LARGE NUMBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does large number mean? 

• LARGE NUMBER (noun)
  The noun LARGE NUMBER has 1 sense:

1. a large indefinite number

  Familiarity information: LARGE NUMBER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LARGE NUMBER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large indefinite number

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

battalion; large number; multitude; pack; plurality

Context example:

a plurality of religions

Hypernyms ("large number" is a kind of...):

large indefinite amount; large indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude)

 Context examples 

There are many strains of E. coli, and a large number are either harmless to humans or cause only mild health problems.

(Wash your hands or else spread superbug E. coli, say scientists, Wikinews)

A peripheral blood finding in which a large number of erythrocytes are shaped in an elliptical form.

(Elliptocytosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Normally your blood doesn't have a large number of eosinophils.

(Eosinophilic Disorders, NIH)

"We're seeing a large number of fires," says Clements.

(Researchers discover how wildfires create their own weather, National Science Foundation)

Aberrant expression of the gene is associated with a large number of neoplastic diseases.

(FOXM1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

To understand how caffeine intake affects arrhythmias, a team examined a large number of population-based studies.

(3 Cups Of Coffee Daily Could Improve Heart Function, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A benign circumscribed smooth muscle neoplasm characterized by the presence of a large number of vascular channels within the neoplasm.

(Angioleiomyoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A relatively large number of cancer cells have spread throughout the body.

(DS Stage III Plasma Cell Myeloma, NCI Dictionary)

Mutations in the gene are associated with a large number of inherited disorders.

(COL2A1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinases (CaMKs) are involved in a large number of cellular responses induced by hormones, neurotransmitters and other signaling.

(Calmodulin Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)