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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. the capacity to understand a broad range of topics;
- Example: "a teacher must have a breadth of knowledge of the subject"
- Example: "a man distinguished by the largeness and scope of his views"
[syn: breadth, comprehensiveness, largeness]

2. large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness;
- Example: "the might have repercussions of unimaginable largeness"
- Example: "the very extensiveness of his power was a temptation to abuse it"
[syn: largeness, extensiveness]

3. the property of having a relatively great size;
[syn: largeness, bigness]

4. the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth);
[syn: pretentiousness, pretension, largeness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Largeness \Large"ness\, n. The quality or state of being large. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

largeness n 1: the capacity to understand a broad range of topics; "a teacher must have a breadth of knowledge of the subject"; "a man distinguished by the largeness and scope of his views" [syn: breadth, comprehensiveness, largeness] 2: large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness; "the might have repercussions of unimaginable largeness"; "the very extensiveness of his power was a temptation to abuse it" [syn: largeness, extensiveness] 3: the property of having a relatively great size [syn: largeness, bigness] [ant: littleness, smallness] 4: the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth) [syn: pretentiousness, pretension, largeness] [ant: unpretentiousness]