Large - Definition

adv 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" [syn:
boastfully, vauntingly, big, large]
adj 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" [syn: large, big] [ant: little, small]
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" [syn: bombastic, declamatory,
large, orotund, tumid, turgid]
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" [syn: big, large,
magnanimous]
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" [syn: big, large,
prominent]
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" [syn: big(p), enceinte, expectant,
gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p), with
child(p)]
n 1: a garment size for a large person