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Large-scale   Listen
adjective
large-scale  adj.  
1.
Large in area, scope or degree; as, a large-scale attack on AIDS is needed.
Synonyms: extensive, wide-ranging.
2.
Constructed or drawn to a big scale (4); as, large-scale maps. See 3rd scale, n., sense 4.
3.
Widespread; applying to all or most members of a category or group.
Synonyms: mass.





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"Large-scale" Quotes from Famous Books



... prepare a large-scale drawing of the southern part of Hanover Island, as set forth in Admiralty Chart No. 1837 (Sheet 2, Patagonia), which is the only trustworthy record available for shipmasters using the outer passage ...
— The Captain of the Kansas • Louis Tracy
... erroneously identified with cultivation on a large scale, is going to prevail through absorption of small private land ownership is rapidly losing ground. The small landowners are able to enjoy, through co-operation, all the technical advantages of large-scale cultivation, retaining as well the advantages resulting from individual initiative and efficiency. There is a marked movement toward co-operation among the small farmers the world over. In Denmark it has ...
— A Stake in the Land • Peter Alexander Speek
... interested in the mass production of fabricated houses. Yes!—And men associated with me are ready to launch large-scale production as soon as we are assured of freedom from competition with cheap government money ...
— Class of '29 • Orrie Lashin and Milo Hastings
... our country has faded, the form remaining when the substance has vanished, or whether the community will at last consciously accept the teaching of Socialism, setting itself definitely to put an end to large-scale private capitalism, and undertaking itself the direct control of industry. The intellectual outlook is bright; the principles of Socialism are already accepted by a sensible proportion of the men and women in all classes ...
— The History of the Fabian Society • Edward R. Pease
... important that I get a prompt and full estimate of the situation. This may be something very serious. If it's an isolated incident, it can be handled in a routine manner, but I'm afraid it's not. It has all the marks of a large-scale operation, and if this is a matter of mass kidnapings from one sector and transpositions to another, you can see what a threat this ...
— Time Crime • H. Beam Piper


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