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Meaning of big

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  big
      adv 1: extremely well; "his performance went over big"
      2: in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening" [syn:
         {boastfully}, {vauntingly}, {big}, {large}]
      3: on a grand scale; "think big" [ant: {small}]
      4: in a major way; "the play failed big at the box office"
      adj 1: 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" [syn: {large}, {big}] [ant: {little}, {small}]
      2: significant; "graduation was a big day in his life"
      3: very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big
         (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm" [syn:
         {bad}, {big}]
      4: loud and firm; "a big voice"; "big bold piano sounds"
      5: 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" [syn: {big}, {large},
         {prominent}]
      6: prodigious; "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor"
         [syn: {big(a)}, {heavy(a)}]
      7: exhibiting self-importance; "big talk" [syn: {boastful},
         {braggart(a)}, {bragging(a)}, {braggy}, {big}, {cock-a-hoop},
         {crowing}, {self-aggrandizing}, {self-aggrandising}]
      8: feeling self-importance; "too big for his britches"; "had a
         swelled head"; "he was swelled with pride" [syn: {big},
         {swelled}, {vainglorious}]
      9: (of animals) fully developed; "an adult animal"; "a grown
         woman" [syn: {adult}, {big}, {full-grown}, {fully grown},
         {grown}, {grownup}]
      10: marked by intense physical force; "a big wind"
      11: 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" [syn: {big}, {large},
          {magnanimous}]
      12: 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" [syn: {big},
          {bighearted}, {bounteous}, {bountiful}, {freehanded},
          {handsome}, {giving}, {liberal}, {openhanded}]
      13: in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child";
          "was great with child" [syn: {big(p)}, {enceinte},
          {expectant}, {gravid}, {great(p)}, {large(p)}, {heavy(p)},
          {with child(p)}]

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