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largeness
large L0051500 (lärj) adj. larg·er, larg·est 1. Of greater than average size, extent, quantity, or amount; big. 2. Of greater than average scope, breadth, or capacity; comprehensive. 3. Important; significant: had a large role in the negotiations; a large producer of paper goods. 4. a. Understanding and tolerant; liberal: a large and generous spirit. b. Of great magnitude or intensity; grand: "a rigid resistance to the large emotions" (Stephen Koch). 5. a. Pretentious; boastful. Used of speech or manners. b. Obsolete Gross; coarse. Used of speech or language. 6. Nautical Favorable. Used of a wind. n. pl. large Slang A thousand dollars: bought a speedboat for 50 large. Idioms: at large 1. Not in confinement or captivity; at liberty: a convict still at large. 2. As a whole; in general: the country at large. 3. Representing a nation, state, or district as a whole. Often used in combination: councilor-at-large. 4. Not assigned to a particular country. Often used in combination: ambassador-at-large. 5. At length; copiously. live large To indulge freely in a luxury or luxuries: For a few years, the nation lived large on its new-found oil wealth. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin largus, generous.] large′ness n. Synonyms: large, big, great These adjectives mean being notably above the average in size or magnitude: a large sum of money; a big red barn; a great ocean liner. Antonym: small ThesaurusNoun | 1. | largeness - the capacity to understand a broad range of topics; "a teacher must have a breadth of knowledge of the subject"; "a man distinguished by the largeness and scope of his views"breadth, comprehensivenessintelligence - the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experiencecapaciousness, roominess - intellectual breadth; "the very capaciousness of the idea meant that agreement on fundamentals was unnecessary"; "his unselfishness gave him great intellectual roominess" | | 2. | largeness - large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness; "the might have repercussions of unimaginable largeness"; "the very extensiveness of his power was a temptation to abuse it"extensivenessmagnitude - relative importance; "a problem of the first magnitude" | | 3. | largeness - the property of having a relatively great sizebignesssize - the physical magnitude of something (how big it is); "a wolf is about the size of a large dog"ampleness - the property of impressive largeness in size; "he admired the ampleness of its proportions"bulkiness, massiveness - an unwieldy largenessimmenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, enormousness, grandness, greatness, wideness - unusual largeness in size or extent or numbercommodiousness, spaciousness, capaciousness, roominess - spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building); "the capaciousness of Santa's bag astounded the child"; "roominess in this size car is always a compromise"; "his new office lacked the spaciousness that he had become accustomed to"voluminosity, voluminousness, fullness - greatness of volumegiantism, gigantism - excessive largeness of staturelittleness, smallness - the property of having a relatively small size | | 4. | largeness - the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)pretentiousness, pretensionunnaturalness - the quality of being unnatural or not based on natural principlesostentation - pretentious or showy or vulgar display |
largenessnounThe quality or state of being large in amount, extent, or importance:amplitude, bigness, greatness, magnitude, sizableness, size.Translationslarge (ˈlaːdʒ) adjective great in size, amount etc; not small. a large number of people; a large house; a large family; This house is too large for two people. 大的 大的ˈlargely adverb mainly; to a great extent. This success was largely due to her efforts; Our methods have been largely successful. 主要地, 在很大程度上 主要地,大量地,很大程度上 ˈlargeness noun 大 大at large1. (of prisoners etc) free. Despite the efforts of the police, the escaped prisoner is still at large. 逍遙法外 未被捕,逍遥法外 2. in general. the country / the public at large. 整個 整个的EncyclopediaSeelargeLegalSeeLargelargeness
Synonyms for largenessnoun the quality or state of being large in amount, extent, or importanceSynonyms- amplitude
- bigness
- greatness
- magnitude
- sizableness
- size
Synonyms for largenessnoun the capacity to understand a broad range of topicsSynonymsRelated Words- intelligence
- capaciousness
- roominess
noun large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensivenessSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun the property of having a relatively great sizeSynonymsRelated Words- size
- ampleness
- bulkiness
- massiveness
- immenseness
- immensity
- sizeableness
- vastness
- enormousness
- grandness
- greatness
- wideness
- commodiousness
- spaciousness
- capaciousness
- roominess
- voluminosity
- voluminousness
- fullness
- giantism
- gigantism
Antonymsnoun the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)Synonyms- pretentiousness
- pretension
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