[ adjective ]
■ more than adequate
e.g.)
・a generous portion
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generous
[ adjective ]
■ not petty in character and mind
e.g.)
・unusually generous in his judgment of people
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generous
[ adjective ]
■ (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high')
e.g.)
・a high mountain
・high ceilings
・high buildings
・a high forehead
・a high incline
・a foot high
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high
[ adjective ]
■ greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
e.g.)
・a high temperature
・a high price
・the high point of his career
・high risks
・has high hopes
・the river is high
・he has a high opinion of himself
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high
[ adjective ]
■ significant
e.g.)
・graduation was a big day in his life
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big
[ adjective ]
■ above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
e.g.)
・a large city
・set out for the big city
・a large sum
・a big (or large) barn
・a large family
・big businesses
・a big expenditure
・a large number of newspapers
・a big group of scientists
・large areas of the world
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big
,
large
[ adjective ]
■ of great mass
■ huge and bulky
e.g.)
・a jumbo jet
・jumbo shrimp
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elephantine
,
gargantuan
,
giant
,
jumbo
[ adjective ]
■ large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
e.g.)
・an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England
・extended farm lands
・surgeons with extended experience
・they suffered extensive damage
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extended
,
extensive
[ adjective ]
■ so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth
e.g.)
・a gigantic redwood
・gigantic disappointment
・a mammoth ship
・a mammoth multinational corporation
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gigantic
,
mammoth
[ adjective ]
■ great in vertical dimension
■ high in stature
e.g.)
・tall people
・tall buildings
・tall trees
・tall ships
→
tall
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