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    Big phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'big'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of big: /bɪɡ/
    • Modern IPA representation of big: /bɪɡ/

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    List of meaning for big

    of considerable size, extent, or intensity

    large, big(adj)

    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"

    big(adj)

    significant

    "graduation was a big day in his life"

    bad, big(adj)

    very intense

    "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm"

    big(adj)

    loud and firm

    "a big voice"; "big bold piano sounds"

    big, large, prominent(adj)

    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"

    big(a), heavy(a)(adj)

    prodigious

    "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor"

    boastful, braggart(a), bragging(a), braggy, big, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandising(adj)

    exhibiting self-importance

    "big talk"

    big, swelled, vainglorious(adj)

    feeling self-importance

    "too big for his britches"; "had a swelled head"; "he was swelled with pride"

    adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup(adj)

    (of animals) fully developed

    "an adult animal"; "a grown woman"

    big(adj)

    marked by intense physical force

    "a big wind"

    big, large, magnanimous(adj)

    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"

    big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded(adj)

    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"

    big(p), enceinte, expectant, gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p), with child(p)(adverb)

    in an advanced stage of pregnancy

    "was big with child"; "was great with child"

    big(adverb)

    extremely well

    "his performance went over big"

    boastfully, vauntingly, big, large(adverb)

    in a boastful manner

    "he talked big all evening"

    big(adverb)

    on a grand scale

    "think big"

    big(adverb)

    in a major way

    "the play failed big at the box office"

    having great meaning or lasting effect

    there will be a big meeting to resolve the issue

    of a size greater than average of its kind

    bought a big apple to quench his raging appetite

    having, characterized by, or arising from a dignified and generous nature

    how big of you to give your subordinates most of the credit

    having an abundance of some characteristic quality (as flavor)

    inexperienced wine drinkers should not start with such a big wine

    coming before all others in importance

    the big story that year was the election of the president

    enjoying widespread favor or approval

    jackets with very wide lapels were big that year

    containing unborn young within the body

    a mare big with a foal

    one of high position or importance within a group

    with that new promotion he's now one of the bigs in the company

    the highest level of a field of endeavor

    a candidate who is running for president is playing in the bigs and cannot afford to make major mistakes

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    big in sentence

    1. Since many of her misbegotten students never remembered to bring supplies, the teacher decided to bring pencils for the day of the big test.

    2. Buying a car is a big decision so it’s okay to consider such a step with hesitancy.

    3. Because I voted against the other board members on a big project, I am sure they are angry enough to seek retribution.

    4. Mark always exaggerated and stretched the truth so that he could get his big brother in trouble with his inflated tales.

    5. As the office manager, I deal with big company issues while passing the minutiae on to my assistant.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term big

    It sounded like a big bomb went off.

    – Don Fuchs

    So on Sunday and Monday, I’m already chopping onions and carrots and celery for Thanksgiving. Every day I’m kind of working my way there. it just makes the day so much more fun because no one wants to go to a holiday party where the host is stressed, or she’s not there because she’s in the kitchen. I’m a big proponent of prepping ahead and planning ahead and the day-of, making it as easy as pie.

    – Pioneer Woman

    Getting the Monopoly brand couldn't have been a bigger gift, i wanted a big one, so when Drew Carey and Wayne Brady landed a big name like Monopoly, I was very attracted to it.

    – The Pittsburgh native

    You have to know what it's like to hold down a child and hear them scream so you can stick a tube down their nose. It's one thing to do that when you know you'll have a success at the end, but for Julianna, there is no success, we pulled her from death's door so many times last year, but she's sicker now than she was then, and I don't think we could pull her through another big crisis.

    – Diana Scolaro

    Last year was a big year of just me on the road, promoting my EP and doing that, and I kind of got away from the writing, the creating music process, which for the first five years before that I was always tuned in to writing, and really being connected to the process of that, and when I went back in to write, it was kind of nerve-wracking. It’s so bizarre, whenever you come back in. It’s a vulnerable process, and it was kind of nerve-wracking, but I feel like I’m getting back in the groove of it.

    – Jamie Lynn Spears

    Everyone made a big deal out of it.

    – Michael Sam

    The big print giveth and the small print taketh away

    – Douglas Scoular

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    – Gerzof Richard

    How are we to know that mother can’t deliver a really big baby?

    – Jeanne Faulkner

    We are very pleased that we can show the world that for us Cuba is indeed the next big frontier market and a great place to invest.

    – Sebastiaan Berger

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