| 单词 | at large |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat large Phrases P1. at large. [Compare Anglo-Norman a large, Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French au large at liberty, unconfined (late 12th cent. in Old French), in an unsettled or unfixed state (first half of the 14th cent. or earlier), widely, everywhere (14th cent. or earlier), post-classical Latin ad largum (also ad larga) at liberty (frequently from 14th cent. in British sources), at length, in full (1567 in a British source).] a. At liberty, free; without restraint or check. †at more large: at greater liberty (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > free or at liberty [phrase] at largec1391 at one's largec1405 at libertyc1425 at one's largesse1487 at more large1523 c1391 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Bodl. 294) Prol. l. 46* (MED) My liege lord..Out of my bot..bad me come in to his barge; And whan I was with him at large, Amonges othre thinges seid He hath this charge upon me leid. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. l. 994 (MED) He..yaf hem charge That thei ne soffre noght at large His wif to go, bot kepe hire stille. ?c1425 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Royal 17 D.vi) (1860) 11 Hye tyme [it] is to..walke at large out of thy prisoun. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 703 I woll sle the and ever I may gete the at large! 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cccxxxix. 533 Thare king determyned to departe, and go and lye in garysons, to be at more large. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. May 40 Letting their sheepe runne at large. 1603 T. Winter tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Second Day of First Weeke 24 It seemes Proserpina hath some intent, To set at large her furious daughters three. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 213 Left him at large to his own dark designs. View more context for this quotation 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 154. ⁋2 I always kept Company with those who lived most at large. 1760 Cautions & Advices to Officers of Army 86 During your Suspension you are a Sort of Prisoner at large and do no Duty. 1833 H. Martineau Briery Creek iv. 93 Whether appropriated, or left at large because they cannot be appropriated. 1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 353 They felt also that Hannibal was still at large, and it might not be well to drive him to despair. 1930 W. S. Churchill My Early Life xx. 273 I was at large again, hunted but free, in the vast sub-continent of South Africa. 1972 Daily Tel. 2 June 13/7 The outline story of a young girl who finds herself amorally and vaguely at large in Berlin between the wars. 2011 Guardian 29 July 9/1 In Britain, there are more than 2,000 terrapins still at large in waterways in the London area alone. b. In an unsettled or unfixed state; without limits or restrictions. Frequently (and now only) Law. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > in dispute, in question [phrase] at large1435 in suspensea1513 in issue1533 in suita1538 sub lite1766 at issue1768 1435 in J. F. South & D. Power Memorials Craft of Surg. (1886) App. 314 (MED) If ony of the parties have not unresonabli absentid hem for to varie the seid arbiterment, thanne thei to lete the mater stonde at large. 1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. i. i. 1/2 Which as a matter meerely coniectural..I leaue at large. 1665 G. Duncombe Tryals per Pais xiii. 166 A Special Verdict, or Verdict at large, is so called, because it findeth the special matter at large, and leaveth the Judgement of the Law thereupon, to the Court. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 183 Another point was fixed by the Act of Uniformity, which was more at large formerly. 1782 W. Cowper Friendship 136 On points which God has left at large, How fiercely will they meet and charge! 1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism vi. 169 The tremendous doctrine of eternal perdition..will remain at large..to be drawn on this side or that as may best subserve the purposes of intimidation. 1863 Michigan Rep. 11 551 To leave the whole matter entirely at large with the jury, without any rule to govern their discretion. 1974 Times 18 Oct. 15/2 The penalty is entirely at large. 1991 L. Klar Tort Law xix. 512 As well, since the real damage suffered as a result of defamatory material cannot be ascertained, it has been held that damages in defamation cases are ‘at large’. c. With reference to speech or writing: at length; fully, expansively. