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{
"term": "large",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "big in size or quantity",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a large group/city/area/crowd/family"
},
{
"text": "a **large number **of people"
},
{
"text": "There were some very **large amounts** of money involved."
},
{
"text": "Drought hit **large parts** of the country."
},
{
"text": "A large proportion of older people live alone."
},
{
"text": "The company has grown large enough to employ over 100 people."
},
{
"text": "The kitchen is **relatively large** for a modern apartment."
},
{
"text": "That's too large to fit in my suitcase!"
},
{
"text": "The population is **slightly larger** than that of Canada."
},
{
"text": "Each company would try to capture a larger share of the market by intensive advertising."
},
{
"text": "Seoul is one of the world's largest cities."
},
{
"text": "Who's the rather large *(= fat)* lady in the hat?"
},
{
"text": "He's a very large child for his age."
},
{
"text": "Brazil is the world's largest producer of coffee."
},
{
"text": "By this time his debt had become extremely large."
},
{
"text": "Its eyes were abnormally large."
},
{
"text": "Isn't that jumper rather large?"
},
{
"text": "Our house was not overly large."
},
{
"text": "Some of the clothes looked very large."
},
{
"text": "The plant had grown quite large."
},
{
"text": "The universe is infinitely large."
},
{
"text": "a huge chair behind an equally large desk"
},
{
"text": "the increasingly large numbers of senior citizens"
},
{
"text": "I grew up in a large family."
},
{
"text": "It's better value if you buy a large box."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "appear", "feel"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "used to describe one size in a range of sizes of clothes, food, products used in the house, etc.",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Would you like small, medium or large?"
},
{
"text": "Do you have these jeans in a **larger size**?"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "wide in range and involving many things",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a large and complex issue"
},
{
"text": "Some drugs are being used on a much larger scale than previously."
},
{
"text": "The studies are often large in scope, with budgets to match."
},
{
"text": "If we look at the larger picture of the situation, the differences seem slight."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "appear", "feel"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "as a whole; in general",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the opinion of the public at large"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "not captured; free",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Her killer is still at large."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used when you are saying something that is generally, but not completely, true",
"examples": [
{
"text": "By and large, I enjoyed my time at school."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to enjoy yourself, especially by dancing and drinking alcohol",
"labels": "(British English, slang)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to a great extent",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Their success is due in large part to their determination."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to show surprise at seeing somebody/something",
"labels": "(humorous)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I hadn’t seen her for fifteen years and then there she was, (as) large as life."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "looking or behaving in a way that is more interesting or exciting than other people, and so is likely to attract attention",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He's a larger than life character."
}
],
"synonyms": "flamboyant"
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be frightening and make you worried because something seems hard to avoid",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The prospect of war loomed large."
},
{
"text": "The issue looms large in political campaigns nationwide."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "easy to see or understand",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Mistrust was writ large on her face."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "being a large or obvious example of the thing mentioned",
"examples": [
{
"text": "This is deception writ large."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/lɑːdʒ/",
"audio": "la/large/large__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/lɑːrdʒ/",
"audio": "la/large/large__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘liberal in giving, lavish, ample in quantity’): via Old French from Latin larga, feminine of largus ‘copious’."
}