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I had a dream of music and art and the big city in which I would get lost, where no one would know me and I wouldn't know anyone, where I would work at some ordinary job, and if one day I got up in the morning and decided I wasn't going to go to work anymore, no one would ask questions.
Ori Gersht

Meaning of "big city" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BIG CITY

big city  [bɪɡ ˈsɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BIG CITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Big city is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BIG CITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of big city in the English dictionary

The definition of big city in the dictionary is the big city a city viewed as a place of opportunity compared to small towns or the country.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BIG CITY


anticity
ˌæntɪˈsɪtɪ
capacity
kəˈpæsɪtɪ
city
ˈsɪtɪ
complexity
kəmˈplɛksɪtɪ
curiosity
ˌkjʊərɪˈɒsɪtɪ
density
ˈdɛnsɪtɪ
diversity
daɪˈvɜːsɪtɪ
electricity
ɪlɛkˈtrɪsɪtɪ
ethnicity
ɛθˈnɪsɪtɪ
inner-city
ˌɪnəˈsɪtɪ
intensity
ɪnˈtɛnsɪtɪ
Intercity
ˌɪntəˈsɪtɪ
multicity
ˌmʌltɪˈsɪtɪ
necessity
nɪˈsɛsɪtɪ
outcity
ˌaʊtˈsɪtɪ
parmacitie
ˌpɑːməˈsɪtɪ
publicity
pʌˈblɪsɪtɪ
simplicity
sɪmˈplɪsɪtɪ
university
ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsɪtɪ
velocity
vɪˈlɒsɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BIG CITY

big bickies
Big Board
Big Brother
big bucks
big bud
big business
big cat
big cheese
big Chief
big Daddy
big data
big deal
big dipper
Big Eight
big end
big fish
Big Five
Big Four
big game
big government

WORDS THAT END LIKE BIG CITY

audacity
authenticity
capital city
cardboard city
cathedral city
elasticity
fat city
felicity
free city
garden city
inner city
modulus of elasticity
multiplicity
opacity
reciprocity
scarcity
specificity
storage capacity
toxicity
twin city

Synonyms and antonyms of big city in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «big city» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BIG CITY

Find out the translation of big city to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of big city from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «big city» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

大城市
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gran ciudad
570 millions of speakers

English

big city
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बड़े शहर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مدينة كبيرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

большой город
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cidade grande
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বড় শহর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

métropole
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bandar besar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Großstadt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

大都会
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대도시
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gedhe kutha
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thành phố lớn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெரிய நகரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोठे शहर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

büyük şehir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

grande città
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

duże miasto
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

велике місто
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

oraș mare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μεγάλη πόλη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

groot stad
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

storstad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

storby
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of big city

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BIG CITY»

The term «big city» is quite widely used and occupies the 27.726 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BIG CITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «big city» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «big city» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about big city

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10 QUOTES WITH «BIG CITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word big city.
1
Rodney Atkins
I think my songs are singing to the rural heart. It's not whether you're from a big city or the middle of nowhere in a small town.
2
Nigel Barker
People think New York is this big city where no one knows each other, but when you live in the Village, it's the opposite.
3
Terry Bradshaw
You have to understand, now, I'm a momma's boy. I'm from the south. My way of being raised is totally different than the big city life. I truly was a country boy.
4
Justin Chatwin
I think I went through my phase of feeling sort of invisible when I left my small hometown in Canada and moved to the big city of Vancouver. I kind of had to decide right there in that moment what I was going to do with the rest of my life and make a thousand decisions after finishing high school. Fortunately, I chose acting.
5
Paula Cole
I'm accepting I'm not living that younger, dreamed version of myself in the big city.
6
Erin Cummings
When I thought about Detroit, I would think big city, very urban - not a lot of places to walk around, not a lot of parks. I sort of pictured Manhattan almost, where, besides Central Park, it's all city and big buildings. But now that I'm here, you see people pushing strollers, people hanging out in the park.
7
Josephine de La Baume
I think London, New York, Paris, Milan, any big city has its own fashion. I don't know why they make such a big thing of Paris. I think maybe it comes from French New Wave films portraying the French girl as very feminine.
8
Felicia Day
I guess I just always had this idea that I would go to Hollywood. I had the typical 'get up and go' attitude that you have to have in order to make the brave step into the big city.
9
Karin Fossum
I use the setting of a small rural Norwegian community - the kind of place that I know so intimately. I could never write a novel set in a big city, because, frankly, I don't know what it would be like.
10
Ori Gersht
I had a dream of music and art and the big city in which I would get lost, where no one would know me and I wouldn't know anyone, where I would work at some ordinary job, and if one day I got up in the morning and decided I wasn't going to go to work anymore, no one would ask questions.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BIG CITY»

