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large-scale

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Large in amount, scope or extent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of a map or image, drawn large so as to show detail.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: cartography, computer-graphics, computing, engineering, geography, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

unusually large in scope

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a large-scale attack on AIDS is needed

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

constructed or drawn to a big scale

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • large-scale maps

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English large Proto-Indo-European *skend-der. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh2 Proto-Italic *skand-slā Latin scālabor. Middle English scale English scale English large-scale From large + scale.

Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: genişmiqyaslı — large in amount, scope or extent
  • Azerbaijani: irimiqyaslı — large in amount, scope or extent
  • Bulgarian: обширен (obširen) — large in amount, scope or extent
  • Catalan: a gran escala — large in amount, scope or extent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大型 (dàxíng) — large in amount, scope or extent
  • Dutch: grootschalig — large in amount, scope or extent
  • Esperanto: grandskala — large in amount, scope or extent
  • Finnish: laaja — large in amount, scope or extent
  • Finnish: mittava — large in amount, scope or extent
  • French: à grande échelle — large in amount, scope or extent
  • Galician: a gran escala — large in amount, scope or extent
  • Georgian: ფართომასშტაბიანი (partomasšṭabiani) — large in amount, scope or extent
  • Georgian: მსხვილმასშტაბიანი (msxvilmasšṭabiani) — large in amount, scope or extent
  • Georgian: მსხვილი (msxvili) — large in amount, scope or extent
  • Georgian: ფართო (parto) — large in amount, scope or extent
  • Georgian: ვრცელი (vrceli) — large in amount, scope or extent
  • German: großangelegt — large in amount, scope or extent
  • German: groß angelegt — large in amount, scope or extent
  • Hungarian: nagyarányú — large in amount, scope or extent
  • Hungarian: nagymérvű — large in amount, scope or extent
  • Italian: su larga scala — large in amount, scope or extent
  • Japanese: 大規模の (daikibo no) — large in amount, scope or extent
  • Japanese: 大型の (ōgata no) — large in amount, scope or extent
  • Norwegian Bokmål: storskala — large in amount, scope or extent
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: storskala — large in amount, scope or extent
  • Polish: na dużą skalę — large in amount, scope or extent
  • Portuguese: em grande escala — large in amount, scope or extent
  • Portuguese: em larga escala — large in amount, scope or extent
  • Russian: крупномасшта́бный (krupnomasštábnyj) — large in amount, scope or extent
  • Scottish Gaelic: mòr-sgèile — large in amount, scope or extent
  • Spanish: a gran escala — large in amount, scope or extent
  • Ukrainian: великомасшта́бний (velykomasštábnyj) — large in amount, scope or extent
  • Bulgarian: в голям мащаб (v goljam maštab) — drawn large so as to show detail
  • Dutch: grootschalig — drawn large so as to show detail
  • Finnish: suurimittakaavainen — drawn large so as to show detail
  • French: à grande échelle — drawn large so as to show detail
  • German: großangelegt — drawn large so as to show detail
  • German: groß angelegt — drawn large so as to show detail
  • Irish: mórscála — drawn large so as to show detail
  • Polish: duży — drawn large so as to show detail
  • Polish: wielki — drawn large so as to show detail
  • Russian: крупномасшта́бный (krupnomasštábnyj) — drawn large so as to show detail
  • Russian: в кру́пном масшта́бе (v krúpnom masštábe) — drawn large so as to show detail
  • Scottish Gaelic: mòr-sgèile — drawn large so as to show detail
  • Ukrainian: великомасшта́бний (velykomasštábnyj) — drawn large so as to show detail
Real reading context

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