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Definition: Meaning of, big in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / bɪɡ /

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Positive Comparative Superlative
big bigger biggest
  1. size of more than average size or amount
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  2. important important and serious
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  3. popular/successful successful or popular, especially in business or entertainment
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  4. older big sister/brother your older sister or brother
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  5. older older or more like an adult - used especially by children or when you are talking to children
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  6. large degree [only before noun] informal doing something to a large degree
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  7. large degree [only before noun] informal done to a large degree or with great energy
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  8. bad [only before noun] informal used to emphasize how bad something is
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  9. have big ideas/plans to have impressive plans for the future
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  10. be big on something spoken to like something very much
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  11. be big on something spoken to have a lot of a quality or feature
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  12. what's the big idea? spoken used when someone has done something annoying, especially when you want them to explain why they did it
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  13. generous it is big of somebody to do something spoken used to say that someone is very kind or generous to do something
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  14. generous it is big of somebody to do something spoken used when you really think that someone is not kind or helpful at all
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  15. big mouth spoken someone who has a big mouth cannot be trusted to keep things secret
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  16. letters informal big letters are CAPITAL s, for example G, R, A etc
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  17. words informal big words are long or unusual and are difficult to read or understand
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  18. be/get too big for your boots informal to be too proud of yourself
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  19. use/wield the big stick informal to threaten to use your power to get what you want
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  20. big up (to/for) somebody spoken informal used when you want to praise someone
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
big bigged bigged
Present Participle Third Person Singular
bigging
  1. big it up British English spoken informal to spend a lot of money and enjoy yourself in a social situation, in a way that other people will notice
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big used in phrases

  • Big Apple (noun)
    1. the Big Apple New York City
  • Big Bang
    1. the name given to the changes in the system and rules of the London STOCK EXCHANGE which came into effect on December 27th 1986
  • Big Ben
    1. the large bell in the tower of the HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT in London, which rings regularly to tell the time
  • Big Bend (noun)
    1. a triangular area in southwestern Texas on the Mexican border; formed by a bend in the Rio Grande
  • Big Bend National Park (noun)
    1. a large national park in Texas featuring mountains and desert and canyons and wildlife
  • Big Bill Haywood (noun)
    1. 1869-1928 united States labour leader and militant socialist who was one of the founders of the Industrial Workers of the World
  • Big Bill Tilden (noun)
    1. 1893-1953 united States tennis player who dominated men's tennis in the 1920s
  • Big Bird
    1. a character in the US children's television show SESAME STREET,which is a large yellow bird who talks and behaves like a human child
  • Big Blue
    1. an informal name for the computer company IBM
  • Big Brother
    1. a character in the novel 1984 by George Orwell. Big Brother is the leader of the state, and although no one has ever met him there are pictures of him everywhere with the message "Big Brother is watching you". People now use the expression 'Big Brother' to describe any government or organization that has complete power, allows no freedom, and carefully watches what people are doing.
    2. a television programme in which ten people are kept in a house without being able to talk to anyone outside the house. Everything they do is filmed. Each week, the people who watch the show vote by telephone to decide who must leave the house. The last person remaining in the house after ten weeks receives a prize of a large amount of money. The programme has been made and shown in several different countries
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