large

large
adj.
VERBS
be
appear, feel, look, seem

Some of the clothes looked very large.

become, get, grow

By this time his debt had become extremely large.

The plant had grown quite large.

remain
loom

The issue looms large in political campaigns nationwide.

ADVERB
extremely, fairly, very, etc.

Isn't that sweater rather large?

especially, exceedingly, exceptionally, incredibly, particularly
comparatively, moderately, reasonably, relatively
enough, sufficiently

Are you sure the hall will be large enough?

correspondingly, equally, similarly

a huge chair behind an equally large desk

increasingly

the increasingly large numbers of senior citizens

infinitely

The universe is infinitely large.

abnormally, disproportionately, impossibly, overly, ridiculously, surprisingly, unexpectedly, unusually

His eyes were abnormally large.

Our house was not overly large.

Large is used with these nouns: ↑accumulation, ↑advance, ↑airline, ↑airport, ↑allowance, ↑amount, ↑apartment, ↑appetite, ↑area, ↑armchair, ↑army, ↑array, ↑assortment, ↑attendance, ↑audience, ↑backlog, ↑bank, ↑batch, ↑bathroom, ↑beak, ↑bedroom, ↑belly, ↑bequest, ↑bet, ↑bill, ↑birthmark, ↑bit, ↑bloc, ↑block, ↑body, ↑bomb, ↑bonus, ↑bosom, ↑bouquet, ↑bowel, ↑brandy, ↑breakfast, ↑breast, ↑broadcaster, ↑budget, ↑building, ↑bulk, ↑bump, ↑bunch, ↑bundle, ↑bureaucracy, ↑business, ↑campus, ↑capacity, ↑casserole, ↑cast, ↑catch, ↑category, ↑cave, ↑chain, ↑chamber, ↑cheque, ↑chunk, ↑circulation, ↑city, ↑claim, ↑class, ↑claw, ↑client, ↑clientele, ↑closet, ↑clump, ↑cluster, ↑coke, ↑collection, ↑colony, ↑community, ↑company, ↑complement, ↑complex, ↑concentration, ↑conglomerate, ↑congregation, ↑construction, ↑consumer, ↑contingent, ↑contract, ↑contribution, ↑contributor, ↑corporation, ↑crack, ↑crater, ↑creditor, ↑cross section, ↑crowd, ↑crystal, ↑cupboard, ↑customer, ↑cut, ↑database, ↑debt, ↑decline, ↑decrease, ↑deficit, ↑degree, ↑delegation, ↑delivery, ↑demonstration, ↑dent, ↑deposit, ↑desk, ↑diameter, ↑difference, ↑dimension, ↑dining room, ↑discount, ↑discrepancy, ↑distance, ↑distributor, ↑dividend, ↑donation, ↑donor, ↑dose, ↑dowry, ↑driveway, ↑drop, ↑ear, ↑earthquake, ↑ego, ↑element, ↑empire, ↑employer, ↑engine, ↑enrolment, ↑enterprise, ↑envelope, ↑estate, ↑excess, ↑exhibition, ↑expanse, ↑expenditure, ↑explosion, ↑exporter, ↑eye, ↑facility, ↑factory, ↑fall, ↑family, ↑farm, ↑farmer, ↑fee, ↑figure, ↑file, ↑fine, ↑fireplace, ↑firm, ↑fist, ↑fleet, ↑flow, ↑flower, ↑fluctuation, ↑following, ↑force, ↑format, ↑fortune, ↑fraction, ↑frame, ↑fry, ↑fund, ↑funeral, ↑galaxy, ↑gap, ↑garden, ↑gate, ↑gathering, ↑gin, ↑grain, ↑grant, ↑grin, ↑ground, ↑group, ↑gulp, ↑handbag, ↑handful, ↑harvest, ↑haul, ↑heap, ↑helping, ↑herd, ↑hoard, ↑hole, ↑hotel, ↑house, ↑incision, ↑income, ↑increase, ↑influx, ↑inheritance, ↑institution, ↑intestine, ↑investment, ↑investor, ↑kitchen, ↑lake, ↑lender, ↑letter, ↑library, ↑loaf, ↑loan, ↑lorry, ↑lot, ↑lump, ↑machine, ↑majority, ↑male, ↑mall, ↑mammal, ↑manor, ↑mansion, ↑manufacturer, ↑margin, ↑market, ↑marquee, ↑merger, ↑military, ↑minority, ↑monster, ↑moon, ↑motor, ↑mound, ↑mountain, ↑mouth, ↑mouthful, ↑mug, ↑multinational, ↑nation, ↑network, ↑nose, ↑number, ↑object, ↑office, ↑opening, ↑operator, ↑orchestra, ↑order, ↑organization, ↑outbreak, ↑outfit, ↑outlay, ↑output, ↑overdraft, ↑painting, ↑pan, ↑parcel, ↑part, ↑penis, ↑percentage, ↑piece, ↑pile, ↑pizza, ↑pocket, ↑pond, ↑pool, ↑population, ↑portion, ↑print, ↑procession, ↑producer, ↑profit, ↑project, ↑proportion, ↑publisher, ↑purchase, ↑quantity, ↑rally, ↑range, ↑reception, ↑reconstruction, ↑reduction, ↑region, ↑repertoire, ↑representation, ↑reproduction, ↑reserve, ↑reservoir, ↑resort, ↑resource, ↑restaurant, ↑retailer, ↑reward, ↑rise, ↑river, ↑rock, ↑role, ↑room, ↑salary, ↑sample, ↑saucepan, ↑scale, ↑scar, ↑screen, ↑section, ↑selection, ↑set, ↑settlement, ↑shape, ↑share, ↑shareholder, ↑sheet, ↑shipment, ↑shopping centre, ↑shrub, ↑sieve, ↑sip, ↑size, ↑skillet, ↑slab, ↑slice, ↑snake, ↑source, ↑space, ↑specimen, ↑spider, ↑splash, ↑stake, ↑statue, ↑step, ↑stock, ↑stockbroker, ↑stomach, ↑store, ↑stretch, ↑studio, ↑subsidy, ↑sum, ↑supply, ↑surplus, ↑swig, ↑table, ↑tanker, ↑tear, ↑theatre, ↑tip, ↑topic, ↑town, ↑trader, ↑tree, ↑trial, ↑truck, ↑turnout, ↑turnover, ↑undertaking, ↑union, ↑unit, ↑user, ↑utility, ↑valley, ↑variety, ↑village, ↑vocabulary, ↑void, ↑volume, ↑weight, ↑whisky, ↑window, ↑workforce, ↑yard

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