- a gran escala
- = large scale [large-scale], massive, on a wide scale, high-volume, wide-scale, on a broad scale, in a big way, on a grand scaleEx. It is in the development of such large-scale services that problems are seen most acutely.Ex. When the use of all synonymous terms would result in a massive duplication of A/Z subject index entries 'see references' are employed.Ex. Moder technology allows us to link computers in different centres and to transmit information on a wide scale.Ex. Many households are still without telephone, let alone equipped with the wide-band cable needed for fast, high-volume electronic communication.Ex. Without the stimuli of cooperative agencies, many programmes such as wide-scale interlibrary loan would not have developed so rapidly.Ex. Due to advantages such as access to information on a broad scale, networking is being increasingly adopted in Latin America and in the Caribbean.Ex. The United Nations (UN), its various information offices and its sister agencies are shifting into electronic publishing in a big way.Ex. A 'toxic combination' of poverty and social injustice is killing people on a grand scale, a World Health Organisation report said Thursday.* * *= large scale [large-scale], massive, on a wide scale, high-volume, wide-scale, on a broad scale, in a big way, on a grand scale
Ex: It is in the development of such large-scale services that problems are seen most acutely.
Ex: When the use of all synonymous terms would result in a massive duplication of A/Z subject index entries 'see references' are employed.Ex: Moder technology allows us to link computers in different centres and to transmit information on a wide scale.Ex: Many households are still without telephone, let alone equipped with the wide-band cable needed for fast, high-volume electronic communication.Ex: Without the stimuli of cooperative agencies, many programmes such as wide-scale interlibrary loan would not have developed so rapidly.Ex: Due to advantages such as access to information on a broad scale, networking is being increasingly adopted in Latin America and in the Caribbean.Ex: The United Nations (UN), its various information offices and its sister agencies are shifting into electronic publishing in a big way.Ex: A 'toxic combination' of poverty and social injustice is killing people on a grand scale, a World Health Organisation report said Thursday.
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.