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Definitions

large-scale

[lahrj-skeyl] / ˈlɑrdʒˈskeɪl /
ADJECTIVE
big
Synonyms
STRONGEST
extensive huge large massive sizable substantial
WEAK
a whale of a ample awash brimming bulky bull burly capacious chock-full colossal commodious considerable copious crowded enormous fat full gigantic good great healthy heavy-duty heavyweight hefty hulking humongous husky immense jumbo mammoth mondo monster oversize packed ponderous prodigious roomy spacious strapping stuffed supercolossal thundering tremendous vast voluminous walloping whopper whopping
Antonyms
STRONGEST
little miniature short small tiny

Example Sentences

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Out of 100 institutional investors surveyed by research firm Just Capital, just 10% expected large-scale job losses, compared to 30% of the general public.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

When nations are openly engaged in armed conflict, as the U.S. and Iran are, neither the threat nor the execution of large-scale attacks on infrastructure has been prosecuted as a war crime.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Even so, the results indicate that life might be identified not by its chemistry alone, but by the large-scale patterns it leaves across the universe.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

The 1970s saw the business rapidly expand, with Laney setting up a large-scale manufacturing unit in Digbeth, Birmingham, eventually relocating to its current Halesowen home in 2004.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

By honoring both the invention of an essential instrument for large-scale research and the creation of a laboratory model to put it to use, the Nobel committee validated a sea change in science.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik