American English pronunciation
How to pronounce larger
IPA transcription: ['lɑɹdʒɚ]
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Adjective
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above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
“a large city”
“set out for the big city”
“a large sum”
“a big (or large) barn”
“a large family”
“big businesses”
“a big expenditure”
“a large number of newspapers”
“a big group of scientists”
“large areas of the world”
Adjective
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large or big relative to something else
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conspicuous in position or importance
“a big figure in the movement”
“big man on campus”
“he's very large in financial circles”
“a prominent citizen”
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fairly large or important in effect; influential
“played a large role in the negotiations”
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in an advanced stage of pregnancy
“was big with child”
“was great with child”
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ostentatiously lofty in style
“a man given to large talk”
“tumid political prose”
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generous and understanding and tolerant
“a heart big enough to hold no grudges”
“that's very big of you to be so forgiving”
“a large and generous spirit”
“a large heart”
“magnanimous toward his enemies”
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having broad power and range and scope
“taking the large view”
“a large effect”
“a large sympathy”
Usage examples
- Bastions also cover a larger area than most towers.
- Indeed, juvenile prowfish will seek shelter from prey within the bells of larger jellies.
- It features larger maps, denser terrain, and free-roaming environments.
- Nevertheless, evolutionary strategy still needs to prove its effectiveness on larger core settings.
- It was long and only wide, making it impractical for larger vehicles to use.
- With circulation rising, the paper's offices were moved downstairs to a larger two-roomed office.
- The director filmed the larger-scale "Doomsday" in Scotland and South Africa.
- The world is a larger scale than "The Bard's Tale".
- As I watched, the planet seemed to grow larger and smaller.
- The larger main mound is long and crescent-shaped.