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A big, friendly dog wags its tail in the sunny park.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Large in size, extent, or amount: "big" primarily describes something of considerable physical dimensions, quantity, or scale.
    • Significant, important: "big" can describe something of great importance, consequence, or prominence.
    • Generous, magnanimous: "big" can describe a person who is liberal, giving, or tolerant in spirit.
    • Adult, mature: "big" can describe a person or animal that is fully grown or developed.
    • Boastful, self-important: "big" can describe speech, behavior, or an attitude that is arrogant, proud, or pretentious.
    • Intense, forceful: "big" can describe something powerful, loud, or severe.

  2. Adverb:

    • On a large scale, to a great degree: "big" describes an action done in a major, significant, or impressive way.
    • Boastfully: "big" describes speaking in an arrogant or bragging manner.
    • Successfully, very well: "big" describes something that is received or performed extremely well.
Usage Examples

  • Adjective:

    • They live in a big house. (Describing large physical size.)
    • Graduation is a big day. (Describing importance.)
    • It was very big of you to forgive them. (Describing a generous spirit.)
    • The big wind knocked down trees. (Describing intensity.)
    • He's just a kid trying to sound big. (Describing boastful talk.)

  • Adverb:

    • The company is thinking big for its next project. (Acting on a grand scale.)
    • He always talks big about his accomplishments. (Speaking boastfully.)
    • The new product launched big in the Asian market. (Achieving great success.)
Advanced Usage
  • "to go over big": to be very successful or well-received.
    • Her speech went over big with the audience.
  • "too big for one's boots/breeches": conceited, overly self-important.
    • Ever since he got promoted, he's been too big for his boots.
  • "big on (something)": very enthusiastic about or committed to something.
    • She's really big on environmental conservation.
Variants and Related Words
  • Biggie (noun, informal): an important person or thing.
    • He's a biggie in the tech industry.
  • Bigness (noun): the quality or state of being big.
    • The sheer bigness of the cathedral was awe-inspiring.
Synonyms
  • Adjective (size/importance): Large, huge, major, significant, substantial, great.
  • Adjective (generous): Generous, magnanimous, liberal, openhanded.
  • Adjective (boastful): Boastful, bragging, swaggering, pompous.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Big up (verb, informal): to praise or promote someone/something enthusiastically.
    • The DJ bigged up the local artists during his set.
  • Big out (verb, informal, chiefly UK): to lose one's composure, to panic or overreact.
    • Don't big out; we can solve this problem.
Related Idioms
  • Big fish in a small pond: an important person only within a limited context.
    • He was a big fish in a small pond at his old company.
  • Big time (adverb/noun, informal): to a great extent; a high level of success.
    • They messed up big time. / He's finally made it to the big time.
  • In a big way: to a great degree or extent.
    • They celebrate holidays in a big way.
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A big, friendly dog wags its tail in the sunny park.

Adjective
  1. in an advanced stage of pregnancy
    • was big with child
    • was great with child
  2. given or giving freely
    • was a big tipper
    • the bounteous goodness of God
    • bountiful compliments
    • a freehanded host
    • a handsome allowance
    • Saturday's child is loving and giving
    • a liberal backer of the arts
    • a munificent gift
    • her fond and openhanded grandfather
  3. generous and understanding and tolerant
    • a heart big enough to hold no grudges
    • that's very big of you to be so forgiving
    • a large and generous spirit
    • a large heart
    • magnanimous toward his enemies
  4. marked by intense physical force
    • a big wind
  5. (of animals) fully developed
    • an adult animal
    • a grown woman
  6. feeling self-importance
    • too big for his britches
    • had a swelled head
    • he was swelled with pride
  7. exhibiting self-importance
    • big talk
  8. prodigious
    • big spender
    • big eater
    • heavy investor
  9. conspicuous in position or importance
    • a big figure in the movement
    • big man on campus
    • he's very large in financial circles
    • a prominent citizen
  10. loud and firm
    • a big voice
    • big bold piano sounds
  11. very intense
    • a bad headache
    • in a big rage
    • had a big (or bad) shock
    • a bad earthquake
    • a bad storm
  12. significant
    • graduation was a big day in his life
  13. above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
    • a large city
    • set out for the big city
    • a large sum
    • a big (or large) barn
    • a large family
    • big businesses
    • a big expenditure
    • a large number of newspapers
    • a big group of scientists
    • large areas of the world
Adverb
  1. in a major way
    • the play failed big at the box office
  2. on a grand scale
    • think big
  3. in a boastful manner
    • he talked big all evening
  4. extremely well
    • his performance went over big

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