📒 big in size or quantity
- a large group/city/area/crowd/family
- a large number of people
- There were some very large amounts of money involved.
📒 used to describe one size in a range of sizes of clothes, food, products used in the house, etc.
- Would you like small, medium or large?
- Do you have these jeans in a larger size?
📒 wide in range and involving many things
- a large and complex issue
- Some drugs are being used on a much larger scale than previously.
- The studies are often large in scope, with budgets to match.
📒 as a whole; in general
- the opinion of the public at large
📒 not captured; free
- Her killer is still at large.
📒 used when you are saying something that is generally, but not completely, true
- By and large, I enjoyed my time at school.
📒 to enjoy yourself, especially by dancing and drinking alcohol
📒 to a great extent
- Their success is due in large part to their determination.
📒 used to show surprise at seeing somebody/something
- I hadn’t seen her for fifteen years and then there she was, (as) large as life.
📒 looking or behaving in a way that is more interesting or exciting than other people, and so is likely to attract attention
- He's a larger than life character.
📒 to be frightening and make you worried because something seems hard to avoid
- The prospect of war loomed large.
- The issue looms large in political campaigns nationwide.
📒 easy to see or understand
- Mistrust was writ large on her face.
📒 being a large or obvious example of the thing mentioned
- This is deception writ large.