big meaning
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[bɪɡ] [-ɪɡ] 
US UK WBig
- Big means large or of great size.
- Big or BIG may also refer to:
EN BIG 
- NounPLbigs
- An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
- (as plural) The big leagues, big time.
- In the Appalachian League, where Cal Ripken once played in Bluefield, W.Va., a ballplayer's chances of making it to the bigs are less than one in six.
- One or more kinds of barley, especially six-rowed barley.
- An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
- VerbSGbigsPRbiggingPT, PPbigged
- (transitive) To praise or recommend.
- (transitive, archaic or Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) to inhabit; occupy.
- (reflexive, archaic or Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) to locate one's self.
- (transitive, archaic or Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) to build; erect; fashion.
- (intransitive, archaic or Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) to dwell; have a dwelling.
- (transitive) To praise or recommend.
- AdjectiveCOMbiggerSUPbiggest
- Of great size, large.
- Elephants are big animals, and they eat a lot.
- (of an industry or other field) Thought to have undue influence.
- There were concerns about the ethics of big science.
- Popular.
- That style is very big right now in Europe, especially among teenagers.
- (informal) Adult.
- Kids should get help from big people if they want to use the kitchen.
- (informal) Fat.
- Gosh, she is big!
- (informal) Important or significant.
- What's so big about that? I do it all the time.
- (informal, with on) Enthusiastic (about).
- I'm not big on the idea, but if you want to go ahead with it, I won't stop you.
- (informal) Mature, conscientious, principled.
- That's very big of you, thank you!
- I tried to be the bigger person and just let it go, but I couldn't help myself.
- (informal) Well-endowed, possessing large breasts in the case of a woman or a large penis in the case of a man.
- Whoa, Nadia has gotten pretty big since she hit puberty.
- (sometimes figuratively) Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.
- She was big with child.
- (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially of negative-valence nouns.
- You are a big liar. Why are you in such a big hurry?
- Of great size, large.
- AdverbCOMbiggerSUPbiggest
- In a loud manner.
- In a boasting manner.
- He's always talking big, but he never delivers.
- In a large amount or to a large extent.
- He won big betting on the croquet championship.
- On a large scale, expansively.
- You've got to think big to succeed at Amalgamated Plumbing.
- Hard.
- He hit him big and the guy just crumpled.
- In a loud manner.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- I don't recommend taking on that bully, since he's bigger than you are.
- City will now make the Premier League an even bigger priority, while regrouping and planning again for what they hope will be another tilt at the Champions League next season.
- "The chaps as catches the big fishes, sir," went on the keeper, getting confidential, "is thay cussed night-line poachers."
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Big whoopee doo,” she said, making a circle in the air with her index finger.
- Big words? The biggest word in there had two syllables, tardling.
- Big Joe clocks in at 384 pounds, far outweighing his opponent.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- The cartoon character 'Foghorn Leghorn' was obviously not actually a leghorn because he was much too big.
- I'm not just going to make it; I'm going to make it big.
- He played AA ball for years, but never made it to the bigs.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of big in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Adverbs
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
- Uncountable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Adjectives
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "big" is an adjective. It's also an adverb. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.