Discover the use of big city in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to big city and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Bright Lights, Big City
This remarkable novel of youth and New York remains one of the most beloved, imitated, and iconic novels in America.
Jay McInerney, 2011
2
Little Kids, Big City: Tales from a Real House in New York ...
Stars of Bravo TV’s The Real Housewives of New York City, Alex McCord and Simon van Kempen, have a hit show and a great book, Little Kids, Big City, a lighthearted and critically acclaimed he-said, she-said rant, about their experiences ...
Alex McCord, Simon Van Kempen, 2010
3
Nights in the Big City: Paris, Berlin, London 1840-1930
Researcher Joachim Schlor has sifted through countless police and church archives, city records, and first-hand accounts, and has explored the highways and byways of Paris, Berlin, and London to trace the development of "night life"--bars, ...
Joachim Schlör, 1998
4
Biscuit Visits the Big City
On his first visit to the city, Biscuit, an excited yellow puppy, sees tall buildings, hears loud buses, and tries to say hello to everyone he meets. Reprint.
Alyssa Satin Capucilli, 2007
5
New York: The Big City and Its Little Neighborhoods
An accessible visual tribute to more than twenty ethnic neighborhoods in New York City's five boroughs provides official visitor's information as well as photographic coverage of everything from Chinatown and Little Italy to Little Odessa ...
Naomi Fertitta, Paul Aresu, 2009
6
Curious George in the Big City
When the man with the yellow hat promises to buy George a holiday surprise during their trip to the city, George decides he wants to give his friend a surprise too.
H. A. Rey, 2010
7
Big-city Politics, Governance, and Fiscal Constraints
This volume explores the political transition now going on in big cities.
George E. Peterson, 1994
8
Big City Song
Rhyming text describes the many sounds of the city.
Debora Pearson, 2006
9
Big Ranch, Big City Cookbook: Recipes from Lambert's Texas ...
A proudly Texan collection of 125 recipes that blend sophisticated techniques and ingredients with hearty, down-home ranch cooking, from a chef with five successful restaurants.
Louis Lambert, June Naylor, 2011
10
Boo: Little Dog in the Big City
Follows Boo the dog through his day as he heads out into the big city with his friend Buddy.
J.H. Lee, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BIG CITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term big city is used in the context of the following news items.
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Canada's big city mayors call for national action on climate change
When it comes to daily problems Vancouver might not have much in common with Brampton, Ont. or St. John's, N.L., but the cities' mayors all ... «MetroNews Canada, Jul 15»
2
8 Big City Mayors Sing Lorde, LL Cool J, Idina Menzel and More …
Philadelphia citizens and hip-hops fans got a gift over the weekend when Mayor Michael Nutter joined The Roots onstage at the Philly Fourth of ... «Music Times, Jul 15»
3
Big city life: New leafhopper species found on a threatened grass in …
Andrew Hicks from the Museum of Natural History at the University of Colorado and his team discovered a previously unknown leafhopper ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
4
Chief prefers small town policing over big city living
He and his 15 officers get to take part in the same big city police experiences — chasing bad guys, thwarting crime — but they also are afforded ... «Monroe News Star, Jul 15»
5
City Room | The Big Rock in Riverside Park
Big City Book Club Discussion. A few months ago we asked readers to vote on a book to be devoured and discussed by the Big City Book Club. «New York Times, Jul 15»
6
Guide to big city living aka Joburg living
Big cities can be scary, especially if you've never lived in one before. But, they're also a great place to grow and experience things you never ... «Citizen, Jul 15»
7
I left for the big city to fend for my family
A child's future is worth every sacrifice and sure enough, there is nothing most parents wouldn't do for their children. All over the world, ... «K24 TV, Jul 15»
8
Tour a Telluride Home with Big City Trappings
A contemporary home on 35 acres in Telluride, Colo. is listing for $39.1 million. Owners Steve and Donna Mawer purchased the house in 2009 ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
9
Sharing tales of lost and found in the big city
Whenever I visit a big city, a curious thing happens to me: I lose touch with my usually strong sense of direction. Normally, I instinctively know ... «Tri-State Neighbor, Jul 15»
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Batman's move to the big city upset the balance of Arkham Asylum
The final installment in a trilogy is a good time for reflection. How did we get here? What choices did we make along the way? And could we ... «A.V. Club DC, Jul 15»

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