large: 意味と定義

Of greater than average size, extent, quantity, or amount; big.

Of greater than average scope, breadth, or capacity; comprehensive.

Important; significant: had a large role in the negotiations; a large producer of paper goods.

Understanding and tolerant; liberal: a large and generous spirit.

Of great magnitude or intensity; grand: "a rigid resistance to the large emotions” ( Stephen Koch).

Pretentious; boastful. Used of speech or manners.

Obsolete Gross; coarse. Used of speech or language.

Nautical Favorable. Used of a wind.

at large Not in confinement or captivity; at liberty: a convict still at large.

at large As a whole; in general: the country at large.

at large Representing a nation, state, or district as a whole. Often used in combination: councilor-at-large.

at large Not assigned to a particular country. Often used in combination: ambassador-at-large.

at large At length; copiously.