Meaning

4 senses

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive)To inhabit; occupy.

  2. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal, reflexive)To locate oneself.

  3. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive)To build; erect; fashion.

    Don't big it up.

  4. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal, intransitive)To dwell; have a dwelling.

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

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  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

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  3. Here's a big map of Germany.

    Це велика карта Німеччини. — brambury

    ruВот большая карта Германии. — Tonari

    deHier ist eine große Deutschlandkarte. — MUIRIEL

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  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

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  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

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Origin

From Middle English biggen, byggen, from Old Norse byggja, byggva (“to build, dwell in, in

From Middle English biggen, byggen, from Old Norse byggja, byggva (“to build, dwell in, inhabit”), a secondary form of Old Norse búa (“to dwell”), related to Old English būan (“to dwell”). Cognate with Danish bygge, Swedish bygga.

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Forms

bigs, bigging, bigged, bigged
Base formbig · to big
3rd person singularbigs
Present participlebigging
Past simplebigged
Past participlebigged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybig
he, she, itbigs

Past simpleLesson

all personsbigged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bigged
he, she, ithas bigged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill big

Word family

1 related words
Derivedunbigged

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

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
biennialbierbifocalsbifurcationbigamybigfootbigger

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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