad track. ► substantial/significant/considerable large enough in number, amount, or degree to have an effect or be useful: He gives a substantial amount of money to charity. He has considerable influence with young voters. ► sizable fairly large in number or amount: A sizable crowd had gathered. ► high bigger than usual or bigger than you want – used about prices, rates, levels, etc.: High levels of mercury were found in the water. ► spacious big with a lot of space inside – use this about rooms, houses, cars, etc.: She just moved into a spacious three-bedroom apartment. ► bulky big and taking up a lot of space, difficult to move or lift, and usually heavy: The astronauts wear bulky space suits. ► huge/enormous very big: He died owing a huge sum of money. ► vast very large in number or distance: The flooding covered a vast area. ► gigantic extremely big or tall: Gigantic waves crashed onto the shore. ► massive very big, solid, and heavy: There was a massive stone fireplace at one end of the room. ► immense extremely large and impressive: Saudi Arabia’s wealth comes from its immense oil reserves. ► colossal extremely big and impressive in size: The soldiers seemed small next to the colossal antiaircraft gun. flesh► fat weighing too much because you have too much flesh on your body: He’s short and fat. I always look so fat in pictures. ► overweight used as a more polite way of describing someone who is fat: He’s a little overweight. ► big/heavy/large used as polite ways of describing someone who is big, strong, or fat: His mother was a heavy woman in her fifties. He’s a pretty big guy. ► obese used about someone who is extremely fat in a way that is dangerous to his or her health: Too many young children are obese these days. ► chubby/pudgy used about someone who is slightly fat, especially a baby or a child: She was a cute chubby baby. ► plump used to say that someone is slightly fat in a pleasant way, especially a woman or a child: Their grandmother was a plump, smiling woman. ► tubby informal used about someone who is short and fat: He was a tubby little man with a bald head. ► flabby used to describe a part of your body that is too fat and has soft loose skin: I’m trying to strengthen my arms so they’re less flabby. ► stout used about an adult who is slightly fat: The door was answered by a stout woman in her sixties. ► rotund formal having a fat round body. Used especially in literature: The actor’s rotund figure makes him perfect for the part of Santa. ► corpulent formal very fat. Used especially in literature: The director, a corpulent red-faced man, slammed his fist on the table. 1BIG bigger or more than usual in number, amount, or size SYN big OPP small: large sums of money the largest city in the U.S. What size shirt do you wear? Medium or Large?a large number/amount of something people who drink large amounts of coffee► see thesaurus at big2PERSON a large person is tall and often fat: Aunt Betsy was a very large woman.► see thesaurus at fat13be at large if a dangerous person or animal is at large, he, she, or it has escaped from somewhere and may cause harm or damage: Two of the escaped prisoners are still at large.4the world/country/public etc. at large people in general: Society at large has become more mobile.5larger than life a)someone who is larger than life attracts a lot of attention because he or she is more amusing, attractive, or exciting than most people: one of the larger-than-life legends of the rock era b)much larger and easier to notice than usual6in large part/measure formal mostly: The research is based in large part on newspaper records.7the larger issues/picture/view the important general facts and questions about a situation, problem, etc.: Let’s focus our discussion on the larger issues first.[Origin: 1100–1200 Old French, Latin largus]—largeness noun [uncountable] → see also by and large at by2 (4), loom large at loom1 (3), writ large at writ2 |