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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He opens a folder and takes out a stack of large photographs: portraits of prisoners.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Today, AI can help him prototype, analyze data, write code and get remarkably far before assembling a large technical team.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
He said at that time that a sandwich intended to compete with Popeye’s was in the works, with “a very large hand-breaded chicken breast” that he suggested outdid rival sandwiches in size.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Like Hathaway, Stella acts her part so sincerely that you’re not sure if Mitchell clued her in that the movie at large is nonsense.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
He would be down there with Marlene, both of them surrounded by a large audience of admirers.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
"It was one of the larger amateur telescopes built at that time in the United Kingdom and now we are working to restore the floor, extend the original support," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
The strategy you describe — claiming 50% of your spouse’s benefit at 62 and your own larger benefit at a later date — was largely eliminated by Congress in 2015.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Paramount says the Warner deal is pro-consumer and would help it compete with larger technology and media companies including Disney, Netflix and Amazon.com.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The proposal includes potentially selling the 65-acre Paramount lot in Hollywood — as well as the larger Warner Bros. campus in Burbank, should Paramount prevail in the merger battle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
As I completed them, I began to notice that my heels of bread grew larger; my ration of watery soup contained a stringy piece of vegetable, or sometimes a hunk of rancid meat.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
The world’s largest personal-computer maker is increasingly being viewed as both an AI infrastructure and AI device play as it branches out beyond computers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
This year, Thrive raised $10 billion, it’s largest fundraising round yet, drawing investments from global billionaires such as India’s Mukesh Ambani, the world’s 12th richest person, according to Bloomberg.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
It is the world's largest man-made lake by volume.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Some law enforcement agencies are already using the gloves but it's believed that the planned ICE purchase would be the largest from Compliant Technologies to date.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
How they would sing praises of his valiant stand against what must assuredly be the largest great black-backed gull ever encountered!
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