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adverb] > at length longlyOE large1395 largelya1398 at large1450 at the lengthc1500 at long1565 in huge1608 at full, great, some, etc. length1713 lengthily1787 prolongedly1832 1450–1 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1450 §18. m. 8 As in oure letters patentes..is conteyned and more pleynly atte large apperith. 1587 L. Mascall Bk. Cattell (1627) 158 There he shall finde written all things more at lardge. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 8 I..will explicat mair at lairge quhilkes to Scotland ar proper. 1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. ii. sig. B3v His prayer is conceited, and no man remembers his Colledge more at large. 1671 J. Dryden Evening's Love ii. 25 I'll wait on you some other time, to discourse more at large of Astrologie. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 259 I..told him the Story at large. 1772 E. Burke Let. 19 Nov. in Corr. (1960) II. 378 As I have stated this matter so much at large,..it is not necessary to say more by this unconfidential conveyance. 1841 H. J. Stephen New Comm. Laws Eng. I. 527 As explained more at large in a former chapter. 1890 Spectator 1 Nov. 590/2 The Oxford speech, which Mr. Froude quotes at large. 1915 G. B. Brown Arts in Early Eng. III. xv. 793 The eloquent seventeenth century moralist writes at large on the subject of mortality. 1977 A. P. Thornton Imperialism in 20th Cent. iii. 115 British admirals and politicians..they spoke at large, particularly on gala occasions, of ‘the freedom of the seas’. 2013 M. Pinfari Peace Negotiations & Time ii. 17 The importance of ‘timed’ interventions in ongoing conflicts was discussed at large in one of the defining speeches of the Clinton era. d. In a general way; in a general sense; without particularizing. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > in general [phrase] > in general terms or not in detail in substancec1425 in gross1430 at large1533 generally speaking1549 in generality1563 in the general1584 as to the general1617 in general1621 by and large1707 in the vague1851 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. xiv. f. lxxvii Some..wolde at the fyrste worde spoken by the ordynarye to hym at large, flyt oute of that place. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 293 And Studies themselues, doe giue forth Directions too much at Large, except they be bounded in by experience. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 191 Not to know at large of things remote From use,..but to know That which before us lies in daily life. View more context for this quotation a1732 F. Atterbury Serm. Several Occas. (1734) I. 181 Whether these were of the Number of the Eleven, or only Disciples at large. 1896 Law Q. Rev. July 199 The Official Receiver must find fraud, not at large, but against the particular examinee. 1978 J. O. Freedman Crisis & Legitimacy xix. 250 These considerations could not be applied at large, but they could be applied on a particularized basis. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > away (of motion) [phrase] at large1546 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. Eiii If this nyghtes lodgyng and bordyng Maie ease the,..Than welcome, or els get the streyght at large. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > spread or diffused [phrase] > spread widely at large1579 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Oct. 44 There may thy Muse display her fluttryng wing, And stretch her selfe at large from East to West. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 300 The first thing hee doth is to stretch out his handes at large. 1675 London Gaz. No. 1029/3 We hear that he has quartered his Cavalry at large, for their better refreshment in several neighbouring Villages. c1720 N. Dubois & G. Leoni tr. A. Palladio Architecture III. xxi. 35 Seeing that the..legions were so close and crowded.., he commanded them to set themselves more at large..so they might have room to handle their weapons. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 229 They would by their living so much at large, be much better prepar'd..than if the same Number of People lived close together. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [phrase] > full-size > in full size at large1592 full proportionc1710 1592 Greenes Groats-worth of Witte sig. B3v Lucanio if thou read well this booke (and with that hee reacht him Machiauels workes at large) thou shalt se. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. iii. 340 There is seene, The baby figure of the gyant masse, Of things to come at large . View more context for this quotation 1651 Abridgem. Ld. Coke's Comm. Littleton To Rdr. sig. A2 If thy leasure..will not permit thee to read that learned Work at large, know that thou mayest, for Twelve-pence, have this Compendium. