Antonyms for large order


Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : awr-der
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔr dər


Definition of large order

Origin :
  • c.1200, "give order to, to arrange in order," from order (n.). Meaning "to give orders for or to" is from 1540s. Related: Ordered; ordering.
  • As in rugged : adj difficult, rigorous
  • As in predicament : noun difficult situation
Example sentences :
  • I don't mind the cowman, but the maiden lady is a large order.
  • Extract from : « Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol 150, February 9, 1916 » by Various
  • It was a large order, for there were more than five acres of it.
  • Extract from : « The Watchers of the Plains » by Ridgewell Cullum
  • So far as he could make out the painter's words, it seemed to him a large order.
  • Extract from : « Saint's Progress » by John Galsworthy
  • I always have a large order to give to Johnson's, the day after a concert.'
  • Extract from : « North and South » by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
  • "The whole ancient world," as the Americans would say, is a large order.
  • Extract from : « Flowers of Freethought » by George W. Foote
  • It was a large order for so young a girl, but she filled it.
  • Extract from : « The Million Dollar Mystery » by Harold MacGrath
  • Norton recognized that he had a large order before him to disable Braine.
  • Extract from : « The Million Dollar Mystery » by Harold MacGrath
  • This large order of mammals was once placed with the Primates.
  • Extract from : « The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia » by Frank Evers Beddard
  • "That was rather a large order," said the Rev. Mr. Jeffries.
  • Extract from : « General Bramble » by Andr Maurois
  • "Something of a large order, my dear young lady," he muttered.
  • Extract from : « Mortmain » by Arthur Cheny Train

Synonyms for large order

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