At large Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite having escaped, especially from confinement
    escaped; on the loose; loose.
    • a convict still at large
    • searching for two escaped prisoners
    • dogs loose on the streets
    • criminals on the loose in the neighborhood
  2. adverb in a general fashion
    in a broad way.
    • he talked at large about his plans

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Definitions
  1. . (a) Without restraint or confinement; as, to go at large; to be left at large. (b) Diffusely; fully; in the full extent; as, to discourse on a subject at large.

Webster 1913