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large

Pronunciation: /lɑːd͡ʒ/

The English word “large” has 14 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
  2. That is large (the manufactured size).
  3. Abundant; ample.
  4. Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.
  5. Free; unencumbered.
  6. Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.
  7. Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.

noun

  1. An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.
  2. Liberality, generosity.
  3. A thousand dollars/pounds.
  4. One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured, larger than a medium.
  5. An item labelled or denoted as being that size.
  6. One who fits an item of that size.

adverb

  1. Before the wind.

Etymology

From Middle English large, from Old French large, from Latin larga, feminine of largus (“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”), of uncertain ultimate origin; see there for more. Along with big, it mostly displaced Middle English stoor and muchel (the latter surviving in much under a different meaning).

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