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Megalography, a drawing of Pictures at large. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §128 The design for the Lighthouse..was subject to some change in entering on the detail of the work at large. 1824 J. Taylor in Sel. Wks. Baron de Humboldt p. iii The abridgement may now be useful to numbers who could not have availed themselves of the works at large. 1851 S. Noble in tr. E. Swedenborg Heaven & Hell (ed. 2) 24 (note) The man in whom the church is, is a heaven in miniature after the image of heaven at large. h. As a whole, as a body; altogether; in general. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > that is all or the whole [phrase] > all collectively en masse in generala1393 in gross1508 by the lump1522 in universal1532 at large1598 in the lump1624 in (the) massa1631 at the great1699 by or in (the) slump1795 en masse1802 in a slump1827 en bloc1861 in block1870 in (the) aggregate1973 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. i. 153 So to the Lawes at large I write my name. View more context for this quotation 1645 T. Fuller Good Thoughts in Bad Times i. xvii. 43 Not onely of the Commission at large, but so of the Quorum. 1648 S. H. Knaves & Fooles in Folio Contents sig. A2v Divers Quæries concerning Treason, Rebellion, and disobedience, in relation to the State at large, the Parliament, the Kings, and the Army. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. i. 30 I now therefore was left once more upon the world at large. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 139 All punishments are for example towards the conservation of the people at large . View more context for this quotation 1833 H. Martineau Brooke & Brooke Farm (ed. 3) viii. 102 He would be serving me and society at large. 1867 H. Spencer First Princ. (ed. 2) ii. i. §36. 130 Moral Philosophy and Political Philosophy, agree with Philosophy at large in the comprehensiveness of their reasonings and conclusions. 1911 H. James Let. 27 June in H. James & E. Wharton Lett. (1990) iv. 180 I..unutterably yearn to get out of ‘American conditions’ at large. 1971 Daily Tel. 23 Mar. 13/1 The population at large are as inwardly proud of their political rough-houses as they are of such image-makers as Ned Kelly. 2011 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 24 Nov. 37/1 Most major new outlets breathlessly live-blogged the iPhone 4S launch as if it actually mattered to the world at large. i. As postmodifier. Appended to the name of a profession, etc., to indicate that the person concerned has no specific duties, or is not associated with a particular place, establishment, etc. Now chiefly U.S.ambassador at large, editor-at-large, gentleman-at-large, member-at-large: see the first element. ΚΠ a1639 H. Wotton View Life & Death Duke of Buckingham in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 78 There is conveyed to Master Villiers an intimation of the Kings pleasure..to be..his Cup-bearer at large; and the Summer following he was admitted in Ordinary. 1680 Tryal Thomas Gascoyne 39 He is an Attorney at large, I know him very well. 1728 R. Hayes Estimate Places for Life 99 His Office is to examine any Person who is to be sworn an Entering Clerk, or Attorney at large, whether he is duly qualified, and present him to the Chief Justice. 1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 230 Mr. Godolphin was a Courtier at large, bred a Page of Honour. 1804 W. Herbert Antiq. Inns of Court 270 The rectory might have been held by any one who was a clerk at large. 1863 A. Gurowski Diary 18 Mar. (1864) II. 174 The ruling powers proffered to Schalk to make him captain at large, and this was proffered at a time when altogether unmilitary men became colonels, etc., at the head-quarters. 1914 Princeton Alumni Weekly 25 Nov. 213/3 Dr. Pupin, Consul General at large from Servia,..dealt with the subject, ‘The Serb in the Present War’. 2006 Philadelphia May 46/3 Philadelphia writer-at-large Jason Fagone weighs in on the world of competitive eating. ΚΠ 1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §3 Who had rather venture at large their decayed bottome then bring her in to be new trim'd in the dock. View more context for this quotation k. Politics (originally and chiefly North American). Designating or with reference to an election or electoral system in which candidates represent the whole of a state, county, or city as opposed to a district or other area within it. (a) As postmodifier. