adjective
- Having escaped, especially from confinement.
- usage: "a convict still at large"; "searching for two escaped prisoners"; "dogs loose on the streets"; "criminals on the loose in the neighborhood"
- synonyms: escaped, loose, on the loose
adverb
- In a general fashion.
- usage: "he talked at large about his plans"
- synonyms: in a broad way
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