larger
large or big relative to something else
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,199 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,995 times across 173,849 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- large or big relative to something else also: bigger
larger in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The sole of the shoe was a trifle larger than the footprints.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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These rovings end, Their thirst is slaked in larger dearth: The yearning infinite recoils, For terrible is earth.
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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There they were married, and they remained in the castle, which was much larger than that of the Princess’s father’s.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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For this reason a larger number of whipbearers were stationed here, in order to make way for travellers entering the city.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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The other, and larger, fire centred a rectangle composed of tall racks, built of saplings and intended for the drying of clothes.
The Riverman · Stewart Edward White · Chapter 1