Large

Definition: Large

Large

Adjective

1. Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world".

2. Fairly large or important in effect; influential; "played a large role in the negotiations".

3. Large enough to be visible to the naked eye.

4. Ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose".

5. Generous and understanding and tolerant; "a heart big enough to hold no grudges"; "that's very big of you to be so forgiving"; "a large and generous spirit"; "a large heart"; "magnanimous toward his enemies".

6. Conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen".

7. Having broad power and range and scope; "taking the large view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy".

8. In an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child".

Adverb

1. At a distance, wide of something (as of a mark).

2. With the wind abaft the beam; "a ship sailing large".

3. In a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening".

Noun

1. A garment size for a large person.

Date "large" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Large \Large\, adjective. [Comparative Larger; superlative Largest.]. (references)

Domain	Definition
Literature	Large To sail large is to sail on a large wind- i.e. with the wind not straight astern, but what sailors call "abaft the beam." Set at large, i.e. at liberty. It is a French phrase; prendre le large is to stand out at sea, or occupy the main ocean, so as to be free to move. Similarly, to be set at large is to be placed free in the wide world. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Mining	Eng. The largest lumps of coal sent to the surface, or all coal that is handpicked or does not pass over screens; also the largest coal thatpasses over screens. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
LAMA	English	Large manipulators for CIM	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Large

Synonyms: big(p) (adj), bombastic (adj), declamatory (adj), enceinte (adj), expectant (adj), gravid (adj), great(p) (adj), heavy(p) (adj), large(p) (adj), macroscopic (adj), macroscopical (adj), magnanimous (adj), orotund (adj), prominent (adj), tumid (adj), turgid (adj), with child(p) (adj), big (adv), boastfully (adv), vauntingly (adv). (additional references)

Antonyms: microscopic (adj), small (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Greatness	Adjective: great; greater; large, considerable, fair, above par; big, huge; (large in size); Herculean, cyclopean; ample; abundant; (enough) full, intense, strong, sound, passing, heavy, plenary, deep, high; signal, at its height, in the zenith.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Large

English words defined with "large": At large ♦ by and large ♦ extra large ♦ in large quantities ♦ large number, large white petunia, law of large numbers ♦ To go large, too large ♦ writ large. (references)

Specialty definitions using "large": binary large object ♦ follicular large cell lymphoma ♦ large capital, large cell carcinomas, Large Installation Systems Administration, large ion, large river, large shake, large split, large technological institutes ♦ Very Large Database, Very Large Memory, Very Large Scale Integration. (references)