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > [adjective] > type of U.S. elected representative at large1741 1741 B. Lynde Diary 28 May in B. Lynde & B. Lynde Diaries (1880) 161 I was again chose a Counsellor in ye 1st 18, and my Coz. Wm. Browne chose a Counsellor at Large. 1824 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 21 Oct. [The committee] have after full consideration agreed to recommend the Hon. William Reed, of Marblehead, as an Elector at large. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. xiii. 166 The additional member or members are elected by the voters of the whole State on a general ticket, and are called ‘representatives at large’. 1933 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 27 59 The secretary of state began to accept filings for nominations from the new districts, and refused to accept filings from candidates at large. 2008 Telegraph-Jrnl. (New Brunswick) (Nexis) 15 Apr. a4 As a candidate at-large for Saint John Common Council, I wish to make it known that I will be boycotting the candidates' debate. (b) In adverbial use. ΚΠ 1868 Elections in Georgia, N. & S. Carolina 10 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 300) XIX The following named persons have received a majority of the votes cast by the qualified electors of the state voting at large, and are duly elected to the offices herein specified. 1915 F. C. Howe Mod. City & its Probl. vii. 79 Plan C..provides for a mayor and four or six councilmen, depending upon the size of the town, all elected at large. 1983 B. Powe Aberhart Summer xvi. 173 In our city there were six members of the legislature elected at large in a complex method of proportional representation. 2004 C. Fried Saying what Law Is (2005) vii. 232 The voters of the city, which was not separated into districts, voted at large for each member of the commission. (c) attributive. ΚΠ 1925 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 19 333 To get men of larger caliber in the council, a smaller body and at-large election seemed necessary. 1945 Mich. Law Rev. 43 1101 In such a situation the electors are likely to vote straight party tickets, with the result that one party may receive all the at-large seats although it has scarcely more than a majority of the electorate. 1986 J. L. Dietz Econ. Hist. Puerto Rico iv. 182 The PPD won all but three seats in both houses and lost those only because it did not run enough at-large candidates. 2013 Whittier (Calif.) Daily News (Nexis) 28 Aug. The mayor would be elected in an at-large vote of all city voters. ΚΠ 1757 Capt. Randall Jrnl. in Naval Chron. (1805) 14 98 We..tried them before the Wind—then at large. m. Law. Of (the right to) property: not appendant to another possession or tenure. Chiefly in in gross or at large (see gross n.4 2e).Now only with reference to intellectual property. ΚΠ 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. iii. 34 Common in gross or at large, is such as is neither appendant nor appurtenant to land, but is annexed to a man's person; being granted to him and to his heirs by deed; or [etc.]. 1792 R. Burn & J. Burn New Law Dict. I. 23 Where the property of the advowson hath been once separated from the property of the manor, by legal conveyance, it is called an advowson in gross, or at large, and can never be appendant any more. 1846 G. Crabb Law Real Prop. I. i. iii. 290 There is no such thing as a right to a pew in gross or at large; it is a right which can only be held as appurtenant to a messuage, and enjoyed by a person only so long as he continues to inhabit such messuage. 1919 U.S. Rep. (Supreme Court) 248 97 The asserted doctrine is based upon the fundamental error of supposing that a trade-mark is a right in gross or at large, like a statutory copyright or patent for an invention. 2008 M. Barrett Intellect. Prop. (ed. 2) vi. 255 There are no ‘rights in gross’ or ‘rights at large’ in a word or symbol that serves as a mark. ΚΠ 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. ii. xi. 569 The pleadings are at large..and do not tend to definite issues. 1891 Edinb. Rev. July (Tales R. Kipling) He knows that a single stroke well aimed returns a better result than a score which are delivered at large. P2. In other phrases with at. (a) At liberty. Obsolete. rare. Cf. at large at Phrases 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > a great quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > at (very) most at (the) mostc1300 at the largea1398 at uttermost1530 at the utmost (at utmost)1619 at the outside1852 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. lxxviii. 1230 Bytwene wilde asses and tame asses ben ygendred most swyfte asses. And..a fre beste at þe large [L. liberum] and nought ytamed. (b) At the most. