Large-scale
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Large-scale is an adjective meaning Large in amount, scope or extent.
Meaning
Large in amount, scope or extent.
More Meanings
- (cartography, computer graphics) Of a map or image, drawn large so as to show detail.
Example Sentences
The production of railway timetables is a large-scale and expensive operation.
The last remaining mammoth populations lived on Wrangel Island, a small island in the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Siberia, where large-scale movement would not have been possible.
Moreover, in view of the lamentable present indecision of the Government in regard to electrification, the large-scale building of diesel power may prove to have been a farseeing move after all.
Word Forms
- larger-scale
- largest-scale
Synonyms for large-scale
Depending on context, synonyms include general, large, big, mass.
Antonyms for large-scale
Common opposites include small-scale.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include large, big, general, mass, great, ample.
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