Etymologies containing "large": Volery. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Large" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (ample, broad, bulky, extensive, floppy, large, sizable, spacious, sweeping, vast, wide).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I was a man at that age: the master of a large plantation just south of New Orleans (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) Large leak, very dangerous (Star Wars; writing credit: George Lucas) Yeah, three cheeseburgers, two large fries, two chocolate shakes and a large coke (Groundhog Day; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) Ice cream, vanilla, one large tub of. Magnesia, milk of, one bottle (Trainspotting; writing credit: Irvine Welsh; John Hodge) large shoes (Notting Hill; writing credit: Richard Curtis. Starring Julia Roberts as Anna Scott and Hugh Grant as William Thacker.)
Lyrics	The city where we live might be quite large (The Circle Is Small; performing artist: Gordon Lightfoot) My eyes become large and (Kiss From A Rose; performing artist: Seal)
Clever	Switzerland is simply a large, lumpy, solid rock with a thin skin of grass stretched over it. (references; author: Mark Twain) Half of a large intestine: 1 semicolon. (references; author: unknown) Vacuum: A large, empty space where the pope lives. (references; author: unknown) A city is a large community where people are lonesome together. (references; author: unknown) Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Dave Allen at Large (1971) Doctor at Large (1971) Barlow at Large (1971) Lance at Large (1964) Ambassador at Large (1963)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	Large Scale Biology Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) The 2003-2008 World Outlook for Large and Whole Wrapped Cakes (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Large Format Nature Photography (reference) Horseshoes, Cowsocks, & Duckfeet: More Commentary by Npr's Cowboy Poet & Former Large Animal Veterinarian (reference) Forsake the Past (Lythway Large Print Series) [LARGE PRINT] (reference) Forsaking All Others (Thorndike Large Print Famous Authors Series) [LARGE PRINT] (reference) Oxford Large Print Dictionary [LARGE PRINT] (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Accessworld - Large Print Ed (reference) Catholic Digest Reader - Large Print (reference) Christian Magnifier Magazine - Large Print (reference) Complete Directory Of Large Print Books & Serials (reference) Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Large Format - Antarctica: An Adventure Of A Different Nature (reference) Love at Large (reference) Large Format at Sea - Whales An Unforgettable Journey / The Search for the Great Sharks / The Great Barrier Reef (reference) Dolphins - Large Format (reference) Fire and Ice Large Format Collection (The Eruption of Mount St. Helens, Ring of Fire & Genesis) (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	House of Large Sizes (reference) Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	LOWEPRO Nova 5 Large SLR Camera and Accessory Case (reference) Motion Systems Point and Shoot Large Camera Bag (TC690MC-AST) (reference) GAMESTER USA Phat Pack Large (reference) The Sims Expansion: Livin' Large (Mac) (reference) PNI V1000 Vehicle Compass with Large Compass Rose Display (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods	Calphalon Commercial Bakeware Large Insulated Cookie Sheet (reference) Calphalon Large Roasting Rack (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Min Chiu Li worked with Roy Hertz and treated choriocarcinoma with large doses of methotrexate. Li left NCI for NYC. Credit: Unknown photographer.		Various members of a family can be seen in a garden setting picking beans. In the background a farm house and the mountains can be seen. It is a summer day. These people are members of a large Mormon family who are presently being studied for their low cancer death rate. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).
	View of Istanbul, Turkey From Bosphorus. Air pollution is a problem in many large cities. Credit: CDC.		This image shows a large ruptured, fusiform aneurysm involving the ascending portion of the aorta, and there is a laminated clot between the tunicae media and adventitia. Note the pearly white wrinkled tunica intima in areas distal to the aneurysm. Credit: CDC.
	Supernova SN1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Credit: NASA.		The NASA Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has imaged N66, a planetary nebula in the Large ... Credit: NASA.
	The Hubble telescope has captured a view of a globular cluster called G1, a large, bright ball ... Credit: NASA.		Stellar formation in the Papillon Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Credit: NASA.
	Comet P/Halley as taken March 8, 1986 by W. Liller, Easter Island, part of the International Halley Watch (IHW) Large Scale Phenomena Network. Credit: NASA.		Once a vast carpet of healthy vegetation, the Amazon rain forest is changing rapidly. This image of Bolivia shows dramatic deforestation in the Amazon Basin. Loggers have cut long paths into the forest, while ranchers have cleared large blocks for their herds. Fanning out from these clear-cut areas are settlements built in radial arrangements of fields and farms. Healthy vegetation appears bright red in this image. Credit: NASA.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Play	Caption	Play	Caption
	Large group of seagulls squawking.		A large group of men chanting in unison rhythm and pitch.
	Chords arpeggiated downward on a large vibraphone.		A large church bell ringing.
	Large quantity of glass crashing and breaking.		Large quantity of glass breaking.
	Large dog barks once; woof.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Alcott	One's outlook is a large part of one's virtue.
George Washington	The tumultuous populace of large cities are ever to be dreaded.
Jane Austen	A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
Oscar Wilde	Private information is practically the source of every large modern fortune.
Samuel Johnson	Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.
Samuel Smiles	Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.
Seneca	A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.
Virgil	Command large fields, but cultivate small ones.
William Shakespeare	My library was dukedom large enough.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	The measure of property nature has well set by the extent of men's labour and the conveniency of life: no man's labour could subdue, or appropriate all; nor could his enjoyment consume more than a small part; so that it was impossible for any man, this way, to intrench upon the right of another, or acquire to himself a property, to the prejudice of his neighbour, who would still have room for as good, and as large a possession (after the other had taken out his) as before it was appropriated. (Second Treatise of Government)
US Declaration of Independence	1776	He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only. (reference)
US Constitution	1791	Clause 2: Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States; If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. (reference)
Communist Manifesto	1848	In the conditions of the proletariat, those of old society at large are already virtually swamped. (reference)
Treaty of Versailles	1919	As an immediate advance on account of the animals referred to in paragraph 2 (a) above, Germany undertakes to deliver in equal monthly installments in the three months following the coming into force of the present Treaty the following quantities of live stock: (1) To the French Government. 500 stallions (3 to 7 years); 30,000 fillies and mares (18 months to 7 years), type: Ardennais, Boulonnais or Belgian; 2,000 bulls (18 months to 3 years); 90,000 milch cows (2 to 6 years); 1,000 rams; 100,000 sheep; 10,000 goats. (2) To the Belgian Government. 200 stallions (3 to 7 years), large Belgian type; 5,000 mares (3 to 7 years), large Belgian type; 5,000 fillies (18 months to 3 years), large Belgian type; 2,000 bulls (18 months to 3 years); 50,000 milch cows (2 to 6 years); 40,000 heifers; 200 rams; 20,000 Sheep; 15,000 sows. (reference)
Winston S. Churchill	1946	The awful ruin of Europe, with all its vanished glories, and of large parts of Asia glares us in the eyes. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)
Brown v. Board of Education	1954	In Sweatt v. Painter, supra, in finding that a segregated law school for Negroes could not provide them equal educational opportunities, this Court relied in large part on "those qualities which are incapable of objective measurement but which make for greatness in a law school." (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	In so large a party it was not necessary that Emma should approach her.
Tangled Tale	Carroll, Lewis	In another minute they were crossing a large quadrangle, paved with marble, and tastefully decorated with a pigsty in each corner
