large

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Big in size, number, or amount.

   Russia is a very large country.

2. 2
   adj

   Wide in range or scope.

   The manager always takes the large view of any problem.

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Simplified etymology

Large entered Middle English through Old French from Latin largus, meaning “copious.” Its early English senses included “liberal in giving,” “lavish,” and “ample in quantity”; largesse comes from the same Latin source.

From Middle English large, from Old French large, from Latin larga, feminine of largus (“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”), of uncertain ultimate origin; see there for more. Along with big, it mostly displaced Middle English stoor and muchel (the latter surviving in much under a different meaning).

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