1
[ adverb ] in a general fashion

Synonyms

in_a_broad_way

Examples

"he talked at large about his plans"

Used in print

(Musical America, LXXXI:5...)

With a large and circumspect 20_th Century technique , he wove the materials of national heroes and events , national folklore and children 's fairy_tales - Slavic dances and love songs - into a solid musical literature which served his people well , and is providing much enjoyment to the World at_large .

(David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)

This is substantially higher than the figures for the American population at_large - 45.6 per_cent for males and 29.2 per_cent for females .

And acculturation into the world at_large is likely to occur for the Brooklyn_College student after college rather_than during the four school_years .

2
[ adjective ] considered altogether

Examples

"the country at large" "I enjoyed the play as a whole though I thought the acting could have been better"

Used in print

(Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)

But they , naturally , kept his secret well , and the public at_large knew only of a great excitement in musical and court circles .

Related terms

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3
[ adjective ] having escaped, especially from confinement

Examples

"a convict still at large" "searching for two escaped prisoners" "dogs loose on the streets" "criminals on the loose in the neighborhood"

Used in print

(Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)

The ten or more dangerous parties singled_out for prosecution were still at_large , and Pels realized that if these men entrenched themselves in their adobe_houses , defending themselves through loopholes , it would be most difficult to capture them .

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