This week’s theme
Postpositives

This week’s words
incarnate
unplugged
a gogo
presumptive
at large

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Next week’s theme
Words to describe people

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PRONUNCIATION:

(at larj)

MEANING:

adjective:	1. Having a wide scope.
	2. As a whole.
	3. Not captured.
adverb:	In a general manner.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin ad largum (at liberty). Earliest documented use: 1391.

USAGE:

“He signed on for a five-year stint in ... the enviable position of Editor-at-Large which allowed him to pursue anything he fancied.”
John Patrick Kavanagh; Weekend at Prism; Riverdale; 2016.

“Most of those believed to be responsible are still at large.”
An Anti-Corruption Party Triumphs; The Economist (London, UK); Jul 17, 2021.

See more usage examples of at large in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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