large

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
large/lɑːʤ/

▶adjective

• 1 of considerable or relatively great size, extent, or capacity.

• 2 pursuing an occupation or activity on a significant scale.

• 3 of wide range or scope.

▶verb (large it) Brit. informal go out and have a good time.

– phrases
at large

• 1 escaped or not yet captured.

• 2 as a whole: society at large.

in large measure (or part) to a great extent.

– derivatives
largeness noun,
largish adjective.

– origin ME (in the sense ‘lavish, ample’): via OFr. from L. larga, fem. of largus ‘copious’.