bigness
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| —adj , bigger, biggest | |
| 1. | of great or considerable size, height, weight, number, power, or capacity |
| 2. | having great significance; important: a big decision |
| 3. | important through having power, influence, wealth, authority, etc: the big four banks |
| 4. | (intensifier usually qualifying something undesirable): a big dope |
| 5. | informal considerable in extent or intensity (esp in the phrase in a big way) |
| 6. | a. elder: my big brother |
| b. grown-up: when you're big, you can stay up later | |
| 7. | a. generous; magnanimous: that's very big of you |
| b. (in combination): big-hearted | |
| 8. | ( |
| 9. | extravagant; boastful: he's full of big talk |
| 10. | (of wine) full-bodied, with a strong aroma and flavour |
| 11. | too big for one's boots, too big for one's breeches conceited; unduly self-confident |
| 12. | in an advanced stage of pregnancy (esp in the phrase big with child) |
| 13. | informal big on enthusiastic about: that company is big on research |
| —adv | |
| 14. | boastfully; pretentiously (esp in the phrase talk big) |
| 15. | in an exceptional way; well: his talk went over big with the audience |
| 16. | on a grand scale (esp in the phrase think big) |
| [C13: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian dialect bugge big man] | |
| 'biggish1 | |
| —adj | |
| 'bigness1 | |
| —n | |
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Bigness
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Example sentences
Its bigness charms him and makes him feel large and elated.
Only after touring the installation and studying it from all angles does a realization of its bigness begin to dawn.
Sometimes you get the idea that these programs, the engine of them is the bigness of our heart, and that is okay.
The minute you entered a yard, the bigness of the trains translated right into your bones.
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