Definition of "big" []

• Of considerable size, number, quantity, magnitude, or extent; large. See Synonyms at large. (adjective)
• Of great force; strong: a big wind; in a big rage. (adjective)
• Obsolete Of great strength. (adjective)
• Mature or grown-up: big enough to take the bus by herself. (adjective)
• Older or eldest. Used especially of a sibling: My big brother is leaving for college next week. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Bush has helped his corporate \'base\ 'create a \'New World Order\' in which robber barons of big oil, assisted by \'big media\ ', rule the world and plunder its resources."
• "Pale skin, smooth all over, little pink nipples on a smooth, flat chest, snub nose with a little pale spray of freckles, big, _big_ blue eyes, naked as a jaybird, but for the brass-colored bobby-pins holding up her braids."
• "They looked just as puzzled as he probably did, he saw; they knew they were being called in on something big, and in the IES big meant _big_."