large-scale

See also: largescale and large scale

English

Alternative forms

large scale

Etymology

large + scale

Adjective

large-scale (comparative more large-scale, superlative most large-scale)

Large in amount, scope or extent.
- 1961 February, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 86:
  Moreover, in view of the lamentable present indecision of the Government in regard to electrification, the large-scale building of diesel power may prove to have been a farseeing move after all.
- 1964 March, “Timetable confusion”, in Modern Railways, page 145:
  The production of railway timetables is a large-scale and expensive operation.
(of a map or image) Drawn large so as to show detail.

Antonyms

small-scale

Derived terms

ultra-large-scale
very-large-scale

Translations

large in amount, scope or extent

Azerbaijani: genişmiqyaslı, irimiqyaslı
Bulgarian: обширен (bg) (obširen)
Catalan: a gran escala
Chinese:
Mandarin: 大型 (zh) (dàxíng)
Dutch: grootschalig (nl)
Esperanto: grandskala
Finnish: laaja (fi), mittava (fi)
French: à grande échelle (fr)
Galician: a gran escala
German: großangelegt (de), groß angelegt (de)
Hungarian: nagyarányú (hu), nagymérvű
Italian: su larga scala
Japanese: 大規模の (ja) (だいきぼの, daikibo no), 大型の (ja) (おおがたの, ōgata no)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: storskala
Nynorsk: storskala
Polish: wielkoskalowy
Portuguese: em grande escala, em larga escala
Russian: крупномасшта́бный (ru) (krupnomasštábnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: mòr-sgèile
Spanish: a gran escala
Ukrainian: великомасшта́бний (velykomasštábnyj)

drawn large so as to show detail

Bulgarian: в голям мащаб (v goljam maštab)
Dutch: grootschalig (nl)
Finnish: suurimittakaavainen
French: à grande échelle (fr)
German: großangelegt (de), groß angelegt (de)
Irish: mórscála
Russian: крупномасшта́бный (ru) (krupnomasštábnyj), в кру́пном масшта́бе (v krúpnom masštábe)
Scottish Gaelic: mòr-sgèile
Ukrainian: великомасшта́бний (velykomasštábnyj)

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Translations to be checked

French: ^{(please verify)} sur grande échelle, ^{(please verify)} sur vaste échelle
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} a gran escala, ^{(please verify)} en gran escala

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