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 447 Seuen dayes to Sandewyche I sette at the large, Sexty myle on a daye. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > free or at liberty [phrase] at largec1391 at one's largec1405 at libertyc1425 at one's largesse1487 at more large1523 c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 434 Sith thow art at thy large, of prisoun free And art a lord, greet is thyn auantage. c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame (Fairf. 16) (1878) l. 745 While eche of hem is at his large lyght thinge vpwarde and dounwarde charge. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 1176 Þan myght we leue all at oure large. c1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Tiber.) l. 18471 (MED) Whanne that I was at my large, And thought I wolde discharge, ffrom alle daunger to go ffre, ffrom Auaryce at lyberte. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 395 He had leuer haiff had him at his large, Fre till our croun, than off fyne gold to carge. c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. xli/2 Thei..may..at ther large and libartie..goo and come. c1613 ( in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 34 I will that ye suffer him to be at his larg without longer enpresonment. P3. With other prepositions. a. in large. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adverb] largec1405 sensibly?a1425 eloquently1471 fectuallyc1485 in largea1500 pithily1533 enforcingly1571 emphatically1577 nervously1641 sensible1659 nervosely1678 forcefullya1774 cogentlya1797 accentedly1856 tersely1874 a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xviii. 212 Neuertheles, son, yit shuld thou lett Herfor to speke in large. (b) On a large scale. Frequently contrasted with in little, in small, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > in operation [phrase] > on a large scale in large?1601 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adverb] > on a large scale in large?1601 largely1617 in the large1813 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > large [phrase] > on a large scale in folio1590 in large?1601 in great1635 ?1601 J. Speed Descr. Ciuill Warres Eng. (single sheet) To further so good a worke: which being finished in large with the liking of the motioners. a1618 J. Sylvester tr. Little Bartas in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 765 To doo, in Little, what in Large was done. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 36 The..Plates represent, in large, the same Designs..as those described in little. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §219 (note) I have made trial of this method, both in small and in large. 1837 J. Prinsep in A. Cunningham Archaeol. Surv. India 1862–5 (1871) I. p. ix Very legible inscriptions, which are done in large on the next plate. 1855 R. Browning Old Pictures in Florence xxi Where the strong and the weak, this world's congeries, Repeat in large what they practised in small. 1939 S. A. Ionides & M. L. Ionides Stars & Men xvii. 409 The ancient peoples did not know the implication of their ordinary statement that the Earth reflects in miniature what the heavens show in large. 2008 G. McCracken Transformations 211 The..transformation failed in small and in large. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > to or into state of freedom [phrase] to the (or one's) largea1425 in a person's fingers1469 a1425 (?a1350) Gospel of Nicodemus (Harl.) (1907) 1032 How that he wan oway ffro presoune vnto þe large. c1500 Melusine (1895) 255 He was out of the lane & came to his large. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 167 Philmen the fre kyng..He lete to þe large. ΚΠ 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. cxviii. [cxiv.] 339 They..payed euery thynge with the largeste [Fr. bien & largement], so that euery man was contente. d. in the large: = Phrases 3a(b); (also) in general, as a whole. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adverb] > on a large scale in large?1601 largely1617 in the large1813 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > in general [phrase] > in general terms or not in detail > as a whole one or other?1544 upon the whole matter1612 on the whole1624 in the (whole) complex1661 in the large1943 1813 T. Busby in tr. Lucretius Nature of Things I. ii. Comm. 34 That which is correct in miniature will be true in the large. 1840 T. Arnold Let. in Life & Corr. (1844) II. ix. 200 Viewed in the large, as they are seen in India. 1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors II. xi. 269 He held the letter out to seize it in the large, entire. 