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16 Definitions of: big
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- adjective, of great or considerable size, height, weight, number, power, or capacity
- adjective, having great significance; important
- adjective, important through having power, influence, wealth, authority, etc
- adjective, (intensifier usually qualifying something undesirable)
- adjective, considerable in extent or intensity (esp in the phrase in a big way)
- adjective, a) elder b) grown-up
- adjective, a) generous; magnanimous b) (in combination)
- adjective, brimming; full
- adjective, extravagant; boastful
- adjective, (of wine) full-bodied, with a strong aroma and flavour
- adjective, too big for one's boots or breeches conceited; unduly self-confident
- adjective, in an advanced stage of pregnancy (esp in the phrase big with child)
- adjective, big on enthusiastic about
- adverb, boastfully; pretentiously (esp in the phrase talk big)
- adverb, in an exceptional way; well
- adverb, on a grand scale (esp in the phrase think big) ▷ See also big up
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- verb, to build
- verb, to excavate (earth) into a pile
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