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Definition of "large-scale" []

  • Large in scope or extent. (adjective)
  • Drawn or made large to show detail. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "large-scale" in a sentence
  • "“large-scale integrated circuits” in the late 1950s and only recently to “very large-scale integrated circuits”."
  • "West Midlands Police said they were investigating why the crowd had gathered in what they called a "large-scale disorder"."
  • "The artist is referring to her large-scale paper constructions, which are replicas of modern structures."