bigness
pronunciation
How to pronounce bigness in British English:
UK ['bɪɡnəs]
How to pronounce bigness in American English:
US ['bɪɡnəs]
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- Noun:
- the property of having a relatively great size
Word Origin
- bigness (n.)
- late 15c., from big + -ness.
Example
- 1. Bigness has always been a powerful american theme .
- 2. But bigness itself was not the problem .
- 3. Regulators should remain focused on risk and capital bigness is a sideshow .
- 4. The wisdom of using bigness as a benchmark is dubious also in the financial world .
- 5. Nearly a century ago , the jurist louis brandeis railed against what he called the " curse of bigness . " He warned that banks , railroads and steel companies had grown so huge that they were lording it over the nation 's economic and political life .