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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In a large international study published in Science, researchers genetically analyzed cat cancers on a scale that had not been attempted before.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
A surge of large companies started offering infertility benefits to attract top talent, and states passed legislation making insurance mandatory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
"I tried to lift everything up, but I gave up on large electric appliances like the refrigerator and washing machine. I guess they are broken."
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
The site handles preproduction of large components and produces Leica-branded binoculars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
From the front and back of each otherwise ordinary dress a large X had been cut out and replaced with cloth of another color.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
If the strategy proves effective, beneficial fungi could help astronauts produce larger and more reliable crops on the Moon and Mars while reducing dependence on food transported from Earth.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
The S&P 500 is up 0.7% this month, rising on the back of its tech sector’s much larger climb of 4.8% over the same period, according to FactSet data.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026
In recent weeks, those fundraising efforts have been overshadowed by the much larger influx of money being collected by labor unions, business groups, real estate developers and others looking to boost their favored mayoral candidate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Beijing has weighed larger purchases of American farm and other products, and it holds cards Trump wants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Christopher found the place —Areat; or, the Island of Living Gold, it read—on his map: it was barely larger than a pinhead.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
The Taiwanese company bills itself as the largest supplier for China’s cold rolling industry, a manufacturing sector that shapes metals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
FTX became one of Anthropic’s largest shareholders, and the FTX Foundation would go on to pledge funding for multiple AI safety nonprofits, including one that now works out of Constellation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
"The stakes are the largest in the history of Greek literature."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
"They don't have enough land," he said, mocking Russia -- the world's largest country.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Before the war, Germany had been Britain’s largest trading partner.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
