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Big (adjective)
Of great size, large.
“Elephants are big animals, and they eat a lot.”
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Big (adjective)
Thought to have undue influence.
“There were concerns about the ethics of big science.”
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Big (adjective)
Popular.
“That style is very big right now in Europe, especially among teenagers.”
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Big (adjective)
Adult.
“Kids should get help from big people if they want to use the kitchen.”
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Big (adjective)
Fat.
“Gosh, she is big!”
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Big (adjective)
Important or significant.
“What’s so big about that? I do it all the time.”
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Big (adjective)
Enthusiastic (about).
“I’m not big on the idea, but if you want to go ahead with it, I won’t stop you.”
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Big (adjective)
of Mature, conscientious, principled; generous.
“That’s very big of you, thank you!”
“I tried to be the bigger person and just let it go, but I couldn’t help myself.”
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Big (adjective)
Well-endowed, possessing large breasts in the case of a woman or a large penis in the case of a man.
“Whoa, Nadia has gotten pretty big since she hit puberty.”
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Big (adjective)
Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.
“She was big with child.”
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Big (adjective)
Used as an intensifier, especially of negative-valence nouns
“You are a big liar.”
“Why are you in such a big hurry?”
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Big (adverb)
In a loud manner.
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Big (adverb)
In a boasting manner.
“He’s always talking big, but he never delivers.”
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Big (adverb)
In a large amount or to a large extent.
“He won big betting on the croquet championship.”
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Big (adverb)
On a large scale, expansively.
“You’ve got to think big to succeed at Amalgamated Plumbing.”
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Big (adverb)
Hard.
“He hit him big and the guy just crumpled.”
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Big (noun)
Someone or something that is large in stature
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Big (noun)
An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
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Big (noun)
The big leagues, big time.
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Big (noun)
One or more kinds of barley, especially six-rowed barley.
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Big (verb)
To praise, recommend, or promote.
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Big (verb)
to inhabit; occupy
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Big (verb)
to locate oneself
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Big (verb)
to build; erect; fashion
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Big (verb)
to dwell; have a dwelling
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Great (adjective)
Relatively large in scale, size, extent, number (i. e. having many parts or members) or duration (i. e. relatively long); very big.
“A great storm is approaching our shores.”
“a great assembly”
“a great wait”
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Great (adjective)
Of larger size or more importance than others of its kind.
“the great auk”
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Great (adjective)
Involving more generations than the word qualified implies (from 1510s). [see Derived terms]
“great-grandfather”
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Great (adjective)
Pregnant; large with young; full of.
“great with child”
“great with hope”
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Great (adjective)
Intimate; familiar.
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Great (adjective)
Extreme or more than usual.
“great worry”
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Great (adjective)
Of significant importance or consequence; important.
“a great decision”
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Great (adjective)
Arising from or possessing superior; commanding; heroic; illustrious; eminent.
“a great deed”
“a great nature”
“a great history”
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Great (adjective)
Impressive or striking.
“a great show of wealth”
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Great (adjective)
Much in use; favoured.
“Poetry was a great convention of the Romantic era.”
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Great (adjective)
Endowed with extraordinary powers; of exceptional talents or achievements; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; remarkable; strong; powerful; mighty; noble.
“a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, writer etc.”
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Great (adjective)
Title referring to an important leader.
“Alexander the Great”
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Great (adjective)
Doing or active or enthusiastic.
“What a great buffoon!”
“He’s not a great one for reading.”
“a great walker”
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Great (adjective)
Skilful or adroit.
“a great carpenter”
“You are great at singing.”
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Great (adjective)
Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic (from 1848).
“Dinner was great.”
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Great (adjective)
Intensifying a word or expression, used in mild oaths.
“a dirty great smack in the face”
“Great Scott!”
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Great (interjection)
Expression of gladness and content about something.
“Great! Thanks for the wonderful work.”
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Great (interjection)
sarcastic inversion thereof.
“Oh, great! I just dumped all 500 sheets of the manuscript all over and now I have to put them back in order.”
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Great (noun)
A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.
“Newton and Einstein are two of the greats of the history of science.”
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Great (noun)
The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division.
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Great (adverb)
very well in a very satisfactory manner
“Those mechanical colored pencils work great because they don’t have to be sharpened.”
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Big (adjective)
of considerable size or extent
“big staff cuts”
“big buildings”
“her big hazel eyes”
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Big (adjective)
larger than other items of the same kind
“my big toe”
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Big (adjective)
grown-up
“I’m a big girl now”
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Big (adjective)
elder
“my big sister”
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Big (adjective)
on an ambitiously large scale
“a small company with big plans”
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Big (adjective)
doing a specified action very often or on a very large scale
“a big gambler”
“a big eater”
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Big (adjective)
showing great enthusiasm
“a big tennis fan”
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Big (adjective)
of considerable importance or seriousness
“it’s a big decision”
“his biggest problem is money”
“he made a big mistake”
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Big (adjective)
very popular or successful
“African bands which are big in Britain”
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Big (adjective)
holding an important position or playing an influential role
“as a senior in college, he was a big man on campus”
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Big (adjective)
generous
“‘I’m inclined to take pity on you.’ ‘That’s big of you!’”
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Big (verb)
praise or recommend something highly
“the record’s been on the streets a while now, but it’s still worth bigging up”
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Big (noun)
the major league in a professional sport
“the day he made it to the bigs, he forgot every minor league ballpark he ever played in”