larger Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite large or big relative to something else
    bigger.
  2. adjective above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
    large; big.
    • 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
  3. adjective satellite fairly large or important in effect; influential
    large.
    • played a large role in the negotiations
  4. adjective satellite ostentatiously lofty in style
    tumid; bombastic; orotund; large; turgid; declamatory.
    • a man given to large talk
    • tumid political prose
  5. adjective satellite generous and understanding and tolerant
    large; big; magnanimous.
    • 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
  6. adjective satellite conspicuous in position or importance
    large; big; prominent.
    • a big figure in the movement
    • big man on campus
    • he's very large in financial circles
    • a prominent citizen
  7. adjective satellite having broad power and range and scope
    large.
    • taking the large view
    • a large effect
    • a large sympathy
  8. adjective satellite in an advanced stage of pregnancy
    heavy; great; with child; gravid; big; enceinte; expectant; large.
    • was big with child
    • was great with child

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