large-scale
adjective
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adj
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.
- Large in amount, scope or extent.
“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.”
“The production of railway timetables is a large-scale and expensive operation.”
- Of a map or image, drawn large so as to show detail.