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 an X post, NYU professor and AI researcher Ravid Shwartz-Ziv pointed to Kimi’s hybrid linear attention software, which allows the model to process large quantities of data with less memory consumption.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
The parasite behind an unusually large outbreak of gastrointestinal illness is one many people have never heard of.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
The company is also diversifying the content it offers on its platform, adding live sports games and video podcasts, in addition its large library of TV shows and movies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
The WPL could play a large role in "unlocking the economic potential of Cardiff" and "unlocking a transport system that is fair", he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
She begins to take items out from her tote bag: a large cloth for us to sit on, a box she says contains small vials of essential oils.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
There is also a desktop app and a product for businesses, so the user base is likely much larger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
By putting it among "a larger collection of ceremonial and other weapons" it would have "helped to conceal what it had been used for" because she wanted him "to avoid being caught", the judge said.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Of course, we also go for stories that are larger than life, that traverse beyond this realm into a place that only movies can go.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
The key result: Workers in more exposed occupations saw larger relative increases in exits from work than those less exposed.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Our land will be eight times larger than the cotton farm.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
The World Cup is the globe’s largest sporting event — and, this time, it’s also a major tax event for the IRS.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
The school is calling the streamlining a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to reduce complexity within its largest unit that includes the undergraduate college and Ph.D. programs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Bonta filed the suit Monday, alleging the proposed merger — the largest in Hollywood in decades — would violate the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
This is already the U.S.’s largest recorded outbreak of cyclosporiasis, the hard-to-pronounce illness Cyclospora causes.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
If I remembered correctly, and I almost always remembered correctly, it was called Minor Scale, and it was the largest nonnuclear explosion ever detonated.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
