large-scale map

collocation in English

meaningsoflarge-scaleandmap

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large-scale
adjective
uk
/ˌlɑːdʒˈskeɪl/us
/ˌlɑːrdʒˈskeɪl/
involving many people or things, or happening over a ...
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map
noun[C]
uk
/mæp/us
/mæp/
a drawing of the earth's surface, or part of that surface, showing the shape and position of different countries, political borders, natural features such as rivers and mountains, and artificial features such as roads ...
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(Definition oflarge-scaleandmapfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thelarge-scalemapcontains a wealth of new data and has sufficiently clear topographic information to permit users to locate themselves accurately.
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A verylarge-scalemaphad to be produced to show what it really did mean.
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It is wise to have constantly with one alarge-scalemap.
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It was an enormous,large-scalemapmade up from day to day as the advance went on.
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He habitually looked at politics on alarge-scalemap, and his mind ranged widely over it.
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One way to visualize the process is in terms of maps, in that alarge-scalemapgives the broad picture without details and a small-scale map fills in the details.
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On such occasions, the game switches the display to alarge-scalemapof the encounter.
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It is alarge-scalemap, as it were, of the frontier between the devolved matters and the matters which are not devolved.
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They should be warmly encouraged in their use of thelarge-scalemapin particular, and we are glad to know that is being reprieved to some degree.
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I find it fascinating to look at alarge-scalemapand to think what could be done in that direction if the money, the energy and the enterprise were available.
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