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Definition: Too Large |
Too LargeAdjective1. Excessively large. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Too LargeSynonym: overlarge (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Too Large |
| English words defined with "too large": grow ♦ outgrow, overgrow ♦ potbound ♦ rootbound. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "too large": chestnut coal, cover work ♦ Elvis ♦ handpicking ♦ Kidney Calculi, Knee ♦ light blasting ♦ misfit stream ♦ overflow bit, Oversized Regulated Medical Waste, Owl was a Baker's Daughter ♦ ring-shaped occurrences ♦ Sieve ♦ tramp oversize ♦ virtual array ♦ working set. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | Haulback was too large to lift up and empty onto sorting table. Thus emptied on deck. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. | ![]() | Gaffing hooks - used to haul aboard fish that are too large to be brought aboard in the nets. Credit: Fisheries. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Anne M. Burford | Too small to be a state but too large to be an asylum for the mentally deranged. |
Charles Caleb Colton | Our income are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and trip. |
Horace | A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | One cannot have too large a party. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | This man was dressed in a new overcoat, which was too large for him, and a horrid pair of pantaloons in tatters and black with mud. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Occasionally, the baby grows too large to be delivered through the vagina and a cesarean delivery becomes necessary. (references) | |
If a bedtime snack causes heartburn, sleep with your head raised on pillows, and be careful that you are not eating too large a bedtime snack. (references) | ||
For example, the baby may be too large (macrosomic) to deliver vaginally, or the baby may be in distress and unable to withstand vaginal delivery. (references) | ||
Business | Additionally, some contend that it has become too large and bureaucratic, and that the state commissions are ineffectual. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | China | Family churches reportedly encounter difficulties when their memberships become too large, when they arrange for the use of facilities for the specific purpose of conducting religious activities, or when they forge links with other unregistered groups. (references) |
China | Throughout the year, the Government moved swiftly against houses of worship outside its control that grew too large or espoused beliefs that it considered threatening to "state security." The law does not prohibit religious believers from holding public office; however, most influential positions in government are reserved for Party members, and Communist Party officials state that Party membership and religious belief are incompatible. (references) | |
Economic History | Poland | This openness to foreign investment has drawn objections from some commentators and politicians (including a number of politicians in the governing party) who fear that foreigners are acquiring too large a share of the Polish economy. (references) |
Political Economy | HAITI | Rural families are often too large for the adult members to support, and children are sometimes sent to work for urban families in exchange for room, board and schooling. (references) |
Trade | Hong Kong | The list of Hong Kong based banks with correspondent U.S. banking arrangements is too large to include here. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Our trade deficit is too large. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Government is still spending too large a percentage of the total economy. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Translations for "too large"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | hvis forspaendingen havde vaeret mindre,ville fortoejningssystemet have vaeret for slapt,hvad der ville have foert til for store bevaegelser vaek fra boringen,foer den kompenserende kraft blev frembragt af fortoejningssystemet (if the pretension been lower, the mooring system would have been too loose resulting in too large excursions off the well before sufficient restoring force was supplied by the mooring system). (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | bij magere voorspanning zou het meersysteem te los zijn geweest,met als gevolg te grote afdwalingen ten opzichte van de put voordat voldoende tegenkracht werd uitgeoefend door het meersysteem (if the pretension been lower, the mooring system would have been too loose resulting in too large excursions off the well before sufficient restoring force was supplied by the mooring system). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | si la prétension a été insuffisante,le système d'amarrage aura du "mou",entraînant de ce fait des déplacements orbitaux trop importants autour de l'axe du puits,avant q'un effet de caténaire suffisant ne puisse être apporté par le système d'amar. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Datenstruktur zu groß (structure too large), Datensegment-Grenzen überschritten (data segment too large), bei niedriger Vorspannung waere das Verankerungssystem "zu lose";zu grosse Abweichungen vom Bohrloch ergeben wuerde bevor ausreichende Rueckholkraft durch das Verankerungssystem aufgebracht werden koennte, Anweisungsteil zu groß (statement part too large). (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | εάν η "PRETENSION" είναι ανεπαρκής,το σύστημα της προσδέσεως θα είναι "χαλαρό" προκαλώντας,εξαιτίας αυτού,πολύ σημαντικές τροχιακές μετακινήσει. (various references) | ||||||||||
Indonesian | kegombrongan (too loose). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | con una pretensione più bassa,il sistema d'ormeggio sarebbe stato troppo allentato,cio che avrebbe provocato una troppo larga deviazione dal pozzo,prima d'aver potuto applicare un sufficiente ripristino di forza al sistema d'ormeggio (if the pretension been lower, the mooring system would have been "too loose" resulting in too large excursions off the well before sufficient restoring force was supplied by the mooring system). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ootay argelay si la tension previa es baja el sistema de anclaje estara "demasiado flojo" lo que provocara desviaciones demasiado grandes alrededor del eje del pozo antes de que se haya podido suministrar una fuerza de recuperacion suficiente a traves del sistema de an. (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-l-o-o-r-t" | |
-1 letter: gloater, legator, rootage. | |
-2 letters: agorot, galoot, galore, gaoler, garote, gelato, gooral, legato, looter, orgeat, retool, tergal, tooler. | |
-3 letters: aglet, alert, algor, alter, argle, argol, argot, artel, ergot, gator, glare, gloat, goral, grate, great, groat, lager, large, largo, later, oater, ogler, orate, ratel, regal, retag, taler, targe, terga, togae, tolar. | |
-4 letters: aero, ager, aloe, alto. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-l-o-o-r-t" | |
+2 letters: astrologer, colportage, teratology. | |
+3 letters: astrologers, astrologies, colportages, dermatology, overvoltage, teratologic. | |
+4 letters: anthologizer, archeologist, bacteriology, conglomerate, dermatologic, derogatorily, metrological, organoleptic, outrageously, overvoltages, petrological, proteoglycan, rheumatology, teratologies, teratologist, woolgatherer. | |
+5 letters: agglomeration, anthologizers, archaeologist, archeologists, bacteriologic, conglomerated, conglomerates, conglomeratic, conglomerator, dermatologies, dermatologist, geotropically, martyrologies, narratologies, nonregulation, orthogonalize, phraseologist, primatologies, proteoglycans, protogalaxies, protolanguage, stereological, teratological, teratologists, tropocollagen, waterflooding, woolgatherers, woolgathering. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 6F 6F      4C 61 72 67 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01101111 01101111 00100000 01001100 01100001 01110010 01100111 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T o o   L a r g e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 006F 006F      004C 0061 0072 0067 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54818124667847371 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Quotations: Speeches 10. Translations: Modern 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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