largest
SayLAR-jist/ˈlɑɹd͡ʒɪst/UK/ˈlɑːd͡ʒɪst/
- 1Superlative of large.
Asia is the largest continent by both area and population.
Their firm grew into the largest employer in the region.
Note
The regular superlative of a one-syllable adjective, so it takes the -est ending rather than most: large, larger, largest, with the silent e of large absorbing the suffix. It nearly always comes with the and a frame saying what is being compared: by area, in the region, of its kind. It also inherits large's sense of a manufactured size, naming the biggest size a product is made in.
largest is a form of large
large, adjective: Considerable in size or extent, or big compared with others of its kind. Full entry
- Spelling
- large → largest: add -st
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