Usually means: Large in size or amount.
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  1. big: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. big: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. big: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. big: Collins English Dictionary
  5. big: Vocabulary.com
  6. BIg, Big, Big, big, big: Wordnik
  7. big: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. BIG, big: Wiktionary
  9. big: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. big: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. big: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Big, big: Dictionary.com
  13. big: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. big: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. B.I.G (band), BIG, Big (Dead Letter Circus song), Big (South Korean Drama), Big (TV series), Big (album), Big (film), Big (movie), Big (musical), Big, Big: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Big: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. big: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. big: Rhymezone
  19. big: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. big: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Big: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. big: Free Dictionary
  23. big: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. big: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. big: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  26. big: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Epicurus.com Wine Glossary (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. big: Legal dictionary
  2. big: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. big: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. BIG: Acronym Finder
  3. BIG: Three Letter Words with definitions
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  5. big: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. big, big, big, big: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. B.I.G, B.I.G, Big: Urban Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. BIG: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING
  2. Sandahl, Middle English Sea Terms (No longer online)
  3. Wine Taster's Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Of great size, large.
adjective:  (informal) Fat.
adjective:  (sometimes figurative) Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.
adjective:  (informal) Well-endowed; with a desired body part notably large.
adjective:  Specifically, big-breasted.
adjective:  Having a large penis.
adjective:  Having large muscles, especially visible ones such as the chest and arm muscles.
adjective:  (informal) Adult; (of a child) older.
adjective:  (informal, slang, rare, of someone's age) Old, mature. Used to imply that someone is too old for something, or acting immaturely.
adjective:  (informal) Mature, conscientious, principled; generous. [with of ‘someone’]
adjective:  (informal) Important or significant.
adjective:  Popular.
adjective:  (of a city) Populous.
adjective:  (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially of negative-valence nouns
adjective:  (of an industry or other field, or institution(s) therein; often capitalized; sometimes humorous) Operating on a large scale, especially if therefore having undue or sinister influence.
adjective:  (informal) Enthusiastic (about). [with on ‘someone/something’]
adverb:  In a loud manner.
adverb:  In a boasting manner.
adverb:  In a large amount or to a large extent.
adverb:  (informal) (modifying a preposition)
adverb:  On a large scale, expansively.
adverb:  (colloquial) Hard; with great force.
noun:  Someone or something that is large in stature
noun:  An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
noun:  (in the plural) The big leagues, big time.
noun:  (university slang) An initiated member of a sorority or fraternity who acts as a mentor to a new member (the little).
noun:  (BDSM, ABDL) The participant in ageplay who acts out the older role.
verb:  (transitive, archaic, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To inhabit; occupy.
verb:  (reflexive, archaic, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To locate oneself.
verb:  (transitive, archaic, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To build; erect; fashion.
verb:  (intransitive, archaic, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To dwell; have a dwelling.
noun:  One or more kinds of barley, especially six-rowed barley.
noun:  A biological insulation garment; an air-tight, full-body suit intended to prevent the spread of contaminants.

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