"large-scale" meaning in All languages combined

See large-scale on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more large-scale [comparative], most large-scale [superlative]
Etymology: large + scale Etymology templates: {{m|en|large}} large, {{m|en|scale}} scale Head templates: {{en-adj}} large-scale (comparative more large-scale, superlative most large-scale)
  1. Large in amount, scope or extent. Translations (large in amount, scope or extent): genişmiqyaslı (Azerbaijani), irimiqyaslı (Azerbaijani), обширен (obširen) (Bulgarian), a gran escala (Catalan), 大型 (dàxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), grootschalig (Dutch), grandskala (Esperanto), laaja (Finnish), mittava (Finnish), à grande échelle (French), a gran escala (Galician), großangelegt (German), groß angelegt (German), nagyarányú (Hungarian), nagymérvű (Hungarian), su larga scala (Italian), 大規模の (daikibo no) (alt: だいきぼの) (Japanese), 大型の (ōgata no) (alt: おおがたの) (Japanese), storskala (Norwegian Bokmål), storskala (Norwegian Nynorsk), wielkoskalowy (Polish), em grande escala (Portuguese), em larga escala (Portuguese), крупномасшта́бный (krupnomasštábnyj) (Russian), mòr-sgèile (Scottish Gaelic), a gran escala (Spanish), великомасшта́бний (velykomasštábnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-large-scale-en-adj-69qNufIQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of 'large in amount, scope or extent': 97 3
  2. (of a map or image) Drawn large so as to show detail. Translations (drawn large so as to show detail): в голям мащаб (v goljam maštab) (Bulgarian), grootschalig (Dutch), suurimittakaavainen (Finnish), à grande échelle (French), großangelegt (German), groß angelegt (German), mórscála (Irish), крупномасшта́бный (krupnomasštábnyj) (Russian), в кру́пном масшта́бе (v krúpnom masštábe) (Russian), mòr-sgèile (Scottish Gaelic), великомасшта́бний (velykomasštábnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-large-scale-en-adj-vt2Dp3Ob Disambiguation of 'drawn large so as to show detail': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: large scale Derived forms: ultra-large-scale, very-large-scale

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1961 February, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 86",
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "large in amount, scope or extent",
      "word": "genişmiqyaslı"
    },
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "large in amount, scope or extent",
      "word": "irimiqyaslı"
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      "roman": "obširen",
      "sense": "large in amount, scope or extent",
      "word": "обширен"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "large in amount, scope or extent",
      "word": "a gran escala"
    },
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      "sense": "large in amount, scope or extent",
      "word": "大型"
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      "word": "laaja"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "large in amount, scope or extent",
      "word": "à grande échelle"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "large in amount, scope or extent",
      "word": "a gran escala"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "large in amount, scope or extent",
      "word": "großangelegt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "large in amount, scope or extent",
      "word": "groß angelegt"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "large in amount, scope or extent",
      "word": "nagyarányú"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "large in amount, scope or extent",
      "word": "nagymérvű"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "large in amount, scope or extent",
      "word": "su larga scala"
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      "alt": "だいきぼの",
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      "alt": "おおがたの",
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      "sense": "large in amount, scope or extent",
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      "sense": "large in amount, scope or extent",
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      "sense": "large in amount, scope or extent",
      "word": "wielkoskalowy"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "large in amount, scope or extent",
      "word": "em grande escala"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "large in amount, scope or extent",
      "word": "em larga escala"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krupnomasštábnyj",
      "sense": "large in amount, scope or extent",
      "word": "крупномасшта́бный"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "large in amount, scope or extent",
      "word": "mòr-sgèile"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "large in amount, scope or extent",
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "velykomasštábnyj",
      "sense": "large in amount, scope or extent",
      "word": "великомасшта́бний"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "v goljam maštab",
      "sense": "drawn large so as to show detail",
      "word": "в голям мащаб"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "drawn large so as to show detail",
      "word": "grootschalig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "drawn large so as to show detail",
      "word": "suurimittakaavainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "drawn large so as to show detail",
      "word": "à grande échelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "drawn large so as to show detail",
      "word": "großangelegt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "drawn large so as to show detail",
      "word": "groß angelegt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "drawn large so as to show detail",
      "word": "mórscála"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krupnomasštábnyj",
      "sense": "drawn large so as to show detail",
      "word": "крупномасшта́бный"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v krúpnom masštábe",
      "sense": "drawn large so as to show detail",
      "word": "в кру́пном масшта́бе"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "drawn large so as to show detail",
      "word": "mòr-sgèile"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "velykomasštábnyj",
      "sense": "drawn large so as to show detail",
      "word": "великомасшта́бний"
    }
  ],
  "word": "large-scale"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.