Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

large-scale

/lˈɑɹdʒskˌeɪl/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.72 in modern English

Syllables: large-s-cale
IPA: /lˈɑɹdʒskˌeɪl/

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Large in amount, scope or extent.

adj

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

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."

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.

Inflected Forms

larger-scale (comparative) largest-scale (superlative) large scale (alternative)

Phrases

ultra-large-scale very-large-scale

Antonyms

small-scale

Questions

How do you pronounce large-scale?: The recorded pronunciation is /lˈɑɹdʒskˌeɪl/.
What does large-scale mean?: Large in amount, scope or extent.
Where does large-scale come from?: 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.

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