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Meaning of "Big Eight" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BIG EIGHT

Big Eight  [bɪɡ eɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BIG EIGHT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Big Eight 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 EIGHT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of Big Eight in the English dictionary

The definition of Big Eight in the dictionary is the Big Eight a former group of eight US universities which have a tradition of excellence in baseball, basketball and football.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BIG EIGHT


affiliate
əˈfɪlɪˌeɪt
appreciate
əˈpriːʃɪˌeɪt
associate
əˈsəʊʃɪˌeɪt
create
kriːˈeɪt
date
deɪt
debate
dɪˈbeɪt
donate
dəʊˈneɪt
eight
eɪt
estate
ɪˈsteɪt
estimate
ˈɛstɪˌmeɪt
gate
ɡeɪt
generate
ˈdʒɛnəˌreɪt
great
ɡreɪt
hate
heɪt
Kate
keɪt
Kuwait
kʊˈweɪt
late
leɪt
mate
meɪt
out-of-state
ˈaʊtəvˌsteɪt
participate
pɑːˈtɪsɪˌpeɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BIG EIGHT

Big Five
Big Four
big game
big government
big gun
big hair
big head
big hitter
Big Issue

WORDS THAT END LIKE BIG EIGHT

all right
all-right
bright
copyright
fight
flight
Group of Eight
height
knight
light
might
night
overnight
right
spotlight
straight
the right
tight
tonight
weight

Synonyms and antonyms of Big Eight in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Big Eight» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BIG EIGHT

Find out the translation of Big Eight to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Big Eight 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 Eight» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

大八
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Ocho Grandes
570 millions of speakers

English

Big Eight
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बिग आठ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كبير ثمانية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Большой восьмерки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Big Eight
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিগ আট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Big Eight
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lapan Besar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Big Eight
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ビッグエイト
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

빅 여덟
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Big Eight
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Big Tám
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெரிய எட்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोठे आठ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Büyük Sekiz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Big Eight
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Big Eight
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

великої вісімки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Big Opt
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Big Οκτώ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Big Agt
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Big Eight
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Big Eight
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Big Eight

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BIG EIGHT»

The term «Big Eight» is quite widely used and occupies the 54.639 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BIG EIGHT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Big Eight

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BIG EIGHT»

Discover the use of Big Eight in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Big Eight and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Big Eight
Provides an inside look at eight of the most influential accounting firms in the United States, examining their pivotal roles in the world of national and international finance.
Mark Stevens, 2010
2
The Eight
The globally bestselling thriller that paved the way for THE DA VINCI CODE and countless copycat conspiracy novels.
Katherine Neville, 2009
3
The Shanghai Green Gang: Politics and Organized Crime, 1919-1937
The development of the Big Eight Mob's protection racket brought some measure of control over the activities of the petty gangsters, many of whom joined the more powerful organization. Among these latter were the gangsters in the French ...
Brian G. Martin, 1996
4
Pop Art:
... the seemingly monochrome ground. With his Number and Love paintings and sculptures, lndiana created true icons of Pop. Flag The by now inevitable question as to the identity. ROBERT lNDlANA. 1968. ROBERT lNDlANA — The Big Eight.
Klaus Honnef, Uta Grosenick, 2004
5
SQL Performance Tuning
... is true at time of writing. We call these DBMSs "the Big Eight" — not a standard term, but a convenient way to direct your memory to this introductory explanation. We chose the Big Eight according to the following criteria: The Big Eight VII.
Peter Gulutzan, Trudy Pelzer, 2003
6
Beware of the Phog: 50 Years of Allen Fieldhouse
1962-63 Dick Harp Record: 12-13; Big Eight 5-9/TBth. Allen Fieldhouse: 5 6 Big Eight Holiday Tournament champions 1964-65 Ted Owens Record: 17 8 Big Eight 9 5 2nd. Allen Fieldhouse: 7 3 Big Eight Holiday Tournament champions Jim ...
Doug Vance, Jeff Bollig, 2004
7
Women College Basketball Coaches
The Bu›aloes have had nine 20-win seasons, a school record 30 wins in ¡995, four Big Eight regular season titles including the ¡993, ¡994 and ¡995 three-peat and five conference tournament titles (¡989, ¡992, ¡995, ¡996, ¡997), including the  ...
Rosemarie Skaine, 2001
8
A White-collar Profession: African American Certified Public ...
Over the years his firm took part in joint ventures with the Big Eight on many government audits. The firm, Bruno & Tervalon, has become one of the largest CPA firms in the New Orleans metropolitan area.39 THE METCALF REPORT In 1976, ...
Theresa A. Hammond, 2002
9
Changing American Education: Recapturing the Past or ...
The Big Eight meetings were similar in content to the big ten meetings, and their deans exhibited many of the same demographic characteristics as their Big Ten counterparts. Friendships existed among the deans from both the Big Ten and the ...
Kathryn M. Borman, Nancy P. Greenman, 1994
10
Black Greek 101: The Culture, Customs, and Challenges of ...
So these organizations, known as "The Great Eight," "The Big Eight," and "The Elite Eight" were the complete definition of Black fraternalism in America for decades. Even after the founding of Iota Phi Theta in 1963 at Morgan State University, ...
Walter M. Kimbrough, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BIG EIGHT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Big Eight is used in the context of the following news items.
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Cricket: Herts League, Four Counties, Beds County & Beds …
Sandy (209-2) enjoyed a big eight wicket win over Southill Park 2nds (207-5). Division Four leaders Queens Park Westfield (94-1) made short ... «Bedfordshire News, Jul 15»
2
Versatile players fill out all-area baseball squad
A whopping six players from that squad were first-team all-Big Eight Conference selections. Janesville Parker stood toe-to-toe with many of ... «Gazettextra, Jul 15»
3
Burnaby hoping to end junior season on win streak
In Nanaimo, the Lakers outscored their hosts in each of the three periods in behind big eight-point outings from righthander Aidan Milburn and ... «Burnaby Now, Jul 15»
4
Boxing champ leads new class inducted into Nebraska Black Sports …
He was named to the Big Eight all-freshman team, and as a senior was named to the Big Eight All-Bench team. Played professionally for five ... «Omaha World-Herald, Jul 15»
5
Nebraska's Rick Allen begins his dream job calling Sprint Cup races …
I've always wanted to excel and be at the pinnacle of whatever I'm doing,” said Allen, who won Big Eight Conference decathlon titles in 1991 ... «Lincoln Journal Star, Jul 15»
6
Hot Reads: Divided We Play Football
The most regional conference for Nebraska is probably the old Big Eight, minus Colorado but plus Iowa. That said, I'm talking more about ... «HailVarsity.com | Husker News, Jul 15»
7
Meet the 2015 Enquirer All-Area Softball Team
Harty was a major run producer in helping Union City win 19 games while facing stiff competition in the ultra competitive Big Eight Conference. «Battle Creek Enquirer, Jul 15»
8
Dimension, QPCC in WoLF Big Eight
Women's League Football (WoLF) action continued last weekend, with the places for the upcoming Big Eight competition up for grabs. «Trinidad & Tobago Express, Jul 15»
9
Five Big Eight baseball players named first-team all-state
It was a banner year for Big Eight Conference baseball. Five of its players, including three from Jasper High School, were named Class 3A ... «Evansville Courier & Press, Jul 15»
10
Athletic Director
Along the way, he claimed 25 conference championships. His 21 Big Eight championships were the second most by a head coach in any sport, ... «Oklahoma State Athletics, Jul 15»

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