big
大,大的,大型,很大
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Definitions
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big·ger, big·gest.
- : large, as in size, height, width, or amount: a big house; a big quantity.
- : of major concern, importance, gravity, or the like: a big problem.
- : outstanding for a specified quality: a big liar; a big success.
- : important, as in influence, standing, or wealth: a big man in his field.
- : grown-up; mature: big enough to know better.
- : elder: my big sister.
- : doing business or conducted on a large scale; major in size or importance: big government.
- : consisting of the largest or most influential companies in an industry: Big steel wants to lower prices, but the smaller mills don't.
- : Informal. known or used widely; popular: Nouvelle cuisine became big in the 1970s.
- : magnanimous; generous; kindly: big enough to forgive.
- : boastful; pompous; pretentious; haughty: a big talker.
- : loud; orotund: a big voice.
- : made of or distinguished by voluminous fabric that is loosely or softly shaped and fitted: a big shirt; the big look.
- : having more than average flavor, body, and alcoholic content.
- : filled; brimming: eyes big with tears.
- : Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. pregnant.
- : Obsolete. very strong; powerful.
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- : Informal. boastfully; pretentiously: to act big; to talk big.
- : Informal. with great success; successfully: to go over big.
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- : the bigs, Sports Slang. the highest level of professional competition, as the major leagues in baseball.
Phrases
- big and bold
- big as life
- big bucks
- big cheese
- big daddy
- big deal
- big enchilada
- big fish in a small pond
- big head, have a
- big league
- big mouth, have a
- big of one
- big on
- big shot
- big stink
- big time
- big top
- big wheel
- go over big
- great (big) guns
- hit it big
- in a big way
- little frog in a big pond
- make a federal case (big deal)
- talk big
- think big
- too big for one's breeches
- what's the (big) idea
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
What we do know, as the report noted, is “the drop-off will be higher for more populated locations like big cities, with smaller reductions for outdoor and less-populated destinations.”
It was a broad-based drop that saw the big tech rally fade and travel and retail stocks tank on reopening worries.
A big thing we are leading the charge on is the … language that’s been used in gaming that has been tolerated.
In essence, clean rooms have enabled the big tech companies to become channel-specific agencies for their advertisers.
Now that the first wave of big announcements is winding down, raceAhead will be turning our attention to the nuts and bolts of the work that must happen in the longer term.
In that photo, Merabet has a big smile that spreads across his whole face and lights up his eyes.
The Big Five banks dubbed too big to fail, are 35 percent bigger than they were when the meltdown was triggered.
Their three-day scientific outing was paid for by Epstein and was big success.
I really wanted Trenchmouth to succeed and at the time wished we were as big as Green Day.
The big slug happened to hit the suspect in the street, passing through his arm and then striking Police Officer Andrew Dossi.
The big room at King's Warren Parsonage was already fairly well filled.
Sol laughed out of his whiskers, with a big, loose-rolling sound, and sat on the porch without waiting to be asked.
There were at least a dozen ladies seated round the big table at the Parsonage.
I pictured him as slim and young looking, smooth-faced, with golden curly hair, and big brown eyes.
Big Reginald took their lives at pool, and pocketed their half-crowns in an easy genial way, which almost made losing a pleasure.