# large

Pronunciation: US say "LAHRJ" /lɑɹd͡ʒ/; UK say "LAHJ" /lɑːd͡ʒ/

## Adjective

1. Considerable in size or extent, or big compared with others of its kind.
   - Simple: Big in size or amount, or more than usual.
   - _A large crowd gathered outside the stadium before the match._
   - _The company reported larger profits than analysts had expected._
2. Of an item, being of the large manufactured size.
   - Simple: Made in the big size, like a drink or piece of clothing.
   - _The barista handed him a large latte in a paper cup._
   - _He always gets a large soda at the movies._

## Noun

3. The large size in which an item is made, or an item in that size.
   - Simple: The big size of something sold in sizes, or a thing in that size.
   - _The manufacturer produces each model in small, medium, and large._
   - _The T-shirts were sold out in large, so I bought a medium instead._
4. A sum of one thousand dollars or pounds. *(slang)*
   - Simple: An amount of one thousand dollars or pounds.
   - _They paid him fifty large to keep quiet about the deal._
   - _The watch set her back three large._

## Adjective

5. Of a statement or account, full and detailed; copious to the point of being diffuse. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: Of speech or writing, using many words and full of detail.
6. Free; unencumbered; at liberty. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Free, and not held back by anything.
7. Of language, unrestrained by decorum; coarse or improperly free. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Of speech, rude or too free, without good manners.

## Noun

8. Liberality; generosity; the disposition to give freely. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: The quality of being generous and giving freely.
9. In early music notation, the longest note value, also called a maxima, usually equal to two longas (four breves), though some notations made it three. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A very old music note held longer than the other notes.

## Other meanings

- (adjective) Of the wind, crossing a ship's course in a favorable direction, blowing from abeam or between the beam and the quarter.
- (adverb) Of a sailing vessel, with the wind blowing from behind or over the quarter, rather than from ahead.

## Origin

From Middle English large, from Old French large, from Latin larga, the feminine of largus ('abundant, plentiful, large, much'), of uncertain ultimate origin. It mostly replaced the Middle English words stoor and muchel, the latter of which survives with a changed meaning as 'much'.

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