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📖 Определения и значения для слова big

📒 large in size, degree, amount, etc.

  • a big man/house/increase
  • This shirt isn't big enough.
  • It's the world's biggest computer company.

📒 older

  • my big brother
  • You're a big girl now.

📒 important; serious

  • It's a big decision to have to make.
  • You are making a big mistake.
  • Unemployment is a big problem in the region.

📒 needing a lot of effort, money or time to succeed

  • They're full of big ideas.

📒 popular with the public; successful

  • Orange is the big colour this year.
  • big in… The band's very big in Japan.

📒 enthusiastic about somebody/something

  • I'm a big fan of hers.

📒 doing something often or to a large degree

  • a big eater/drinker/spender

📒 kind or generous

  • He gave me an extra five pounds for two hours' work. I thought ‘That's big of you’.

📒 to be/become too proud of yourself; to behave as if you are more important than you really are

📒 an important and powerful person, especially in an organization

📒 used to say that you are not impressed by something

  • So he earns more than me. Big deal!

📒 the most important person or thing

📒 an important person (in a small community)

📒 an offensive term for a weak man, who is not brave or confident

📒 the ability to keep moving ahead of your competitors, especially in politics

  • In politics, momentum is known as the big mo.
  • He's picking up a lot of support and has the big mo.

📒 an important person

📒 the situation as a whole

  • Right now forget the details and take a look at the big picture.

📒 the use or threat of force or power

  • The authorities used quiet persuasion instead of the big stick.

📒 the three, four, etc. most important countries, people, companies, etc.

  • She works for one of the Big Six.

📒 used to say that somebody has been greedy by taking more food than they can eat

📒 to show your approval of somebody by clapping your hands; to be applauded in this way

  • Ladies and gentlemen, let’s give a big hand to our special guests tonight.

📒 to have more important or more interesting things to do

📒 to be bad at keeping secrets

📒 to talk too much, especially about your own abilities and achievements

📒 on a large/small scale

  • The new delivery service has taken off in a big way.
  • Many people are investing in a small way in the stock market.
  • He then started spending money in a big way.

📒 to make something seem more important than it really is

📒 used when you realize that you have said something that you should not have said

📒 a person or thing that people think will be very popular or successful soon

  • She has been talked up as the next big thing in British tennis.
  • Everyone is trying to guess what the next big thing in street fashion is going to be.

📒 used to say that something is not important or not a problem

  • If I don't win it's no big deal.

📒 so important to the economy of a country that when it finds itself in financial trouble, the government or central bank must act to save it

  • Shouldering the huge costs of rescuing banks that are too big to fail has been left to taxpayers.
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