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Usage
What are other ways to say big? In reference to the size and extent of concrete objects, big is the most general and most colloquial word, large is somewhat more formal, and great is highly formal and even poetic, suggesting also that the object is notable or imposing: a big tree; a large tree; a great oak; a big field; a large field; great plains. When the reference is to degree or a quality, great is the usual word: great beauty; great mistake; great surprise; although big sometimes alternates with it in colloquial style: a big mistake; a big surprise; large is usually not used in reference to degree, but may be used in a quantitative reference: a large number (great number).
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One of Beijing's biggest bird dealers found out he was being investigated by Silva and retaliated.
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Most people moving to Dubai have big ambitions and dreams, Isobel says.
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BBC
The impasse meant there was one big question hanging over this second parliamentary election of the year.
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BBC
Until strategic mistakes and then the Manhattan Project’s big booms tilted the power.
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The Wall Street Journal
Pediatric ophthalmologists are urging the FDA to reconsider and look at the big picture.
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The Wall Street Journal
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
