"by and large" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: en-au-by and large.ogg
Etymology: From sailing: a ship may (or may not) sail well both close by the wind, and large, downwind, with sheets extended. Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} by and large (not comparable)
  1. (set phrase, focus) Mostly, generally; with few exceptions. Tags: focus, not-comparable Synonyms: for the most part, generally, mostly, on the whole, usually, mostly Translations (mostly, generally; with few exceptions): عَلَى اَلْعَمُوم (ʕalā l-ʕamūm) (Arabic), en general (Catalan), 總的來說 /总的来说 (zǒngdeláishuō) (Chinese Mandarin), 大體上 /大体上 (dàtǐshang) (Chinese Mandarin), 大體而言 /大体而言 (dàtǐ éryán) (Chinese Mandarin), 全盤看來 /全盘看来 (quánpán kànlái) (Chinese Mandarin), 一般 (yībān) (Chinese Mandarin), 大致上 (dàzhìshang) (Chinese Mandarin), celkem vzato (Czech), i det store og hele (Danish), i det store hele (Danish), stort set (Danish), over het geheel genomen (Dutch), yleisesti ottaen (Finnish), suurin piirtein (Finnish), kokonaisuutena (Finnish), suurimmaksi osaksi (Finnish), en majeure partie (French), en gros (French), pratiquement (French), მთლიანობაში (mtlianobaši) (Georgian), ზოგადად (zogadad) (Georgian), im Großen und Ganzen (German), בכלל (bikhlal) (Hebrew), összességében (Hungarian), alapvetően (Hungarian), egészében véve (Hungarian), in generale (Italian), in linea di massima (Italian), 全般的にみて (zeppanteki ni mite) (alt: ぜんぱんてきにみて) (Japanese), 대부분 (daebubun) (Korean), i det store og hele (Norwegian Bokmål), stort sett (Norwegian Bokmål), i det store og heile (Norwegian Nynorsk), stort sett (Norwegian Nynorsk), کلاً (kollan) (Persian), w większości (Polish), ogólnie rzecz biorąc (Polish), em geral (Portuguese), no geral (Portuguese), в о́бщем и це́лом (v óbščem i célom) (Russian), в о́бщем (v óbščem) (Russian), по бо́льшей ча́сти (po bólʹšej části) (Russian), san fharsaingeachd (Scottish Gaelic), en general (Spanish), i allmänhet (Swedish), mestadels (Swedish), i stort sett (Swedish), på det hela taget (Swedish), i det stora hela (Swedish), మొత్తమ్మీద (mottammīda) (Telugu)

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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7f/En-au-by_and_large.ogg/En-au-by_and_large.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/En-au-by_and_large.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕalā l-ʕamūm",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "عَلَى اَلْعَمُوم"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "en general"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zǒngdeláishuō",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "總的來說 /总的来说"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàtǐshang",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "大體上 /大体上"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàtǐ éryán",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "大體而言 /大体而言"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "quánpán kànlái",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "全盤看來 /全盘看来"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yībān",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "一般"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàzhìshang",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "大致上"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "celkem vzato"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "i det store og hele"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "i det store hele"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "stort set"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "over het geheel genomen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "yleisesti ottaen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "suurin piirtein"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "kokonaisuutena"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "suurimmaksi osaksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "en majeure partie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "en gros"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "pratiquement"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mtlianobaši",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "მთლიანობაში"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "zogadad",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "ზოგადად"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "im Großen und Ganzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "bikhlal",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "בכלל"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "összességében"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "alapvetően"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "egészében véve"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "in generale"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "in linea di massima"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぜんぱんてきにみて",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "zeppanteki ni mite",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "全般的にみて"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "daebubun",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "대부분"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "i det store og hele"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "stort sett"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "i det store og heile"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "stort sett"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kollan",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "کلاً"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "w większości"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "ogólnie rzecz biorąc"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "em geral"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "no geral"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v óbščem i célom",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "в о́бщем и це́лом"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v óbščem",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "в о́бщем"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "po bólʹšej části",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "по бо́льшей ча́сти"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "san fharsaingeachd"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "en general"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "i allmänhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "mestadels"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "i stort sett"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "på det hela taget"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "i det stora hela"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "mottammīda",
      "sense": "mostly, generally; with few exceptions",
      "word": "మొత్తమ్మీద"
    }
  ],
  "word": "by and large"
}

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