large
Usage
What are other ways to say large?
In reference to the size and extent of concrete objects, large is somewhat formal, great is highly formal and even poetic, suggesting also that the object is notable or imposing, and big is the most general and most colloquial word: a large tree; a great oak; a big tree; a large field; great plains; a big field. When the reference is to degree or a quality, great is the usual word: great beauty; great mistake; great surprise; although big sometimes alternates with it in colloquial style: a big mistake; a big surprise; large is usually not used in reference to degree, but may be used in a quantitative reference: a large number (great number).
Example Sentences
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Several other large firms followed and made similar deals to avoid the punitive orders totaling nearly $1 billion in pro bono work.
“We must go from being the country with the largest oil reserves on the planet to becoming a giant producer.”
“Our assessment is that Russia will be able to move large amounts of troops within one year,” the Netherlands Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans said in an interview.
In October, Google announced a $15 billion investment in data centers in southeastern India, as well as undersea cable links, in what the company described as its “largest single AI hub outside the U.S.”
It’s true that the value of AI training depends on the fit, says Graig Paglieri, chief executive of Randstad Digital, the technology arm of the world’s largest staffing agency by revenue.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
