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# larger

«larger» in Mova's school dictionary: **bigger than another one** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (large, larger, largest); comparative of large

### meaning for a pupil

1) Larger means bigger than another one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/larger/#m1)

2) A larger number is one that is more than another number. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/larger/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

compares two amounts: which is larger, larger by how many; in maths: the larger number, the larger part, the larger fraction; in science: larger animals or planets; in everyday life: a larger size of clothes or drink; phrases: «larger than», «larger than life» (very lively and exciting)

### examples

- Which number is larger, 47 or 74? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/larger/#x1)
- The larger box holds 12 more. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/larger/#x2)
- The larger piece is twice the smaller. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/larger/#x3)
- A number is 5 larger than 9. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/larger/#x4)
- Jupiter is larger than the Earth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/larger/#x5)
- Can I have a larger size, please? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/larger/#x6)
- An elephant is larger than a horse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/larger/#x7)
- The larger the group, the longer it takes to choose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/larger/#x8)
- Every day it grew larger and more beautiful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/larger/#x9)

### note

«Larger by» means add the difference; «how much larger» means subtract. Sign: 74 > 47 (the open side faces the larger number). Trap: a fraction with a larger bottom number is smaller (1/8 < 1/4).

### In the corpora

- [He «knew he must return to the larger stage.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/44-willows-ch5-part4-the-carol-and-a-happy-homecoming/36/)
- [On a Mercator map Greenland looks about as large as Africa, but Africa is really about 14 times larger.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/3-projections-why-greenland-looks-huge/7/)
- [A strait is a narrow stretch of sea joining two larger bodies of water, like a door between two rooms.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/19-straits-the-narrow-doors/0/)
- [Check the multiples of the larger time one by one.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/187-together-again-lcm/3/)
- [Non-denominational and free churches are independent churches not part of a larger denomination.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/29-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-ii/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «larger» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/larger/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.