Big

Definitions of "big"

• Of considerable size, number, quantity, magnitude, or extent; large. See Synonyms at large. adjective
• Of great force; strong: a big wind; in a big rage. adjective
• Obsolete Of great strength. adjective
• Mature or grown-up: big enough to take the bus by herself. adjective
• Older or eldest. Used especially of a sibling: My big brother is leaving for college next week. adjective
• Pregnant: big with child. adjective
• Filled up; brimming over: felt big with love. adjective
• Having or exercising considerable authority, control, or influence: a big official; a big chief. adjective
• Conspicuous in position, wealth, or importance; prominent: a big figure in the peace movement. adjective
• Of great significance; momentous: a big decision; a big victory. adjective
• Informal Widely liked, used, or practiced; popular: "For public opinion . . . has grown harsh and yuppie-bashing is big” ( Sally Jacobs). adjective
• Informal Self-important; cocky: You're too big for your own good. adjective
• Loud and firm; resounding: a big voice. adjective
• Bountiful; generous: had a big heart. adjective
• In a pretentious or boastful way: talked big about the new job. adverb
• Informal With considerable success: made it big with their recent best-selling album. adverb
• Informal In a thorough or unmistakable way; emphatically: failed big at the box office. adverb
• big on Enthusiastic about; partial to: "The Japanese are big on ranking things and deciding which is Number One” ( James Fallows). idiom
• Of great size, large. adjective

The word "big" in example sentences

Bush has helped his corporate \'base\ 'create a \'New World Order\' in which robber barons of big oil, assisted by \'big media\ ', rule the world and plunder its resources.. [OpEdNews - Quicklink: How Bush Helped Establish a Corporate 'New World Order']

Pale skin, smooth all over, little pink nipples on a smooth, flat chest, snub nose with a little pale spray of freckles, big, _big_ blue eyes, naked as a jaybird, but for the brass-colored bobby-pins holding up her braids.. [Asimov's Science Fiction]

They looked just as puzzled as he probably did, he saw; they knew they were being called in on something big, and in the IES big meant _big_.. [The Judas Valley]

“Ah, but you wouldn’t say they looked like fools when they landed a big pike, I can tell you, ” said Tom, who had never caught anything that was “big” in his life, but whose imagination was on the stretch with indignant zeal for the honor of sport.. [III. The New Schoolfellow. Book II—School-Time]

I don't know what paved streets an 'stall feedin' do for a man, but any one 'at's lived sixty year on the ground knows' at this whole old earth is jest teemin 'with work' at's too big for anything but a God, an 'a mighty _big_ God at that!. [The Song of the Cardinal]

And I want to be a great, big, big, _big_ little boy.. [The White Christmas and other Merry Christmas Plays]

"Didn't you ever ask the Lord to let you do some big, _big_ things?" insisted Bobby.. [Bobby of the Labrador]

They say that there are white men who come over the great salt lake from far-off lands in big _big_ canoes.. [The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice]

Football is a rough sport, thats why we watch it, thats why we pay big$$ for tickets and buy big screen TVs.. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion]

However, they will fail to eliminate big corporations (Home Depot comes to mind) who spend countless dollars on their own lobbyists whose sole purpose is to influence legislation in its (i. e.-big corporation's) favor.. [James Sanford At The Movies - MLive.com]

If that ship is anywhere near completion, we are in big, _big_ trouble! ". [The Misplaced Battleship]

He's given me to do is to teach you chaps the best I can, and maybe my teaching will help one of you to do the big, _big_ thing. ". [Bobby of the Labrador]

"I didn't know _you_ -- didn't know the big, _big_ man you are.. [In Happy Valley]

I am now beginning to understand the meaning of the term "big society".. [Letters: Budget food]

So it's time to abandon the term big society, move on and consider what must follow.. [It's out with the big society – and in with the big reality]

The AHRC is being accused of pandering to a party political agenda by including the term big society in its literature.. [Do we need to be defensive about arts and humanities?]