noun
Meaning 1
The totality of a situation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Phrase guide
big picture
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /bɪɡ ˈpɪk(t)ʃɚ/
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noun
Meaning 2
The main film in a double feature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK, dated
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noun
Meaning 3
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, picture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology
From a figurative sense of picture meaning "situation." First attested in 1904.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 大局 (dàjú) — totality of a situation
- Czech: celkový obraz — totality of a situation
- Finnish: kokonaisuus — totality of a situation
- French: vue d'ensemble — totality of a situation
- German: Gesamtbild — totality of a situation
- German: Gesamteindruck — totality of a situation
- German: das große Ganze — totality of a situation
- Japanese: 大局 (taikyoku) — totality of a situation
- Korean: 대국 (daeguk) — totality of a situation
- Polish: szersza perspektywa — totality of a situation
- Polish: pełny obraz — totality of a situation
- Russian: о́бщая карти́на (óbščaja kartína) — totality of a situation
- Russian: о́бщая ситуа́ция (óbščaja situácija) — totality of a situation
- Russian: о́бщая обстано́вка (óbščaja obstanóvka) — totality of a situation
- Russian: обстано́вка в це́лом (obstanóvka v célom) — totality of a situation
- Spanish: impresión general — totality of a situation
- Spanish: visión general — totality of a situation
- Spanish: visión de conjunto — totality of a situation
- Spanish: panorama general — totality of a situation
- Spanish: idea general — totality of a situation
- Spanish: perspectiva global — totality of a situation
- Spanish: cuadro general — totality of a situation
- Turkish: büyük fotoğraf — totality of a situation
- Turkish: büyük resim — totality of a situation
- Vietnamese: đại cục — totality of a situation