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Large (adjective)
Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
“Russia is a large country.”
“The fruit-fly has large eyes for its body size.”
“He has a large collection of stamps.”
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Large (adjective)
Abundant; ample.
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Large (adjective)
Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.
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Large (adjective)
Free; unencumbered.
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Large (adjective)
Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.
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Large (adjective)
Crossing the line of a ship’s course in a favorable direction; said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.
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Large (noun)
An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.
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Large (noun)
Liberality, generosity.
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Large (noun)
A thousand dollars/pounds.
“Getting a car tricked out like that will cost you 50 large.”
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Large (noun)
A large serving of something.
“One small coffee and two larges, please.”
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Large (adverb)
Before the wind.
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Long (adjective)
Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point usually applies to horizontal dimensions; see Usage Notes below.
“It’s a long way from the Earth to the Moon.”
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Long (adjective)
Having great duration.
“The pyramids of Egypt have been around for a long time.”
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Long (adjective)
Seemingly lasting a lot of time, because it is boring or tedious or tiring.
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Long (adjective)
Not short; tall.
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Long (adjective)
Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting of the expected rise in their value.
“I’m long in DuPont;”
“I have a long position in DuPont.”
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Long (adjective)
Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position).
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Long (adjective)
That land beyond the baseline (and therefore is out).
“No! That forehand is longnb….”
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Long (adjective)
Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.
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Long (adjective)
On account of, because of.
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Long (adverb)
Over a great distance in space.
“He threw the ball long.”
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Long (adverb)
For a particular duration.
“How long is it until the next bus arrives?”
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Long (adverb)
For a long duration.
“Will this interview take long?”
“Paris has long been considered one of the most cultured cities in the world.”
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Long (noun)
A long vowel.
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Long (noun)
A long integer variable, twice the size of an int, two or four times the size of a short, and half of a long long.
“A long is typically 64 bits in a 32-bit environment.”
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Long (noun)
An entity with a long position in an asset.
“Every uptick made the longs cheer.”
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Long (noun)
A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.
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Long (noun)
longitude
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Long (verb)
To take a long position in.
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Long (verb)
To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true)
“She longed for him to come back.”
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Long (verb)
To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to.
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Large (adjective)
of considerable or relatively great size, extent, or capacity
“add a large clove of garlic”
“the concert attracted large crowds”
“the jumper comes in small, medium, and large sizes”
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Large (adjective)
pursuing a commercial activity on a significant scale
“many large investors are likely to take a different view”
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Large (adjective)
of wide range or scope
“we can afford to take a larger view of the situation”
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Large (verb)
enjoy oneself in a lively way with drink or drugs and music
“he’s known in clubland for his capacity for larging it”
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Large (adverb)
another term for free (sense 2 of the adverb)