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Definition of 'BIG'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) big
large in size, height, width, or amount:
a big house; a big batch.

2.  big
of major concern or importance:
a big problem.

3.  big
outstanding:
a big success.

4.  big
important; influential:
a big activist in politics.

5.  big
grown-up; mature:
big enough to know better.

6.  big
elder:
my big sister.

7.  big
large-scale and powerful; exercising substantial control and influence:
big government.

8.  big
known or used widely; popular:
Jazz became big in the 1920s.

9.  big
magnanimous:
big enough to forgive.

10.  big
hearty; enthusiastic:
He welcomed us in a big way.

11.  big
boastful; pompous:
a big talker.

12.  big
loud; orotund:
a big voice.

13.  big
filled; brimming:
eyes big with tears.

14.  big
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. pregnant.

15. (adv.) big
boastfully; pretentiously:
to talk big.

16.  big
successfully:
to go over big.

17. (n.) big
a person of importance or power:
She lunched with a Hollywood big.

18.  big
the bigs, the highest level of competition, esp. baseball's major leagues.

19.  big
Informal. to have a special liking or enthusiasm for.

Etymology: (1275–1325; ME big(ge) strong, stout)

Definition of 'BIG'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) large, big
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
"a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"

2. (adj) big
significant
"graduation was a big day in his life"

3. (adj) bad, big
very intense
"a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm"

4. (adj) big
loud and firm
"a big voice"; "big bold piano sounds"

5. (adj) big, large, prominent
conspicuous in position or importance
"a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen"

6. (adj) big(a), heavy(a)
prodigious
"big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor"

7. (adj) boastful, braggart(a), bragging(a), braggy, big, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandising
exhibiting self-importance
"big talk"

8. (adj) big, swelled, vainglorious
feeling self-importance
"too big for his britches"; "had a swelled head"; "he was swelled with pride"

9. (adj) adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup
(of animals) fully developed
"an adult animal"; "a grown woman"

10. (adj) big
marked by intense physical force
"a big wind"

11. (adj) big, large, magnanimous
generous and understanding and tolerant
"a heart big enough to hold no grudges"; "that's very big of you to be so forgiving"; "a large and generous spirit"; "a large heart"; "magnanimous toward his enemies"

12. (adj) big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded
given or giving freely
"was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather"

13. (adverb) big(p), enceinte, expectant, gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p), with child(p)
in an advanced stage of pregnancy
"was big with child"; "was great with child"

14. (adverb) big
extremely well
"his performance went over big"

15. (adverb) boastfully, vauntingly, big, large
in a boastful manner
"he talked big all evening"

16. (adverb) big
on a grand scale
"think big"

17. (adverb) big
in a major way
"the play failed big at the box office"

Definition of 'BIG'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) big
large in size or amount
a big bunch of flowers; the biggest dog I'd ever seen; The balloon was getting bigger and bigger.

2.  big
important
Your wedding is your big day.

3.  big
successful or popular
his first big movie; The song was very big here.

4.  big
make it big
to become successful
to make it big in Hollywood

5.  big
used by children to mean "older"
When I get big, I'm going to be a rock star.; a picture of me and my big brother

Definition of 'BIG'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) BIG
alt. of Bigg

2.  BIG
having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large

3.  BIG
great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce; -- often figuratively

4.  BIG
having greatness, fullness, importance, inflation, distention, etc., whether in a good or a bad sense; as, a big heart; a big voice; big looks; to look big. As applied to looks, it indicates haughtiness or pride

5. (verb) BIG
alt. of Bigg

Translation of 'BIG'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: large in size a big car.
Afrikaans: groot	Arabic: كَبير	Bulgarian: голям
Brazilian: grande	Czech: veliký	German: groß
Danish: stor	Greek: μεγάλος σε μέγεθος	Spanish: grande
Estonian: suur	Farsi: بزرگ؛ گنده	Finnish: suurikokoinen
French: gros; grand	Hebrew: גָדוֹל	Hindi: बड़ा
Croatian: velik	Hungarian: nagy	Indonesian: besar
Icelandic: stór	Italian: grande	Japanese: 大きい
Korean: 큰	Lithuanian: didelis	Latvian: liels
Malay: besar	Dutch: groot	Norwegian: stor, kraftig
Polish: duży	Persian: بزرگ؛ گنده	Portuguese: grande
Romanian: mare	Russian: большой	Slovak: veľký
Slovenian: velik	Serbian: veliki	Swedish: stor
Thai: ใหญ่	Turkish: büyük	Taiwanese: 大的
Ukrainian: великий, просторий	Urdu: بڑا	Vietnamese: to lớn
Chinese: 大的
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