1943 Sun (Baltimore) 24 Aug. 2/6 In the large, there is something else to be said for this recent destruction of more than one hundred of the enemy's fighter planes. 1968 Times 15 Oct. 16/7 Much of the information needed to produce a uniformly precise map therefore will be missing. However, it is only the picture in the large that will suffer. 2009 Nature 7 May 39/3 As I have said, I take a pretty Tolstoyan view of history in the large. P4. a. to live large: to live in a luxurious or extravagant manner; (hence) to be very successful, popular, or wealthy, esp. ostentatiously so. Now chiefly U.S. slang. ΚΠ 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 63 Mair bountiful and large thay lyue, than evin thair. 1698 W. Penn Def. Paper 66 It will not Excuse his less exact Friends, that any of ours live larger, than they profess. 1787 ‘Vicarius’ Sketches of Beauty v. 171 My head, my heart, Live large on high; where kindred thrones await T' reward the toil. 1834 W. G. Simms Guy Rivers I. viii. 102 He was always buying, and living large—but that can't last for ever. 1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. iii. 185 Let him share the mat with the mastiff, he Who lived large and kept open house so long. 1914 P. MacGill Children of Dead End xv. 102 When money was plentiful he lived large and drank between drinks as long as he was able to stand on his feet. 1975 D. Pendleton St. Louis Showdown 32 If that's what you call living large, Sergeant Bolan, then it's been nothing but small for me. 1988 S. Lee Do the Right Thing (film script, 2nd draft) in S. Lee & L. Jones Do the Right Thing (1989) 237 Buggin' Out. How you be? Radio Raheem. I be. I'm living large. 2002 J. Weyland Answer is Never xviii. 299 I was full of delusional expectations. I foresaw a new car and living large in a downtown loft while my photographs racked up..accolades. b. British slang (esp. among young people). to give it large. (a) to live it up, to have a good time, esp. at a nightclub; to throw oneself into enjoying a night out (often implying the consumption of recreational drugs or large amounts of alcohol); also to have it large; cf. to large it (up) at large v. 4. ΚΠ 1993 Times 18 Dec. (Mag.) 19/4 A comic is warming up the élite night-lifers, exhorting them to ‘give it large’. 1995 Time Out 9 Aug. 55/3 The wild and crazy caperers are havin it large on Oxford Street as DJs..cut loose in search of chunky, underground US grooves. 1997 Mirror (Nexis) 25 Sept. 3 If you want to go round giving it large with a big bottle of champagne and three blondes wrapped round you, then you're going to get a lot of trouble. 2000 R. Topping Kevin & Perry go Large xiii. 120 Talk about 'avin it large! (b) to speak loudly, boastfully, or in an opinionated manner; to make a lot of noise. ΚΠ 1999 Independent 23 Apr. i. 8/1 The Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport, before whom Tony Banks, one of the House's most reliable entertainers, would be giving it large with the verbals. 2002 Independent 8 Mar. (Friday Review section) 1/4 With 400 or 500 West Ham all at the back of Chelsea's end, we couldn't help but give it large, singing, ‘C'mon, get your end back.’ P5. law of large numbers [after French loi des grands nombres (S. D. Poisson 1835, in Comptes rendus hebd. de l'Acad. des Sci. 1 478)] (Statistics): A law expressing the fact that if a trial in which all outcomes are independent of each other and equally likely is repeated, then the relative frequency of each outcome approximates its probability with increasing accuracy as the number of repetitions becomes sufficiently large. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > probability or statistics > [noun] > probability > theoretical approach to law of large numbers1837 Bayes' theorem1865 law of averages1875 probability theory1908 renewal theory1915 Bayesianism1976 1837 London Med. Gaz. 3 June 362/1 The universal law of large numbers, is the rule and the foundation of all calculations of probabilities. 1889 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 52 539 The advantage of what has been called the law of large numbers may equally be enjoyed by a theory which deals with markets and combinations. 1937 J. V. Uspensky Introd. Math. Probability x. 182 A far reaching generalization of Bernoulli's theorem, known under the name of the ‘law of large numbers’. 1970 Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 1 May 25 Insurance companies can protect people because they follow a rule known as the law of large numbers. 2003 Isis 94 550/1 To Chebyshev we owe proofs of the law of large numbers..of probability/statistics in general form. < as lemmas |
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