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(adverb) with the wind abaft the beam; "a ship sailing large" |
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(adverb) at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark) |
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(satellite adjective) having broad power and range and scope; "taking the large view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy" |
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(adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: big |
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Antonyms: small |
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(satellite adjective) fairly large or important in effect; influential; "played a large role in the negotiations" |
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(noun) a garment size for a large person |
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Related Words: size |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: big, prominent |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: big, magnanimous |
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(adjective) large enough to be visible to the naked eye |
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Synonyms: macroscopic, macroscopical |
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(satellite adjective) ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose" |
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Synonyms: bombastic, declamatory, orotund, tumid, turgid |
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(adverb) in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening" |
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Synonyms: big, boastfully, vauntingly |
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(satellite adjective) in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child" |
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Synonyms: big, enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, heavy, with child |
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