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Meaning of large

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  large
      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

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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