big

CEFRA1

/bɪɡ/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.

Examples

  • The fact that I was a foreigner was a big disadvantage.

  • When we are small, everything seems so big.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Of great size, large.

  2. Well-endowed; with a desired body part notably large.

  3. Specifically, big-breasted.

More examples

In context

  • You can't get lost in big cities; there are maps everywhere!

  • Elephants are big animals, and they eat a lot.

  • She was big with child.

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Origin

adjective

Inherited from Northern Middle English big, bigge (“powerful, strong”), possibly from a dialect of Old Norse. Ultimately perhaps a derivative of Proto-Germanic *bugja- (“swollen up, thick”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-, *bu- (“to swell”), in which case big would be related to bogey, bugbear, and bug. Compare dialectal Norwegian bugge (“great man”), Low German Bögge, Boggelmann.