largeness

large

(lärj)

adj. larg·er, larg·est

1. Of greater than average size, extent, quantity, or amount; big.

2. Of greater than average scope, breadth, or capacity; comprehensive.

3. Important; significant: had a large role in the negotiations; a large producer of paper goods.

a. Understanding and tolerant; liberal: a large and generous spirit.

b. Of great magnitude or intensity; grand: "a rigid resistance to the large emotions" (Stephen Koch).

a. Pretentious; boastful. Used of speech or manners.

b. Obsolete Gross; coarse. Used of speech or language.

6. Nautical Favorable. Used of a wind.

n. pl. large

Slang A thousand dollars: bought a speedboat for 50 large.

Idioms:

at large

1. Not in confinement or captivity; at liberty: a convict still at large.

2. As a whole; in general: the country at large.

3. Representing a nation, state, or district as a whole. Often used in combination: councilor-at-large.

4. Not assigned to a particular country. Often used in combination: ambassador-at-large.

5. At length; copiously.

live large

To indulge freely in a luxury or luxuries: For a few years, the nation lived large on its new-found oil wealth.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin

largus

, generous.]

large′ness n.

Synonyms: large, big, great
These adjectives mean being notably above the average in size or magnitude: a large sum of money; a big red barn; a great ocean liner.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	largeness - the capacity to understand a broad range of topics; "a teacher must have a breadth of knowledge of the subject"; "a man distinguished by the largeness and scope of his views" breadth, comprehensiveness intelligence - the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience capaciousness, roominess - intellectual breadth; "the very capaciousness of the idea meant that agreement on fundamentals was unnecessary"; "his unselfishness gave him great intellectual roominess"
	2.	largeness - large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness; "the might have repercussions of unimaginable largeness"; "the very extensiveness of his power was a temptation to abuse it" extensiveness magnitude - relative importance; "a problem of the first magnitude"
	3.	largeness - the property of having a relatively great size bigness size - the physical magnitude of something (how big it is); "a wolf is about the size of a large dog" ampleness - the property of impressive largeness in size; "he admired the ampleness of its proportions" bulkiness, massiveness - an unwieldy largeness immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, enormousness, grandness, greatness, wideness - unusual largeness in size or extent or number commodiousness, spaciousness, capaciousness, roominess - spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building); "the capaciousness of Santa's bag astounded the child"; "roominess in this size car is always a compromise"; "his new office lacked the spaciousness that he had become accustomed to" voluminosity, voluminousness, fullness - greatness of volume giantism, gigantism - excessive largeness of stature littleness, smallness - the property of having a relatively small size
	4.	largeness - the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth) pretentiousness, pretension unnaturalness - the quality of being unnatural or not based on natural principles ostentation - pretentious or showy or vulgar display

largeness

noun

The quality or state of being large in amount, extent, or importance:

Translations

كِبَر

velikost

storhed

stærî; mikilleiki

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largeness

(= big size) → Größe f, → Umfang m; (of meal) → Reichlichkeit f; (of list) → Länge f

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large

(ˈlaːdʒ) adjective

great in size, amount etc; not small. a large number of people; a large house; a large family; This house is too large for two people.

ˈlargely adverb

mainly; to a great extent. This success was largely due to her efforts; Our methods have been largely successful.

ˈlargeness nounat large

1. (of prisoners etc) free. Despite the efforts of the police, the escaped prisoner is still at large.

2. in general. the country / the public at large.