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TO A LARGE EXTENT

Synonyms within Context: TO A LARGE EXTENT

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Greatness

Greatly; Adjective: much, muckle, well, indeed, very, very much, a deal, no end of, most, not a little; pretty, pretty well; enough, in a great measure, richly; to a large extent, to a great extent, to a gigantic extent; on a large scale; so; never so, ever so; ever so dole; scrap, shred, tag, splinter, rag, much; by wholesale; mighty, powerfully; with a witness, ultra, in the extreme, extremely, exceedingly, intensely, exquisitely, acutely, indefinitely, immeasurably; beyond compare, beyond comparison, beyond measure, beyond all bounds; incalculably, infinitely.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: TO A LARGE EXTENT

Specialty definitions using "TO A LARGE EXTENT": fighting fundperishable item. (references)

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Familiar Quotations: TO A LARGE EXTENT

AuthorQuotation

Samuel Smiles

Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: TO A LARGE EXTENT

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

The direction of this reform will depend to a large extent on the outcome of the September federal elections. (references)

SMS is used to a large extent by young subscribers and in 1999 this service increased considerably to reach a value of USD 16.3 million. (references)

Once a contract is awarded, the nationality of the turnkey contractor usually dictates, to a large extent, the source of equipment and related materials. (references)

Economic History

Slovak Rep

Social benefits, an entitlement driven to a large extent by unemployment, also pose a risk of overspending. (references)

Switzerland

Due to the small size of the country, simulators are used to a large extent by big organizations such as the Swiss military. (references)

Switzerland

The same is true for the business community where English is almost "commonplace." Corporate training as well asR&D are, to a large extent conducted in English. (references)

Political Economy

ALGERIA

In 2001, their value should decrease to US$ 19 billion owing to lower oil prices (to a large extent gas prices are pegged to oil prices). (references)

FINLAND

Finnish economic policy is determined to a large extent by consultation and coordination within the EU. EU membership, for example, has resulted in new competition legislation that has helped reduce the cartelized nature of many Finnish industries. (references)

Worker Rights

Iraq

This report draws to a large extent on non-U.S. Government sources. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translation: TO A LARGE EXTENT

Language Translations for "TO A LARGE EXTENT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Japanese Kanji 

  

余程 (greatly, much, quite, very), 余っ程 (greatly, much, quite, very). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

よっぽど (greatly, much, quite, very), よほど (greatly, much, quite, very). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otay aay argelay extentay

   

Romanian

  

într-o oarecare mãsurã (aught, in some wise, to some extent), într-o mare mãsurã (to some extent). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

в большой степени. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: TO A LARGE EXTENT

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

aliquam. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: TO A LARGE EXTENT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-e-g-l-n-o-r-t-t-t-x"

-4 letters: teetotaler, tetragonal.

-5 letters: alternate, exonerate, lorgnette, teratogen.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Quotations: Familiar
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Translations: Modern
5. Translations: Ancient
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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