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How to pronounce large in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms big, boastfully, vauntingly
Type Words
Synonyms big, enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, heavy, with child
Derivation largeness
Type Words
Synonyms big, prominent


he's very large in financial circles.
Type Words
Synonyms big, magnanimous


a large and generous spirit.
a large heart.
Type Words
Synonyms big
Derivation largeness


a large city.
a large sum.
a big (or large) barn.
a large family.
a large number of newspapers.
large areas of the world.
Type Words
Synonyms bombastic, declamatory, orotund, tumid, turgid
Derivation largeness


a man given to large talk.
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Type of size
Type Words
Derivation largeness


played a large role in the negotiations.
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Derivation largeness


taking the large view.
a large effect.
a large sympathy.

Examples of large

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Currently, the council is made up of seven members who are all elected at large.
From the dailyherald.com
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, 1 cup sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt.
From the dailyherald.com
I've used them before and place a large vase by the legs to finish off the look.
From the stltoday.com
The students are also learning how to multiply and divide large numbers in math.
From the desmoinesregister.com
Already 70 percent of its emissions from large industrial sources are from coal.
From the thenewstribune.com
Large garbage bins lined the road where emergency vehicles had pulsed Wednesday.
From the thenewstribune.com
The room offers broad river vistas of the river through large expanses of glass.
From the bloomberg.com
In large letters above the peeps is a brief description of the expected weather.
From the sacbee.com
Anaheim has a solid corporate base and is in a large television market, he said.
From the sacbee.com
More examples
  • A garment size for a large person
  • Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"
  • At a distance, wide of something (as of a mark)
  • With the wind abaft the beam; "a ship sailing large"
  • Fairly large or important in effect; influential; "played a large role in the negotiations"
  • Boastfully: in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening"
  • Bombastic: ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"
  • Big: generous and understanding and tolerant; "a heart big enough to hold no grudges"; "that's very big of you to be so forgiving"; "a large and generous spirit"; "a large heart"; "magnanimous toward his enemies"
  • Big: conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen"