{
    "term": "large",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "big in size or quantity",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a large group/city/area/crowd/family"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **large number **of people"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were some very **large amounts** of money involved."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Drought hit **large parts** of the country."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A large proportion of older people live alone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company has grown large enough to employ over 100 people."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The kitchen is **relatively large** for a modern apartment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That's too large to fit in my suitcase!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The population is **slightly larger** than that of Canada."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Each company would try to capture a larger share of the market by intensive advertising."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Seoul is one of the world's largest cities."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Who's the rather large *(= fat)* lady in the hat?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's a very large child for his age."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Brazil is the world's largest producer of coffee."
                },
                {
                    "text": "By this time his debt had become extremely large."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Its eyes were abnormally large."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Isn't that jumper rather large?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our house was not overly large."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some of the clothes looked very large."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plant had grown quite large."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The universe is infinitely large."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a huge chair behind an equally large desk"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the increasingly large numbers of senior citizens"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I grew up in a large family."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's better value if you buy a large box."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "appear", "feel"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used to describe one size in a range of sizes of clothes, food, products used in the house, etc.",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Would you like small, medium or large?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you have these jeans in a **larger size**?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "wide in range and involving many things",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a large and complex issue"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some drugs are being used on a much larger scale than previously."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The studies are often large in scope, with budgets to match."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If we look at the larger picture of the situation, the differences seem slight."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "appear", "feel"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "as a whole; in general",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the opinion of the public at large"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "not captured; free",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her killer is still at large."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used when you are saying something that is generally, but not completely, true",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "By and large, I enjoyed my time at school."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to enjoy yourself, especially by dancing and drinking alcohol",
            "labels": "(British English, slang)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to a great extent",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Their success is due in large part to their determination."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to show surprise at seeing somebody/something",
            "labels": "(humorous)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I hadn’t seen her for fifteen years and then there she was, (as) large as life."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "looking or behaving in a way that is more interesting or exciting than other people, and so is likely to attract attention",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's a larger than life character."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "flamboyant"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be frightening and make you worried because something seems hard to avoid",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The prospect of war loomed large."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The issue looms large in political campaigns nationwide."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "easy to see or understand",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Mistrust was writ large on her face."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "being a large or obvious example of the thing mentioned",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This is deception writ large."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/lɑːdʒ/",
                "audio": "la/large/large__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/lɑːrdʒ/",
                "audio": "la/large/large__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘liberal in giving, lavish, ample in quantity’): via Old French from Latin larga, feminine of largus ‘copious’."
}