Meaning

2 senses
  1. (idiomatic)A widely-known reputation, especially one that is favorable.

  2. (idiomatic)A prominent individual, especially one who is favorably regarded.

    All the big Hollywood names were present.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. What is your big sister's name?

    Як звати твою старшу сестру? — Ahha

  2. We rarely come across big names.

    ruМы редко пересекаемся со знаменитостями. — Hellerick

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  3. He is a big name in journalism.

  4. Through him I got acquainted with the big names of the town.

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  5. Big Charlie’s mother’s name is Red Woman.

Translations

2 languages

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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