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English to English adjective
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above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent |  | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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significant | | Example: graduation was a big day in his life
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very intense | | Example: a bad headache
in a big rage
had a big (or bad) shock
a bad earthquake
a bad storm
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loud and firm | | Example: a big voice
big bold piano sounds
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conspicuous in position or importance | | Example: a big figure in the movement
big man on campus
he's very large in financial circles
a prominent citizen
source: wordnet30
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prodigious | | Example: big spender
big eater
heavy investor
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exhibiting self-importance | | Example: big talk
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feeling self-importance | | Example: too big for his britches
had a swelled head
he was swelled with pride
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(of animals) fully developed | | Example: an adult animal
a grown woman
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marked by intense physical force | | Example: a big wind
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generous and understanding and tolerant | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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given or giving freely | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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in an advanced stage of pregnancy | | Example: was big with child
was great with child
source: wordnet30 adverb
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extremely well | | Example: his performance went over big
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in a boastful manner | | Example: he talked big all evening
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on a grand scale | | Example: think big
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in a major way | | Example: the play failed big at the box office
source: wordnet30 noun
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Barley, especially the hardy four-rowed kind. | | source: webster1913 verb
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To build. | | source: webster1913
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