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BIGGER
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large or big relative to something else
Synonyms:
bigger; larger
Classified under:
Similar:
big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
Context examples:
Also found was that the higher the dose the higher its efficiency, and that the earlier the substance starts to work, the bigger its success.
(Brazil scientists discover Zika virus inhibitor, Agência Brasil)
This means the raindrops could not have been bigger than three millimeters across.
(Heavy Rain May Have Once Fallen on Mars, VOA)
An inactive substance used to make a product bigger or easier to handle.
(Filler, NCI Dictionary)
Greater or bigger in amount, extent, or size.
(Major, NCI Thesaurus)
People with only a small change in the gene might not show any signs of Fragile X. People with bigger changes can have severe symptoms.
(Fragile X Syndrome, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
Astronomers at the University of Cambridge in England announced the discovery of a dwarf star, known as EBLM J0555-57Ab, which is slightly bigger than Saturn and smaller than Jupiter.
(Astronomers discover smallest known star, Wikinews)
The world's largest collection of ocean garbage floating in the Pacific Ocean, halfway between Hawaii and California, is now bigger than France, Germany and Spain combined.
(Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch Growing Rapidly, Study Finds, VOA)
Bigger halos have more gravity and, therefore, pull other galaxies toward them.
(NASA's WISE findings poke hole in black hole 'Doughnut' theory, NASA)
While bigger galaxies have bigger black holes and produce stronger gravitational waves when they combine, these mergers also happen fast, shortening the time period for detection.
(Listening for Gravitational Waves Using Pulsars, NASA)
For one, the planet is believed to be 16 times bigger than Earth.
(Exoplanet Could Have Clouds of Rubies, Sapphires, VOA)