A Christmas Carol	Dickens, Charles	Now, it is a fact, that there was nothing at all particular about the knocker on the door, except that it was very large.
Young Zaphod Plays It Safe	Douglas Adams	Any sophisticated knowledgable person, who had knocked about, seen a few things, would probably have remarked on how much the craft looked like a filing cabinet--a large and recently burgled filing cabinet lying on its back with its drawers in the air and flying
Scarlet Letter	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	My heart was a habitation large enough for many guests, but lonely and chill, and without a household fire
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Night, probably, knew more of his doings than day! He had no knapsack, but evidently large pockets under his capote
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	A figure was crouching before the large grate and by its leanness and greyness he knew that it was the dean of studies lighting the fire
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	His fist splashed into the large face, and in the same motion he was away, dodging down the line of tents
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	We were ten weeks in our journey, and I was shown in eighteen large towns besides many villages and private families
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	Man was not made so large limbed and robust but that he must seek to narrow his world and wall in a space such as fitted him.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		A large immune complex. (references)
		HD is a disease of the large intestine. (references)
		Large foodborne outbreaks have occurred. (references)
Business		The Army also runs large scale farms. (references)
		Main purchasers have been large banks. (references)
		China only imports large rolls of videotapes. (references)
Children	Burma	Because of landmine detonations, there are a large number of amputees. (references)
	Kyrgyz Republic	These costs are difficult for families, particularly large ones, to bear. (references)
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	One underlying cause is the large number of children born to teenage mothers. (references)
Civil Liberties	Bangladesh	Eight of the accused remain at large. (references)
	Macedonia	Advance notification of large meetings is optional. (references)
	Brazil	Protests in the capital, Brasilia, united large numbers of protesters. (references)
Economic History	Syria	Instances of large loans are rare. (references)
	Malaysia	Large factories generally do better. (references)
	Burma	Burma continues to have large trade deficits. (references)
Human Rights	Colombia	The killers remained at large at year's end. (references)
	South Africa	At year's end, one suspect remained at large. (references)
	Honduras	Six other suspects remained at large at year's end, with warrants pending. (references)
Indigenous People	Gabon	Several thousand Pygmies live in the country, most in large tracts of still-intact rain forest in the northeast. (references)
	Chile	In September a land seizure in Loncali was ended by the intervention of a large detachment of armed Carabineros. (references)
	Angola	Property laws inherited from the colonial era protected the power of large landholders and threatened the existence of traditional communities. (references)
Minorities	Nigeria	Both Muslims and Christians are found in large numbers in the Middle Belt. (references)
	Greece	Roma continued to face discrimination from some local authorities and society at large. (references)
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	On May 25, a large group of Bosniaks stoned the houses of two Serb returnees in Bosniak-dominated Bocinja. (references)
Political Economy	CHINA	China enjoys large inflows of foreign capital. (references)
	Sudan	The Government allowed a large number of refugees to work. (references)
	CHINA	The issuing entity is left with a large degree of discretion. (references)
Political Rights	Tajikistan	A cumbersome registration process required candidates to obtain large numbers of signatures during a short period of time. (references)
	Iran	The elections resulted in a landslide victory for moderate and reform candidates, who constitute a large majority in the Majles. (references)
	Swaziland	As provided under law, the House of Assembly nominated 10 members from the public at large to serve in the upper house or Senate. (references)
Trade	Nepal	Two large banks dominate the banking sector. (references)
	Georgia	Large Georgian banks service foreign trade transactions. (references)
	India	These banks finance trade and lend to large business groups. (references)
Travel	Mexico	Come with a large supply. (references)
	Bulgaria	Large baggage also needs a ticket. (references)
	Tunisia	TUNIS HAS SEVERAL LARGE, WELL-EQUIPPED PRIVATE CLINICS. (references)
Women	Kyrgyz Republic	Center Mercy embarked on a program to find employment in handicraft production for mothers of large families. (references)
	Bangladesh	Programs extending micro-credit to large numbers of rural women also have contributed to greater economic power for them. (references)
	China	However, educators in the large cities have reported that there is a trend toward greater gender balance in universities. (references)
Worker Rights	Iraq	This report draws to a large extent on non-U.S. Government sources. (references)
	Nauru	The only two large employers, the Government and the NPC, honor this rule. (references)
	Cape Verde	Large urban private employers link their minimum wages to those paid to civil servants. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	TURKEY, n. A large bird whose flesh when eaten on certain religious anniversaries has the peculiar property of attesting piety and gratitude. Incidentally, it is pretty good eating.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Al Hunt	Joe Lieberman, of course, is the first person of Jewish faith to be on a national ticket. You have a very large Arab-American population in your area.
David Letterman	I feel very lucky to be able to do what we love doing. And, all things considered, we're doing pretty well. You know, we're taking care of ourselves and, by in large, happy, yeah.
Dennis Miller	Women want successful careers, large families, and enough free time to exercise, join a book group, and learn a foreign language.
Paul Burrell	Well, because what happens is people eat large amounts of food and then get rid of it. And you know what's going to happen. I knew the symptoms, raiding the fridge. And then I'd follow her into the bathroom and set the towels into the right place.
Regis Philbin	People by and large, my friends, seemed to be very happy for me. They knew how long I'd been around.
Rush Limbaugh	When intellectual leaders fail to foster the best in the mixed, unformed, vacillating character of people at large, the thugs are sure to bring out the worst.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
George Washington	1789-1797	A large proportion of the troops authorized to be raised have been recruited, though the number is still incomplete, and pains have been taken to discipline and put them in condition for the particular kind of service to be performed.
Thomas Jefferson	1801-1809	Occasions oftener arise for the employment of small than of large vessels, and it would lessen risk as well as expense to be authorized to employ them of preference.
Herbert C. Hoover	1929-1933	But a large responsibility rests directly upon our citizens.
Harry S. Truman	1945-1953	Investment in small business can absorb a large volume of savings that might otherwise not be tapped.
Dwight Eisenhower	1953-1961	This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience.
John F. Kennedy	1961-1963	Persistently large deficits would endanger our economic growth and our military and defense commitments abroad.
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	Government is still spending too large a percentage of the total economy.
George Bush	1989-1993	For our problems are large, but our heart is larger.
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	Today there are large number of vacancies in the federal courts.
George W. Bush	2001-2005	Yet, tens of thousands of trained terrorists are still at large.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Large" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.99% of the time. "Large" is used about 33,735 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	99.99%	33,732	251
Total	100.00%	33,735	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "large" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Large	Last name	4,000	3,444
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "large".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Amplias	N/A	Biblical	Large
Rahab	N/A	Biblical	Large
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

