Meaning

2 senses
  1. The largest and most prominent performance in a circus.

  2. The major leagues, as compared to minor leagues.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. He's a big show-off when girls are around.

  2. Your big sis will show you.

  3. Sami was rehearsing for his big show.

  4. Sami was about to play the biggest show of his career.

  5. We walked to a tram stop, which we easily recognised from the big sign there showing a tram.

    deWir gingen zu einer Straßenbahnhaltestelle, die wir leicht erkannten, da es dort ein großes Schild gibt, das einen Straßenbahnwagen zeigt. — al_ex_an_der

Forms

plural: big shows
Singularbig show
Pluralbig shows

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
highest level in a field:big timebig leaguemajor league

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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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