Large Meaning
/lɑːd͡ʒ/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjOf considerable or relatively great size or extent.
adjThat is large (the manufactured size).
Sentence Examples
Brian repeatedly told Chris that he owed him a pretty large amount of money.
Your income is about twice as large as mine.
The electricity industry consumes large amounts of fossil fuels.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The restaurant needed a ____ table to accommodate the group of twenty guests.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The elephant is a very ____ animal that is known for its grey skin, big ears, and very long trunk.
Word Origin & History
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).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"We drove back to the office with some concern on my part at the prospect of so large a case. Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke."
— 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
"Hal Smith, manager of the Ferry Field theatre, Detroit, one of the largest and prettiest outskirt houses in town, played Metro's "Revelation" for three days last week"
— 1917, Michigan Film Review, page 347:
"Test large, cylindrical, early portion closely coiled and always completely involute, later and larger portion uncoiled[…]"
— 1946, Joseph Augustine Cushman, The larger fossil Foraminifera of the Panama Canal Zone:
"The largest age group for volunteers was 35-44, the CNCS survey said, and volunteers were most likely to be parents with children under 18."
— 2018 July 19, Thom Patterson, “Stats reveal how many Americans volunteer and where”, in CNN:
"We have yet large day."
— 1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The restaurant needed a ____ table to accommodate the group of twenty guests.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The elephant is a very ____ animal that is known for its grey skin, big ears, and very long trunk.