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bigness

American  
[big-nis] / ˈbɪg nɪs /

noun

  1. the fact or condition of being large in size, extent, amount, etc.

  2. Chiefly New England. size.

Etymology

Origin of bigness

First recorded in 1485–95; big 1 + -ness

Example Sentences

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Antitrust is an emotional reaction to economic bigness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

“Its visceral nature, its immersiveness. Traditionally, Imax has been applied for wideness and bigness and ‘overwhelmingness,’ you can say.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2024

The bigness of it makes literal the career it contains.

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2023

Jillani, the founder of the Pakistan Eats blog, said trying to re-create the bigness of Eid and its feasts was “exhausting.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2023

That fall in the false warmth of a Brooklyn Indian summer, Katie sat on the stoop and held her sickly baby against the bigness which was another child soon to be born.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

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