A large amount or number of people or things is more than the average amount or number. The gang finally fled with a large amount of cash and jewellery There are a large number of centres where you can take full-time courses The figures involved are truly very large. small
Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious; extensive; opposed to small; as, a large horse; a large house or room; a large lake or pool; a large jug or spoon; a large vineyard; a large army; a large city
Having more than usual power or capacity; having broad sympathies and generous impulses; comprehensive; said of the mind and heart
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "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"
If you say that a dangerous person, thing, or animal is at large, you mean that they have not been captured or made safe. The man who tried to have her killed is still at large. = free
a garment size for a large person having broad power and range and scope; "taking the large view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy"