Meaning & Definition of Large in English

1. A garment size for a large person

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. Ostentatiously lofty in style

• "A man given to large talk"

• "Tumid political prose"

4. 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"

5. 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"

6. Having broad power and range and scope

• "Taking the large view"

• "A large effect"

• "A large sympathy"

7. In an advanced stage of pregnancy

• "Was big with child"

• "Was great with child"

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"