1. Large, PA
Zip Code(s): 15025
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Expressions: Large

Expressions using "large": a large body of water ♦ a large number of ♦ also known as large African or Indian millet) ♦ anaplastic large cell lymphoma ♦ as large as life ♦ at large ♦ be at large ♦ be large ♦ be still at large ♦ become large ♦ binary large object ♦ bulk large ♦ by and large ♦ Common at large ♦ Electors at large ♦ extra large ♦ extra large portion ♦ follicular large cell lymphoma ♦ in gross or at large ♦ in large ♦ in large numbers ♦ in large quantities ♦ large amount ♦ large baking pan ♦ large bale ♦ large basket ♦ large bed ♦ large body of people ♦ large breasted ♦ large caliber ♦ large calorie ♦ large capital ♦ large cattle ♦ large cell carcinomas ♦ large city ♦ large civet ♦ large coal ♦ large concern ♦ large crabgrass ♦ large cranberry ♦ large crowd ♦ large dam ♦ large degree ♦ large eagle ♦ large estate ♦ large family ♦ large feeder ♦ large grain powder ♦ large hand ♦ large handed ♦ large hat ♦ large indefinite amount ♦ large indefinite quantity ♦ large Installation Systems Administration ♦ large integer ♦ Large Intestine ♦ large items of refuse ♦ large Magellanic Cloud ♦ large manipulators for CIM ♦ large meal ♦ large minded ♦ large moustache ♦ large number ♦ large number of ♦ large order ♦ large pack ♦ large package ♦ large parcel ♦ large part ♦ large periwinkle ♦ large person ♦ large pin ♦ large poodle ♦ large pool ♦ large pot ♦ large quantity ♦ large radish ♦ large river ♦ large scale ♦ large scale sackings ♦ large shell ♦ large ship ♦ large shopping bag ♦ large size ♦ large slice ♦ large square ♦ large stone ♦ large technological institutes ♦ large tile ♦ large tooth aspen ♦ large town ♦ large unit ♦ large views ♦ large village ♦ large white ♦ large white petunia ♦ large wind system ♦ large yellow lady's slipper ♦ law of large numbers ♦ loom large ♦ lump large. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "large": Large-acred, large-animal, large-area, large-armchair, large-batch, large-bellied, large-billed, large-bodied, large-boned, large-bore, large-brained, large-breasted, large-brimmed, large-calibre, large-calibred, large-cap, large-capacity, large-capitalization, large-circulation, large-company, large-core, large-denomination, large-eared, large-enough, large-eyed, large-faced, large-featured, large-field, large-flowered, large-flowered calamint, large-flowered fiddleneck, large-flowering magnolia, large-footed, large-format, large-frame, large-framed, large-gauge, large-grained, Large-handed, large-headed, Large-hearted, Large-heartedness, large-ish, large-leafed, large-leaved, large-leaved aster, large-leaved cucumber tree, large-leaved magnolia, large-limbed, large-magnitude, large-memory, large-mindedness, large-mouth, large-mouthed, large-necked, large-nosed, large-numbers, large-or, large-patterned, large-practice, large-print, large-ranching, large-range, large-sale, large-sample, large-scale, large-scale, large-scale bakery, large-scale exhibition, large-scale production, large-scaled, large-screen, large-seeded, large-set, large-shape, large-signal, large-size, large-sized, large-sized company, large-sounding, large-strain, large-surfaced, large-systems, large-toothed aspen, large-toothed comb, large-town, large-type, large-vessel, large-village, large-vocabulary, large-volume, large-wheeled, large-windowed.
	Ending with "large": extra-large, medium-to-large, over-large, too-large.
	Containing "large": given-large-scale, very-large-scale.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Large

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
large lady	3,457	the sims livin large	185
large dog bed	2,087	90 degree large prism	165
large breast	1,322	large wall clock	159
large penis	951	large pussy	154
large tit	836	large format scanner	149
large cock	693	large size shoes	148
large boob	675	large dildo	146
large	625	large format printing	144
large nipples	566	large mouth bass	131
large format	540	extra large sturdy toilet	127
large woman	452	large areola	124
large clitoris	354	large breasted woman	123
large natural breast	315	large intestine	121
large labia	305	large breed dog	113
large dick	249	the sims livin large cheat	109
large size	249	large vagina	104
large size lingerie	231	large print book	103
large and natural	229	large dog	102
large size womens shoes	194	large penis picture	94
large format printer	191	large pussy lip	93
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Large

