adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Large in amount, scope or extent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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
Synonyms: none provided
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