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[ lahrj-skeyl ] / ˈlɑrdʒˈskeɪl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR large-scale ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivevery extensive or encompassing; of great scope: a large-scale business plan. made to a large scale: a large-scale map. Origin of large-scaleFirst recorded in 1885–90 Words nearby large-scalelargen, large pelvis, large-print, large pudendal lips, larger-than-life, large-scale, large-scale integration, largess, largesse, large white, larghetto Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for large-scaleMoreover, trucks, dust, and boomtown stress are the effects of any large-scale industrial activity. New York’s Conservative Fracking Ban|Jay Michaelson|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST But they are serious: what large-scale fracking does is change small farm towns into industrial sites. New York’s Conservative Fracking Ban|Jay Michaelson|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST Since June, Israel has conducted two large-scale military operations in the West Bank and Gaza. The Radicals Who Slaughtered a Synagogue|Creede Newton|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST Clusters, filaments, and voids make up the large-scale structure of the Universe, foster-child of gravity and slow time. Laniakea: The Milky Way’s Place in the Heavens|Matthew R. Francis|September 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The large-scale structure of the Universe is the result of a conflict between two tendencies. Laniakea: The Milky Way’s Place in the Heavens|Matthew R. Francis|September 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST If the thing came into general use, with up to date, large-scale factory methods, three hundred. The Little Lady of the Big House|Jack London Nor was the Christian Church, when it became a large-scale organization, able to overcome the dilemma. Progress and History|Various To combat the destructive effects of recurrent droughts, a large-scale program of irrigation was undertaken by the government. Area Handbook for Romania|Eugene K. Keefe, Donald W. Bernier, Lyle E. Brenneman, William Giloane, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole Here a large-scale enterprise enjoys advantages over a small one in every respect. The Accumulation of Capital|Rosa Luxemburg He found a large-scale map of the metropolis and spread it out on the table, true to the indicated compass points. The Secret Wireless|Lewis E. Theiss
British Dictionary definitions for large-scale
adjectivewide-ranging or extensive (of maps and models) constructed or drawn to a big scale Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to large-scalehuge, large, sizable, substantial, massive, extensive, ample, awash, brimming, bulky, bull, burly, capacious, chock-full, colossal, commodious, considerable, copious, crowded, enormous |