Language		Translations for "large"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		groot (big, great). (various references)

Albanian		që ka dëshirë për, plotësisht (absolutely, all, at large, clear, cold, completely, dead, diametrically, entirely, fully, heartily, hollow, neck and crop, out and out, outright, perfectly, plain, plenty, Plumb, properly, quite, sheer, sound, stark, thoroughly, through and through, throughly, to the full extent, to the ground, totally, up, up to the hilt, utterly, well, wholly, wide, widely), madh (big, great), i madh (bally, big, black, bouncing, capacious, capital, chuckle, chunking, close, grand, great, gross, intense, lumping, major, massive, mighty, pelting, thumping, vast, vasty, voluminous, whacking, whaling), i gjerë (ample, broad, broadminded, capacious, champaign, commodious, expanded, extensive, far flung, far reaching, hospitable, large scale, liberal, massive, mighty, rangy, roomy, spacious, splay, sweeping, vast, vasty, wide), gjerë (broad, broadly, roomily, spaciously). (various references)

Arabic		‏فضفاض (baggy, flowing, loose, looseness, wide), ‏كبير (big, bulky, considerable, enormous, extent, formidable, full grown, grand, great, huge, immense, king size, magnificent, major, massive, massy, senior, sizable, sweeping, tremendous, vast, voluminous, whacking, whopping), ‏واسع (ample, broad, capacious, colossal, extensive, fair, far flung, generous, immense, mighty, oceanic, rich, spacious, wide, widish), ‏ضخم (astronomic, astronomical, awful, big, bulking, bulky, bull, colossal, colossus, considerable, distend, elephantine, enormous, exaggerate, extend, exuberant, fat, gargantuan, ghastly, giant, gigantic, goodly, grand, great, handsome, heavy, hefty, heroic, huge, hulking, husky, immense, intense, jumbo, leviathan, liberal, mammoth, mass, massive, mighty, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, outsize, oversize, palatial, phenomenal, powerful, prodigious, proud, round, royal, sizable, smart, strapping, strong, stupendous, sublime, swingeing, tall, tidy, titan, titanic, towering, tremendous, vast, voluminous, whacking, whopping), ‏رحب (be wide, capacious, extend, greet, ocean, receive, salute, spacious, welcome). (various references)

Bulgarian		самохвално, широк (ample, broad, capacious, catholic, deep, extensive, flaring, flyaway, full, loose, neglige, spacious, sweeping, untight, vast, voluminous, wide), с попътен вятър, голям (almighty, big, chunking, gone, great, grown up, hearty, heavy, hefty, jolly, major, man-sized, massive, near, numerous, powerful, proper, vast, vasty, walloping), висок (altisonant, altitude, elevated, eminent, formal, heavy, high, high pitched, lank, lofty, long, loud, soaring, strapping), обширен (ample, broad, commodious, comprehensive, expansive, extensive, far flung, generic, large scale, rangy, spacious, vast, vasty, voluminous, wide), обемист (bulky, capacious, gross, massive, voluminous), на едро (deep, wholesale), многочислен (long, multiple, multitudinous, plural), едър (big, bouncing, burly, coarse, full, gross, husky, massive, massy, overblown, portly, solid, strapping, substantial, walloping), едро, благоприятен (advantageous, conducive, favorable, favourable, merciful, opportune, propitious, prosperous, sympathetic, toward), просторен (commodious, expansive, extended, extensive, oceanic, rangy, roomy, spacious, vast, wide), попътен (fair, favorable, favourable, following, prosperous, wayside). (various references)

Chinese		大 (big, deep, doctor, eldest, great, huge, major, oldest, wide). (various references)

Czech		vysoký (big, exalted, floaty, high, high pitched, lofty, tall), velký (big, considerable, exquisite, grand, grave, great, gross, hearty, heavy, high, intense, long, loose, man-sized, spacious, tall, wide), tlustý (chunky, fat, fat and flabby, fatty, gross, overweight, rotund, stout, thick), silný (bad, big, boisterous, good, hard, heady, heavy, hefty, high, lusty, mighty, muscular, potent, powerful, red blooded, robust, rude, rugged, stalwart, stiff, stocky, stout, strong, sturdy, thick, tough, valid, vigorous, violent), rozsáhlý (big, comprehensive, extensive, far flung, vast, widespread), poèetný (numerous, virtuous), mohutný (big, bulky, hulking, mighty, strong, vehement, vibrant, violent), dlouhý (livelong, long, sesquipedalian). (various references)

Danish		stor (big, great). (various references)

Dutch		groot (adult, big, extensive, full-grown, great, lanky, of high stature, spacious, tall, vast, wide). (various references)

Esperanto		granda (big, great). (various references)

Faeroese		stórur (big, great). (various references)

