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adjective as in big, abundant
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Example Sentences
Yet “Gladiator” still loomed large in the eyes of all involved — especially when it came to redesigning the film’s most iconic location: the Colosseum.
A franchise even its own fans had given up on 19 months ago is 90 minutes away from being the best in the world’s largest first-division league.
Aerial views of the 10 Freeway on Nov. 13, 2023 after a large pallet fire burned below, shutting the freeway to traffic.
Some experts say last weekend’s event showed how major upgrades to harbors have made a difference since a much larger tsunami in 2011.
Protected from public view by a large curtain pulled across a corner of the courtroom, Soldier F replied "not guilty" when each of the seven charges was put to him.
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When To Use
What are other ways to say large?
In reference to the size and extent of concrete objects, large is somewhat formal, great is highly formal and even poetic, suggesting also that the object is notable or imposing, and big is the most general and most colloquial word: a large tree; a great oak; a big tree; a large field; great plains; a big field. When the reference is to degree or a quality, great is the usual word: great beauty; great mistake; great surprise; although big sometimes alternates with it in colloquial style: a big mistake; a big surprise; large is usually not used in reference to degree, but may be used in a quantitative reference: a large number (great number).
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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