AT LARGE


Meaning of AT LARGE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ phrasal ]

1.

a. : free of restraint or confinement

the escaped prisoner is still at large

b. : without a specific subject or assignment

critic at large

2. : at length

3. : in a general way

4. : as a whole

society at large

5. : as the political representative of or to a whole area rather than of one of its subdivisions — used in combination with a preceding noun

a congressman -at-large

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.