Farsi		پهن (Abroad, Broad, Cachet, Flat, Mulch, Plain, Wide), هنگفت (Enormous, Great), کامل (Absolute, Complete, Culminant, Exact, Intact, Integral, Main, Mature, Perfect, Plenary, Stark, Thorough, Unabridged, Unmitigated, Unqualified, Whole), لبریز (Awash, Full, Profuse, Replete), وسیع (Abroad, Ample, Captious, Comprehensive, Extensive, Immense, Roomy, Spacious, Vast, Wide), حجیم (Massive, Voluminous), سترگ (Huge), جامع (Catholic, Comprehensive, General, Plenary, Precise, Spacious, Universal), جادار (Commodious, Roomful, Roomy, Spacious), درشت (Abrupt, Brutish, Crass, Gross, Gruff, Harsh, Jumbo, Lump, Rough, Sturdy), بسیط (Comprehensive, Extensive, Simple), بزرگ (Adult, Arch, Big, Bulky, Egregious, Enormous, Extensive, Extra, Grand, Grave, Great, Gross, Headman, Jumbo, Lofty, Majestic, Major, Massive, Mighty, Sizable, Sizeable, Swith, Vast, Voluminous). (various references)

Finnish		iso (big, great). (various references)

French		grand. (various references)

Frisian		grut (big, considerable, great, sizable). (various references)

German		groß (big, bigly, capital, capitalized, considerable, copious, full, grand, great, grievous, keen, large scale, large-capacity, largely, lengthy, long, major, near, sharp, sizable, sizably, tall, upper case, wide). (various references)

Greek		μέγασ (big, broad, grand, great, high), μεγάλοσ (big, great, sizable, sizeable, whopping), μεγάλος (big, grand, great, grown, grown up, long), πλατύσ (bluff, broad, splay, wide), ευρύσ (ample, blanket, broad, sweeping, wide). (various references)

Hawaiian		madh (big, great). (various references)

Hebrew		גדול (augmentation, big, breed, breeding, development, grand, great, growth, high, increment, mighty, raising, step up, upbringing, whopping). (various references)

Hungarian		terjedelmes (ample, big, broad, bulky, expanded, expansive, extensive, great, sizable, spacious, voluminous), nagy (bang, big, blow-out, burly, by the skin of one's teeth, charger, circumstantiality, cunning, dining hall, drag, expansive, folding money, glib, grand, great, gross, have a good wind, have a long way to go, have big ideas, haymaker, high, huge, kick in the teeth, massive, napoleon, pile, power, redundancy, roomy, saloon, spaciousness, spread, stack, swag-belly, the betting ran high, throaty, to buy at high rate, to delineate, to drink deep, to go the pace, to hit the headlines, to kick up a riot, to make much of sg, to make much of sy, to make the headlines, to raise cain, to set store by sg, to shoe-horn, to the great chagrin of sy), felvágósan. (various references)

Icelandic		stór (big, great), mikill (big, great). (various references)

Indonesian		gros (gross), gede (big), gedang, gadang (big), besar (august, big, broad, fabulous, great, huge). (various references)

Irish		mór (big). (various references)

Italian		grande (adult, big, grand, great, grown up, heavy, heavyset, high, major, strong, tall, wide), ampio (ample, broad, full, loose, roomy, spacious, sweeping, vast, wide). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		巨なる (big, great), 巨い (big, great), 巨 (big, great), 奕 , 大型　 (large scale), 大型 (big, jumbo, large scale), 大振り (of a larger size), 大きい　 (big, great), 大きい (big, great), 大き (big), 傀 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		おおがた (big, jumbo, large scale, large size), おおきい (big, great), おおぶり (heavy rain, of a larger size, storm), おおいなる (big, great), おおき (big), きょ (big, cry, great, pride, squatting with legs outstretched), かい (assembly, association, avail, being in between, buyer, buying, club, concerning oneself with, counter for occurrences, effect, -floor, low rank, lower order, mediation, meeting, mystery, oar, paddle, party, purchase, result, scull, shell, shellfish, stories, subordinate, the feelings of the people, together, use, wonder, worth), こ (arc, big, business, child, counter for houses, counter for mil. units, crime, fault, great, individual, old, price, selling, sin, the late, the young of animals), えき (advantage, battle, being beneficial, benefit, campaign, divination, fluid, fortune-telling, gain, liquid, profit, station, use, war). (various references)

Korean		큰 (big). (various references)

Malay		raya (big, great), besar (big, great). (various references)

Manx		mooadagh (bulky, expansionist, quanitative, sizeable). (various references)

Norwegian		stor (big, great). (various references)

Papiamen		grandi (big, great). (various references)

Pig Latin		argelay.(various references)

Polish		duży (big, great). (various references)

Portuguese		grande (all-embracing, almighty, big, considerable, decuman, goodly, grand, great, high, much, roomy, rousing, spacious, substantial, swingeing, vast, walloping, wide). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian		altas, alta. (various references)

Romanian		mare (acred, adult, ample, big, boundless, brine, broad, bulky, deep, dense, enormous, famous, fat, flux, foam, gorgeous, grand, grandiose, great, gross, hard, heavy, high, howling, huge, hulking, illustrious, immense, important, keen, king size, large scale, long, loose, major, man-sized, massy, mighty, open, pond, ponderous, pretty, renowned, rich, roomy, sea, sensible, severe, spacious, stupendous, tall, thick, thundering, vast, violent, voluminous, wide). (various references)

