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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



... [13] "Large-scale production, extreme division of labor, and the all- conquering march of the machine, have practically driven out the apprenticeship system through which, in a simpler age, young helpers were taught, not simply the technique of some single process, but the 'arts and mysteries of a ...
— THE HISTORY OF EDUCATION • ELLWOOD P. CUBBERLEY
... surveyed by the writer in the autumn of 1881 with a view to procuring the necessary data for the construction of a large-scale model of this pueblo. For this reason the work afforded a record ...
— A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola • Victor Mindeleff and Cosmos Mindeleff
... grown on moist river lands and around the bay, it is chiefly made without irrigation. Such lands have a cucumber capacity equal to the consumption of the United States, probably, and the pickle factories can usually get all they can use at a minimum transportation cost. Large-scale plantings should only be made by men who know the crop and have definite information or contract for what they can ...
— One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered • E.J. Wickson
... and a heavy debt-servicing burden. Oil has supplanted forestry as the mainstay of the economy, providing about two-thirds of government revenues and exports. In the early 1980s rapidly rising oil revenues enabled Congo to finance large-scale development projects with growth averaging 5% annually, one of the highest rates in Africa. Subsequently, growth has slowed to an average of roughly 1.5% annually, only two-thirds of the population growth rate. Political turmoil and misguided government investment have derailed economic ...
— The 1995 CIA World Factbook • United States Central Intelligence Agency


Words linked to "Large-scale" :   big, large


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