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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.

  1. 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.

  2. Of a map or image, drawn large so as to show detail.