Russian		большой (big, builky, bulky, chuckle, chunking, clunky, considerable, feature length, goodly, grand, great, gross, healthy, high, major, man-sized, walloping). (various references)

Scottish		mór (big, great, important, of high, rendered in Eng. `Sarah' and `Marion';, tall). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		znatan (considerable, formidable, goodly, major, marked, substantial), zamašan (substantial), veliki (big, bulky, crushing, great, knar, large scale, man-sized, resounding), razmetljivo (jauntily), opširan (extensive, in depth, lengthy), obiman (ample, capacious, comprehensive, extensive, massive, massy, spacious, voluminous), krupno (grossly), krupan (big, burly, husky, man-sized, massive, massy, walloping), detaljan (detailed, elaborate, minute), debeo (beefy, fat, full, gross, obese, plump, porky, thick, tubby). (various references)

Spanish		grande (ample, appreciable, arch, big, bull, colossal, commodious, gigantic, grandee, great, hefty, high, lively, lusty, sizable, sizeable, sore, spanking, tall, unqualified, walloping, wide, widespread, yeoman), gran (big, great, heavyset, tall). (various references)

Sranan		grofu (big, great), bigi (big, great). (various references)

Swahili		-kubwa (big, great, important, serious), kubwa (big, great, important, serious). (various references)

Swedish		stor (ample, big, capital, grand, great, heavy, high, large scale, large-sized, rich, wide). (various references)

Tagalog		malaki (big, great), dakilà (big, great). (various references)

Thai		ใหญ่ (big, fat). (various references)

Turkish		büyük (almighty, ample, big, bulky, capacious, capital, cyclopean, elder, enormous, exalted, extended, grand, grand-, great, great-, handsome, healthy, high, keen, large scale, long, macro-, magniloquent, major, mega-, megalo-, mighty, no end, no end of, older, out, precious, rousing, senior, smart, star, stout, sublime, swingeing, wide). (various references)

Turkmen		esli (considerable), зiюik (big, thick). (various references)

Ukrainian		розкішний (baronial, beautiful, belgravian, bonzer, costly, dressy, exuberant, glittering, lordly, luxurious, palatial, ritzy, splendid, sumptuous, swank, upholstered, voluptuous), численний (manifold, multifold, multitudinous, myriad, numerous, plenty, umpteen, vast), великий (big, bulky, bumping, capital, copious, goodly, great, king size, out, vast). (various references)

Vietnamese		lớn (full-grow, great, sizable, sizeable), rộng rãi huênh hoang, rộng (ample, broad, broadly, capacious, extensive, far-flung, splay, wide), không bị giam cầm đầy đủ chi tiết, hào phóng to như vật thật, dài dòng nói chung. (various references)

Welsh		mawr (big, great). (various references)

