at large

large (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.

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).

a. Pretentious; boastful. Used of speech or manners.

b. Obsolete Gross; coarse. Used of speech or language.

6. Nautical Favorable. Used of a wind.

Idiom:

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.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin largus, generous.]

largeness n.

Synonyms: large, big, great
These adjectives mean being notably above the average in size or magnitude: a large sum of money; a big brown barn; a great ocean liner.

Antonym: small

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Adj.	1.	at large - having escaped, especially from confinement; "a convict still at large"; "searching for two escaped prisoners"; "dogs loose on the streets"; "criminals on the loose in the neighborhood" escaped, on the loose, loose free - able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint; "free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a free choice"
Adv.	1.	at large - in a general fashion; "he talked at large about his plans" in a broad way

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Antheraea polyphemus bear-sized broad buffalofish extensive florist's willow giant goat willow great-leaved macrophylla Hall hot tub jabiru king crab Lake Victoria large large cap large intestine large number large-leaved cucumber tree	He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within. The Declaration of Independence by History Documents View in context Such was the din of the bells and the squalling of the cats, that though the duke and duchess were the contrivers of the joke they were startled by it, while Don Quixote stood paralysed with fear; and as luck would have it, two or three of the cats made their way in through the grating of his chamber, and flying from one side to the other, made it seem as if there was a legion of devils at large in it. Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context The various checks which influence the struggle for existence in the world at large are all neutralized or altered. The Lost World by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context	at bottom At call at close range At cock At discovert At discretion At ease At erst at fault At first at first blush at first glance at first hand at first sight At full At full sea At gaze At grade At half cock at hand at heart at home At intervals At issue At it at large at last at least At leastways at leisure at length At liberty at loggerheads at long last At long running At loose ends at most at my command at odds at once At one at one time At one's peril At par at peace At pleasure At point at present at priority call At quiet at random	at home At Home America At Home Enteral Nutrition At Home Health Equipment At Home Parenteral Nutrition At Home Pregnancy Test at home with At Home With Diversity At Iba Pa AT interface At intervals at issue at issue at issue at issue at issue at issue at it at it at it at it At It Again at its best at its worst at its worst AT Kearney, Inc. AT keyboard AT keyboard connector at knee at knifepoint at large at last at last at last at last at last at last At Last (Celine Dion single) At Last (Celine Dion single) At Last (song) At Last (song) at law at law at law at law at least at least at least At Least I Have Chicken At Least in Heaven I Can Skate At Least Once At Least Once Asked Questions at least so many At leastways at leisure at leisure at leisure at leisure at length at length at length

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Antheraea polyphemus
bear-sized
broad
buffalofish
extensive
florist's willow
giant
goat willow
great-leaved macrophylla
Hall
hot tub
jabiru
king crab
Lake Victoria
large
large cap
large intestine
large number
large-leaved cucumber tree

He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.

The Declaration of Independence by History Documents View in context

Such was the din of the bells and the squalling of the cats, that though the duke and duchess were the contrivers of the joke they were startled by it, while Don Quixote stood paralysed with fear; and as luck would have it, two or three of the cats made their way in through the grating of his chamber, and flying from one side to the other, made it seem as if there was a legion of devils at large in it.

Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context

The various checks which influence the struggle for existence in the world at large are all neutralized or altered.

The Lost World by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context