Big Five

noun

History/Historical.

1. the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, and Japan during World War I and at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919.

2. (after World War II) the United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, China, and France.

Big Five

noun

1. the five countries considered to be the major world powers. In the period immediately following World War II, the US, Britain, the Soviet Union, China, and France were regarded as the Big Five

2. the lion, the elephant, the rhinoceros, the buffalo, and the leopard: considered to be the five principal African wild animals, esp as sought by those on safari

3. Also: Big Four.  Big Three. a small powerful group, as of banks, companies, etc

Example Sentences

“It’s a very different structure from the Big Five publishers. You don’t get an advance or anything. You just get the royalties.”

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Other than those conditions, Brown was free to frame the project to their liking: “I did not think that I would be able to get one of the Big Five publishers or an academic press to publish a book on marginalized history in Napa County that had nothing to do with wine. History Press was willing to do it.”

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Beyond academia, HarperCollins became the first Big Five commercial publisher to seal an A.I. deal in late 2024 with an unnamed company—allegedly Microsoft, according to anonymous sources.

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The Gunners, who recruited set-piece coach Nicolas Jover four years ago, are particularly threatening from corners, scoring 37 goals from such situations since the start of 2023-24 - at least 11 more than any other side in Europe's big five leagues.

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Toney's not currently playing in one of Europe's traditional 'big five leagues', having left Brentford for Al-Ahli in summer 2024.

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