Definition of 'bigger'
comparative adjective
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big in British English
adjectiveWord forms: bigger, biggest
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11. See too big for one's boots
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in an advanced stage of pregnancy (esp in the phrase big with child)
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Word origin
C13: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian dialect bugge big man
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British English: bigger
/ˈbɪɡə/ ADJECTIVE
A bigger person or thing is larger in physical size than another person or thing.
I recognized the bigger man.
- American English: bigger /ˈbɪɡər/
- Arabic: أَكْبَر
- Brazilian Portuguese: maior
- Chinese: 更大的
- Croatian: veći
- Czech: větší
- Danish: større
- Dutch: groter
- European Spanish: mayor tamaño
- Finnish: suurempi
- French: plus grand
- German: größer
- Greek: μεγαλύτερος
- Italian: più grande
- Japanese: より大きい
- Korean: 더 큰
- Norwegian: større
- Polish: większy
- European Portuguese: maior
- Romanian: mai mare
- Russian: больший
- Latin American Spanish: mayor de más tamaño
- Swedish: större
- Thai: ใหญ่กว่า
- Turkish: daha büyük
- Ukrainian: більший
- Vietnamese: to hơn
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