big

意味: 大きい

例文: Philo saw a big bug and fainted.
　　  フィロは大きな虫を見て気絶した。

定義: サイズ、数、量、大きさまたは範囲において平均以上の

コロケーション:

bigは2,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

Definitions(定義)

Adjective: above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Adjective: significant
Adjective: very intense
Adjective: loud and firm
Adjective: conspicuous in position or importance
Adjective: prodigious
Adjective: exhibiting self-importance
Adjective: feeling self-importance
Adjective: (of animals) fully developed
Adjective: marked by intense physical force
Adjective: generous and understanding and tolerant
Adjective: given or giving freely
Adjective: in an advanced stage of pregnancy
Adverb: extremely well
Adverb: in a boastful manner
Adverb: on a grand scale
Adverb: in a major way

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Adjective, Adverb

Examples(例文)

Adjective: a large city
Adjective: set out for the big city
Adjective: a large sum
Adjective: a big (or large) barn
Adjective: a large family
Adjective: big businesses
Adjective: a big expenditure
Adjective: a large number of newspapers
Adjective: a big group of scientists
Adjective: large areas of the world
Adjective: graduation was a big day in his life
Adjective: a bad headache
Adjective: in a big rage
Adjective: had a big (or bad) shock
Adjective: a bad earthquake
Adjective: a bad storm
Adjective: a big voice
Adjective: big bold piano sounds
Adjective: a big figure in the movement
Adjective: big man on campus
Adjective: he’s very large in financial circles
Adjective: a prominent citizen
Adjective: big spender
Adjective: big eater
Adjective: heavy investor
Adjective: big talk
Adjective: too big for his britches
Adjective: had a swelled head
Adjective: he was swelled with pride
Adjective: an adult animal
Adjective: a grown woman
Adjective: a big wind
Adjective: a heart big enough to hold no grudges
Adjective: that’s very big of you to be so forgiving
Adjective: a large and generous spirit
Adjective: a large heart
Adjective: magnanimous toward his enemies
Adjective: was a big tipper
Adjective: the bounteous goodness of God
Adjective: bountiful compliments
Adjective: a freehanded host
Adjective: a handsome allowance
Adjective: Saturday’s child is loving and giving
Adjective: a liberal backer of the arts
Adjective: a munificent gift
Adjective: her fond and openhanded grandfather
Adjective: was big with child
Adjective: was great with child
Adverb: his performance went over big
Adverb: he talked big all evening
Adverb: think big
Adverb: the play failed big at the box office

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): adult, bad, big, bighearted, boastful, boastfully, bounteous, bountiful, braggart, bragging, braggy, cock-a-hoop, crowing, enceinte, expectant, freehanded, full-grown, fully grown, giving, gravid, great, grown, grownup, handsome, heavy, large, liberal, magnanimous, openhanded, prominent, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing, swelled, vainglorious, vauntingly, with child

Antonyms(反意語): little, small

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語):

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの):

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語):

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: adult, badness, bigheartedness, bigness, boastfulness, bounteousness, bountifulness, bounty, brag, expect, gravidity, gravidness, grownup, large, largeness, liberality, liberalness, magnanimity, magnanimousness, openhandedness, prominence, vainglory

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: psychology

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive, emotional

Grammatical Notes:

comparative-er

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

中学レベル

英検5級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, Holes

Movies(映画): Big Hero 6, Finding Nemo, Frozen, The Bad Guys, Zootopia

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: