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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By building a large group trust, officials were able to avoid concerns about disclosing taxpayer’s financial information of taxpayers in the everyday operations of the accounts.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
The chips will be used to run large language models and respond to simple queries, Beals said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Still, she looms large in Lowen’s imagination, especially when she finds a secret autobiography in which Verity reveals her darkest secrets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The BBC understands that one of the men had dialled 999 himself, about an hour before a local farmer alerted police to a "large group" of masked men near the vehicles.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
On a small crest, I see a large meadow, a winding stream, and hundreds of trees.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
But in the future, satellites will carry dozens of TPUs at a time, requiring solar panels and radiators orders of magnitude larger than the chips themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
CNN insiders have been skeptical over how Weiss could take over the vastly larger and more profitable news organization based on her CBS track record so far.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Researchers at the University of Surrey have proposed a new kind of qubit that could help address one of the biggest obstacles in quantum computing: keeping error rates low as systems become larger.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
She was shocked in July when she saw a much larger portion of students than she’d expected hadn’t passed the AP test, including kids who had been getting A’s and B’s in class.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
No, it hadn’t been a trick; that lion was massive, much larger than anything that existed outside the world of film.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
Mortgage rates logged their largest jump in four years this week as 30-year fixed-rate mortgages climbed to 7.28% from 7.03%, according to Freddie Mac.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
In 2024, crews finished demolishing four dams on the Klamath River, completing the largest dam removal effort in U.S. history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
As part of the agreement, Alberta has agreed to develop the world's largest carbon capture programme in a bid to reduce its overall emissions.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The findings come from the first phase of REACT, one of the largest efforts yet to examine how silent atherosclerosis develops throughout adulthood.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
Unless Naomi is pulling the largest number of bunnies out of a hat or sawing the biggest number of people in half.
From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan
