be big
Frequency: 9.5150.7 per million words
used to state the size of something
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Examples (10)
- The new stadium is so big it can seat eighty thousand people.
- These trousers are a bit big for me; do you have a smaller size?
- The house my grandparents lived in was very big, with six bedrooms.
- I remember the waves were incredibly big during the storm.
- That puppy is small now, but it will be quite big when it grows up.
- This apartment would be big enough if we didn't have so much furniture.
- The box doesn't look large, but it must be big enough to fit the computer inside.
- My old car wasn't big enough for our growing family.
- Is your garden big enough to host a party?
- The sun appears small, but it is actually unimaginably big.