Meaning

15 senses
  1. Of great size, large.

    Elephants are big animals, and they eat a lot.

  2. Of great size, large.

    (informal)Fat.

    Gosh, she is big!

    groß

    большо́йbolʹšój, вели́кийvelíkij, кру́пныйkrúpnyj

    вели́кийvelýkyj

  3. (figuratively, sometimes)Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.

    She was big with child.

  4. Well-endowed; with a desired body part notably large.

    (informal)Specifically, big-breasted.

  5. (informal)Having a large penis.

    I'm the shortest man on the team but in the gym shower everyone can see that I'm also the biggest.

  6. (informal)Having large muscles, especially visible ones such as the chest and arm muscles.

    I've been lifting weights for a full year now, but I'm finally getting big.

  7. (informal)Adult; (of a child) older.

    Kids should get help from big people if they want to use the kitchen.

    We were just playing, and then some big kids came and chased us away.

    groß

    большо́йbolʹšój

    вели́кийvelýkyj

  8. Adult; (of a child) older.

    (informal, rare, slang)Old, mature. Used to imply that someone is too old for something, or acting immaturely.

  9. (informal)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.

    generous and understanding and tolerant

  10. (informal)Important or significant.

    What's so big about that? I do it all the time.

    significant

  11. Popular.

    That style is very big right now in Europe, especially among teenagers.

  12. Populous.

Examples

5873 sentences
  1. It was a very big room.

    Це була дуже велика кімната. — deniko

    ruЭто была очень большая комната. — sharptoothed

    deEs war ein sehr großes Zimmer. — Zaghawa

  2. What is that big new building?

    Що це за велика нова будівля? — deniko

    ruЧто это за большое новое здание? — odexed

    deWas ist das für ein großes neues Gebäude? — Tamy

  3. Here's a big map of Germany.

    Це велика карта Німеччини. — brambury

    ruВот большая карта Германии. — Tonari

    deHier ist eine große Deutschlandkarte. — MUIRIEL

  4. We live near a big library.

    Ми живемо поруч із великою бібліотекою. — deniko

    ruМы живём рядом с большой библиотекой. — Biga

    deWir wohnen in der Nähe einer großen Bibliothek. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. We live in a big city.

    Ми живемо у великому місті. — deniko

    ruМы живём в большом городе. — marafon

    deWir leben in der Großstadt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
of a great size — see also large:
Русский
By meaning 1
of a great size — see also large:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of a great size — see also large:

Origin

Inherited from Northern Middle English big, bigge (“powerful, strong”), possibly from a di

Inherited from Northern Middle English big, bigge (“powerful, strong”), possibly from a dialect of Old Norse. Ultimately perhaps a derivative of Proto-Germanic *bugja- (“swollen up, thick”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-, *bu- (“to swell”), in which case big would be related to bogey, bugbear, and bug.

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Forms

bigger, biggest
Comparativebigger Lesson
Superlativebiggest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

268 synonyms

Antonyms

7 antonyms

Word family

207 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • was a big
  • a big mistake
  • a big deal
  • have a big
  • big deal
  • big mistake
  • made a big
  • such a big
  • big problem
  • a big problem
  • is too big
  • in a big

See also

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