| Library / English Dictionary |
AT LARGE
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having escaped, especially from confinement
Example:
criminals on the loose in the neighborhood
Synonyms:
at large; escaped; loose; on the loose
Classified under:
Similar:
free (not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a general fashion
Example:
he talked at large about his plans
Synonyms:
at large; in a broad way
Classified under:
Context examples:
And for the world you would not get out without the key and without Mr. Rushworth's authority and protection, or I think you might with little difficulty pass round the edge of the gate, here, with my assistance; I think it might be done, if you really wished to be more at large, and could allow yourself to think it not prohibited.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
I then spoke at large upon the constitution of an English parliament; partly made up of an illustrious body called the House of Peers; persons of the noblest blood, and of the most ancient and ample patrimonies.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
