Meaning

6 senses
  1. In a loud manner.

    in a boastful manner

  2. In a boasting manner.

    He's always talking big, but he never delivers.

  3. In a large amount or to a large extent.

    He won big betting on the croquet championship.

    Don't miss our November sale — it's your last chance to save big before Christmas!

  4. In a large amount or to a large extent.

    (informal)(modifying a preposition)

    I've always been big into sport, but I'm especially big into football.

  5. On a large scale, expansively.

    You've got to think big to succeed at Amalgamated Plumbing.

    on a grand scale

  6. (colloquial)Hard; with great force.

    He hit him big and the guy just crumpled.

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

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

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

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

neighbours in the dictionary
big — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto