large-scale

[ lahrj-skeyl ]

adjective

1. very extensive or encompassing; of great scope:

   a large-scale business plan.

2. made to a large scale:

   a large-scale map.

large-scale

adjective

1. wide-ranging or extensive
2. (of maps and models) constructed or drawn to a big scale

Word History and Origins

Origin of large-scale¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

Some of the streets in this part of the town have seen large scale-destruction.

From The Daily Beast

Moreover, trucks, dust, and boomtown stress are the effects of any large-scale industrial activity.

From The Daily Beast

But they are serious: what large-scale fracking does is change small farm towns into industrial sites.

From The Daily Beast

Since June, Israel has conducted two large-scale military operations in the West Bank and Gaza.

From The Daily Beast

There are precious few large-scale, ambitious, original works.

From The Daily Beast

They refuse war the credit of being the only exercise in devotion on the large scale existing in this world.

From Project Gutenberg

It is a wood Flute of very large scale, with the mouth on the narrow side of the pipe.

From Project Gutenberg

Where this work goes on on a large scale, basin-shaped depressions are inevitably formed.

From Project Gutenberg

Large-scale housing is primarily for married people with growing families.

From Project Gutenberg

We cannot doubt that the sacrificing of children was practised on a large scale among the Canaanites.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• extensive
• huge
• large
• massive
• sizable
• substantial