BIG
\bˈɪɡ], \bˈɪɡ], \b_ˈɪ_ɡ]\
Definitions of BIG
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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on a grand scale; "think big"
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extremely well; "his performance went over big"
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marked by intense physical force; "a big wind"
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loud and firm; "a big voice"; "big bold piano sounds"
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in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child"
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significant; "graduation was a big day in his life"
By Princeton University
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on a grand scale; "think big"
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extremely well; "his performance went over big"
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marked by intense physical force; "a big wind"
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(informal) "graduation was a big day in his life"
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loud and firm; "a big voice"; "big bold piano sounds"
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in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large.
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Having greatness, fullness, importance, inflation, distention, etc., whether in a good or a bad sense; as, a big heart; a big voice; big looks; to look big. As applied to looks, it indicates haughtiness or pride.
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Great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce; - often figuratively.
By Oddity Software
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Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large.
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Having greatness, fullness, importance, inflation, distention, etc., whether in a good or a bad sense; as, a big heart; a big voice; big looks; to look big. As applied to looks, it indicates haughtiness or pride.
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Great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce; - often figuratively.
By Noah Webster.
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Large, bulky; grown up; full of something important; full to overflowing; as, big with grief; teeming; as, big with promise; pompous; as, to feel big.
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Bigness.
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Bigger.
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Biggest.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Large or great in bulk; pregnant; full and ready to bring forth; haughty in air; proud; great in spirit; lofty; brave.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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