D defs.my
Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

large-scale

· IPA /lˈɑrdʒskˌeɪl/
01 adj. large in area, scope or degree; as, a large-scale attack on AIDS is needed.
  1. 1.
    large in area, scope or degree; as, a large-scale attack on AIDS is needed.
  2. 2.
    constructed or drawn to a big scale{4}; as, large-scale maps. See 3rd scale, n., sense 4. See: scale
  3. 3.
    widespread; applying to all or most members of a category or group.
Syn. extensive, wide-ranging. — Syn. -- mass.