Yucatec		nuuk (big, great), nohoch (big, great). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Language	Period	Translations
Sumerian	3100 BCE-2500 BCE	gu-la. (various references)
Greek	700 BCE-300 CE	makros, megas. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	ampliorem, ampliori, amplioris, amplius, amplus, auctum, auctus, auctusque, capax, corpulentiores, grande, grandem, grandes, grandi, grandia, grandis, granditer, grossior, grossiora, grossis, grossos, largus, magna, magnae, magnam, magnamque, magnaque, magnarum, magnarumque, magnas, magne, magni, magnis, magno, magnorum, magnos, magnum, magnus, magnus maior maximus, maior, maiora, maiore, maiorem, maiores, maioresque, maiori, maioribus, maioris, maiorque, maiorum, maius, maxima, maximam, maximas, maxime, maximeque, maximi, maximis, maximo, maximum, maximus, multa, multae, multaeque, multam, multamque, multaque, multarum, multas, multi, multique, multis, multo, multoque, multorum, multos, multum, multumque, multus, multusque, plurima, plurimae, plurimam, plurimarum, plurimas, plurimi, plurimis, plurimo, plurimorum, plurimos, plurimum, plurimus, praegrandes. (various references)
Avestan	200-600	masô. (various references)
Celtic	400-Modern	ploc. (various references)
Old English	450-1100	micel. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Language	Date	Source	Luke Chapter 22, Verse 12
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	KakeinoV umin deixei anwgeon mega estrwmenon ekei etoimasate
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et ipse vobis ostendet cenaculum magnum stratum et ibi parate
Old English	990	West Saxon	And he eow betæcð mycele healle gedæfte. gegearwiað þara;
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And he schal schewe to you a greet soupyng place strewid, and there make ye redi.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And he shall shew you a greate parloure paved. Ther make redy.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And he will show you a large upper room furnished: there make ready.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And he will take you up to a great room with a table and seats: there make ready.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language	Luke Chapter 22, Verse 12
Cebuano	Ug iyang ipakita kaninyo ang usa ka daku ug sinangkapan nga lawak sa itaas; paghikay kamo didto."
Chinese	他必指給你們擺設整齊的一間大樓、你們就在那裡豫備。
Croatian	I on æe vam pokazati na katu veliko blagovalište prostrto: ondje pripravite."
Danish	Og han skal vise eder en stor Sal opdækket; der skulle I berede det."
Dutch	En hij zal u een grote toegeruste opperzaal wijzen, bereidt het aldaar.
Finnish	Niin hän näyttää teille suuren, aterioiville varustetun huoneen yläkerrassa; sinne valmistakaa."
French	Et il vous montrera une grande chambre haute, meublée: c`est là que vous préparerez la Pâque.
German	Und er wird euch einen großen Saal zeigen, der mit Polstern versehen ist; daselbst bereitet es.
Haitian Creole	Lè sa a la moutre nou yon gwo chanm anwo kay la, tou pare, tou meble. Se la n'a pare manje Delivrans lan.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Tuan rumah itu akan menunjukkan kepadamu sebuah kamar loteng yang besar, lengkap dengan perabotnya. Siapkanlah semuanya di sana."
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka ia pun akan menunjukkan kepadamu sebuah bilik besar di atas, yang terlengkap dengan indahnya; di situlah kamu bersiap!"
Italian	Egli vi mostrerà una sala al piano superiore, grande e addobbata; là preparate».
Maori	A ka whakaaturia e ia ki a korua he ruma nui i runga, oti rawa te whariki: me taka e korua ki reira.
Norwegian	Så skal han vise eder en stor sal med benker og hynder; der skal I gjøre det i stand.
Portuguese	Então ele vos mostrará um grande cenáculo mobiliado; aí fazei os preparativos.
Rumanian	Wi are sq vq arate o odae mare de sus, awternutq gata: acolo sq pregqtiyi Pawtele.``
Shuar	Tákurmin nu nérentin Yakí Písunam uunt Kuártun Ashí iwiaramun iniakturmastatrume. Nui ii Yurumátin iwiaratarum" Tímiayi.
Spanish	Y él os mostrará un gran aposento alto, ya dispuesto. Preparad allí.
Swahili	Naye atawaonyesheni chumba kikubwa ghorofani ambacho kimepambwa. Andalieni humo."
Swedish	Då skall han visa eder en stor sal i övre våningen, ordnad för måltid; reden till där."
Uma	Pue' tomi toei mpai' mpotudo' -kokoi hameha' kamar to bohe hi lolo-na. Kamar toe teporodo ami' -mi, hono' -mi rewa-na. Hi retu-mi mpai' niporodo pongkoni' Paskah-ta."
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations
	Words beginning with "large": largehearted, largeheartedness, largeheartednesses, largely, largemouth, largemouths, largeness, largenesses, larger, larges, largess, largesse, largesses, largest. (additional references)
	Words ending with "large": enlarge, overlarge, superlarge. (additional references)
	Words containing "large": enlargeable, enlarged, enlargement, enlargements, enlarger, enlargers, enlarges, unenlarged. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Large" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: arge, blarg, Karge, lage, lagge, laghe, lagi, Lagle, lagree, lagu, lairg, lange, larde, larege, lareh, larem, larey, larg, larga, largen, larget, largey, Largie, larj, larme, larse, Latrigg, lauge, lergie, lergy, leuge, Lirg, Llanrug, lrage, lreg, lrge, Lurg, lurge, lurged, lurgee, Lurgi, lurgy, Lurrve, lyrg, Olarte, parge, ralgex. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Large"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "large" (pronounced lÄ"rj)
4	l Ä" r j	enlarge.
3	-Ä" r j	barge, charge, discharge, Marge, mischarge, recharge, Sarge, Supercharge, surcharge.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: argle, glare, lager, regal.
	Words within the letters "a-e-g-l-r"
	-1 letter: ager, earl, egal, gale, gear, lear, rage, rale, real.
	-2 letters: age, ale, are, ear, era, erg, gae, gal, gar, gel, lag, lar, lea, leg, rag, reg.
	-3 letters: ae, ag, al, ar, el, er, la, re.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-g-l-r"
	+1 letter: aglare, alegar, angler, argled, argles, argyle, galere, galore, gaoler, garble, gargle, glaire, glared, glares, glazer, gravel, laager, lagers, lagger, larger, larges, malgre, raggle, regale, regnal, tergal.
	+2 letters: aerogel, alegars, algebra, aligner, alleger, allegro, allergy, angerly, anglers, argyles, clanger, dangler, draggle, eagerly, earplug, engrail, enlarge, flagger, flanger, fragile, gabbler, galeres, gallery, galores, gambler, gambrel, gangrel, gaolers, garbled, garbler, garbles, gargled, gargler, gargles, general, glacier, gladder, gladier, glaired, glaires, glancer, glarier, glazers, glazier, gleamer, gleaner, gloater, glomera, gnarled, gomeral, grabble, gracile, grackle, granule, grapnel, grapple, graupel, gravels, gravely, greatly, gremial, greylag, haggler, jangler, laagers, lagered, laggers, langrel, largely, largess, largest, laugher, leaguer, legator, mangler, nargile, pergola, plaguer, raggles, realgar, realign, regaled, regaler, regales, regalia, regally, reginal, reglaze, regular, tangler, tegular, verglas, vorlage, wangler, wrangle.
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USA	Large Scale Biology Corporation
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"Large magnolia" by raznov Commentary: "Just a big ass flower. flowers are neat ;-)."	"Large Tree" by Kit Barker Commentary: "A large tree with lots of fallen leaves at its base."
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Large

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Specialty Definition: 1 E9 m²

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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

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