English [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
From sailing: a ship may (or may not) sail well both close by the wind, and large , downwind, with sheets extended.
Pronunciation [ edit ]
by and large (not comparable )
( set phrase , focus ) Mostly , generally ; with few exceptions .
Synonyms: for the most part , generally , mostly , on the whole , usually ; see also Thesaurus:mostly
It was, by and large , an unexceptional presentation.
2023 February 23, Michael Levenson, quoting Sheila Williams , “Science Fiction Magazines Battle a Flood of Chatbot-Generated Stories”, in The New York Times [1] , →ISSN :“The people doing this by and large don’t have any real concept of how to tell a story, and neither do any kind of A.I.,” Ms. Williams said on Wednesday.
Translations [ edit ]
mostly, generally; with few exceptions
Arabic: عَلَى اَلْعَمُوم ( ʕalā l-ʕamūm )
Catalan: en general
Chinese:
Mandarin: 總的來說 / 总的来说 (zh) ( zǒngdeláishuō ) , 大體上 / 大体上 (zh) ( dàtǐshang ) , 大體 而言 / 大体 而言 ( dàtǐ éryán ) , 全盤 看來 / 全盘 看来 ( quánpán kànlái ) , 一般 (zh) ( yībān ) , 大致上 ( dàzhìshang )
Czech: celkem vzato
Danish: i det store og hele , i det store hele , stort set
Dutch: over het geheel genomen
Finnish: yleisesti ottaen , suurin piirtein (fi) , kokonaisuutena , suurimmaksi osaksi
French: en majeure partie , en gros (fr) , pratiquement (fr)
Georgian: მთლიანობაში ( mtlianobaši ) , ზოგადად ( zogadad )
German: im Großen und Ganzen (de)
Hebrew: בכלל ( bikhlal )
Hungarian: összességében (hu) , alapvetően (hu) , egészében véve
Italian: in generale , in linea di massima
Japanese: 全般的にみて ( ぜんぱんてきにみて, zeppanteki ni mite )
Korean: 대부분 (ko) ( daebubun )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: i det store og hele , stort sett
Nynorsk: i det store og heile , stort sett
Persian: کلاً (fa) ( kollan )
Polish: w większości , ogólnie rzecz biorąc
Portuguese: em geral , no geral
Russian: в о́бщем и це́лом (ru) ( v óbščem i célom ) , в о́бщем (ru) ( v óbščem ) , по бо́льшей ча́сти ( po bólʹšej části )
Scottish Gaelic: san fharsaingeachd
Spanish: en general
Swedish: i allmänhet , mestadels (sv) , i stort sett (sv) , på det hela taget , i det stora hela
Telugu: మొత్తమ్మీద (te) ( mottammīda )
Turkish: please add this translation if you can