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Definitions in simple English

big

If something is big, it is large in size; tall, wide, long, or fat. He's bigger than me. I would like a big glass of milk. The tree was so big that you could see it over the top of the house. If something is big, it is important. That's a big problem! Someone's big brother or a big sister is one who is older than the person. I have a big brother who's stronger than you!

big

(= large) 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 significant graduation was a big day in his life loud and firm a big voice big bold piano sounds (= large, prominent) 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 (= bad) very intense a bad headache in a big rage had a big (or bad) shock a bad earthquake a bad storm extremely well his performance went over big in a boastful manner he talked big all evening in a major way the play failed big at the box office on a grand scale think big (= heavy) prodigious big spender big eater heavy investor marked by intense physical force a big wind (= large, magnanimous) 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 (= bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded) 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 (= great, with child) in an advanced stage of pregnancy was big with child was great with child (= swelled) feeling self-importance too big for his britches had a swelled head he was swelled with pride (= adult, grown) (of animals) fully developed an adult animal a grown woman exhibiting self-importance big talk

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Simple sentences

Watch out! There's a big hole there.
There used to be a big cherry tree at the back of my house.
New York is a big city.
This box is not as big as that one.
This doll has big eyes.
The price of gasoline is so high that we cannot buy a big car.
Those dogs are big.
My big sister washes her hair every morning.
What's that big building ahead of us?
We have a big supermarket.
Most big Japanese firms depend on exports.
She has big boobs.
Our hunting dog took off after a big deer.
I've got a big dick!
When we are small, everything seems so big.
Why did you wake me up to tell me something that big? Now, I'll never be able to concentrate on my work!
You can't get lost in big cities; there are maps everywhere!
If you take care of the small things, the big things will take care of themselves.
You may take either the big box or the small one.
You look just like your big brother.
There was a big fire in my neighborhood.
In the near future, we may have a big earthquake in Japan.
It is said that there will be a big earthquake in the near future.
Mr. Satoyama's work made a big impression in the world of haiku.
A big crowd gathered at the scene of the fire.
The rise in house prices enabled him to sell his house at a big profit.
You're running a big risk in trusting him.
There is a big hole in your stocking.
Our sales campaign is successful in a big way.
What a big supermarket!
Is Okayama a big city?
If you turn right, you will see a big building.

Movie subtitles

Later when that person betrays you, hurts you.. have a big heart, don't get heartbroken.
I mean why make a big deal with just one shirt.
The big story is that after 1500, the West essentially dominated the rest.
And what of the english, whose territorial ambitions had once extended no further than France and whose one big economic idea had been to sell wool to the italians?
And in a world that refused to stand still, that was a recipe for trouble. Big trouble.
Now, let's all have as many babies as we can and make big Mormon families!
There's a Klingon here and a Romulan there and there's slanty eyes and, you know, big old brains and so on.
If life evolved on a very dense planet where the atmosphere is soupy or water-like, you could see creatures as big as whales or elephants actually flying, not through the air, but through this liquid-like atmosphere.
Big huge carcass.
I'm kind of baffled where it's gone, you know, 'cause this thing was pretty big, you know.
I'm not really big on flowers.
I find out something new about her every day, it seems like, and it's a pretty big thing that I would've never expected out of her.
It's all one big blur, like one big blackout.
It was expected that he would get a big telescope, but for unknown reasons this did not happen.
It was this big achievement that lead Kapteyn to first distinguish himself at that time.
A big debate took place in the early 1920s.
And he had one big advantage: he was an assistant at the Observatory.
To make the most out of these huge areas the nomadic Arabs have neglected, we need big capitalist companies who possess great means.
You're a big girl, Jeanne.
Big news, old pal.
The paradox is that they began as socialists, and now they're big capitalists.
Allergic to compliments there, big guy?
When I was little, my mom never used to do physical stuff with us because she had these big boobs and. I just don't want to miss out on stuff like she did just because I was given the worst genetic gift ever.
Big surprise. Don't act like this is her fault.
Do you know how big of a deal that is?
I mean, you get your big, beautiful building in the city and I get to go tell a farmer who's dying that I lied and I can't help him test his water 'cause some corporate bitch is blackmailing me into dropping the whole thing.
You are making a big mistake, Mr. Yquem, if you continue to neglect your wife!
And, like, you know, when you're sitting around with your friends playing video games and it's fun, but if you munch a nice, big PBJ first, it's even awesomer.
It's a big fucking setback to lose a member of my crew, so I paid off Patti to hook a patsy from Nick's crew.
I took a big risk coming to talk to him.
You are the big boss man of the whole yard.
Hey, a man's gotta feed his family, and I got a big family.
The Big Muzzy Story.
No, Big Muzzy.
Big Muzzy.
I'm big.
I'm Big Muzzy.
And I'm Big Muzzy.
A big bag.
There's one thing nobody can escape from, it don't matter how big a master criminal you are.
It does become more of that big brother, little brother.

News and current affairs

It assures the three small Baltic countries that the nightmare of occupation by big neighbors (Hitler's Reich and Stalin's USSR), which they endured for half-a-century -- will not be repeated.
But any financial system must be able to withstand shocks, including big ones.
People too easily forget Ukraine, this big country on the border of the soon-to-be enlarged European Union.
Recent IMF experience suggests that, through appropriate coordination, private funds could be mobilized for big private-public partnership projects linking demand expansion with infrastructure investment.
The financial sector requires tougher regulation, strengthened supervision, and internationally consistent resolution mechanisms to address the problems posed by very large, global institutions that are considered too big (or too complex) to fail.
However, Ireland's big trade surplus did improve further.
NATO troops should be given the green light to help the Afghan army fight opium - destroy the heroin labs, disband the opium bazaars, attack the opium convoys, and bring the big traders to justice.
Indeed, the warlords have been given too big a say in distributing aid already, and it may be hard to strip them of this power.
The West has a big incentive to be generous to Afghanistan's rural poor.
Because corals provide the habitat structure on which other reef organisms depend, the decreases in coral cover lead to big decreases in a reef's biodiversity.
A big part of public opinion seems to be behind him, believing his trial politically motivated.
The big surprise is Europe, which, unlike in 2004 and the first half of 2005, now seems to be catching up with the rest of the world.
The fourth big opportunity is supporting countries in transition.
There are altogether too many complex ideas floating around that look good on paper, but might well prove deeply flawed in a big-time crisis.
My father was involved with the United States space program, and we had some moon rocks at home, so I thought it was no big deal.
By having made such a big issue out of what was in fact a relatively minor event Gates could be accused of trivializing much worse instances of abuse.
With lucrative deals at stake for the big-ticket products that drive the French economy - military hardware, nuclear power plants, and Airbus planes - France has a strong interest in a successful summit in India.
Nor is inclusion of the renminbi in the SDR basket likely to provide as big a boost to the currency's internationalization as many believe.
If real estate prices were to fall dramatically, a chain reaction could occur, taking down big and small investors alike, and over time causing wide suffering to ordinary Africans.
But the IMF's big-picture diagnosis of the problem gets a lot right.