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Make no mistake about it. These are not 'kookie' birds. Right now the greatest player, the big tent on the political scene in America, is called the Tea Party movement.
Dick Armey

Meaning of "big tent" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BIG TENT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BIG TENT

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Big tent 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 TENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Big tent

In politics, a big tent or catch-all party is a political party seeking to attract people with diverse viewpoints and thus appeal to more of the electorate. The big tent approach is opposed to single-issue litmus tests and ideological rigidity, conversely advocating multiple ideologies and views within a party.

Definition of big tent in the English dictionary

The definition of big tent in the dictionary is a political approach in which a party claims to be open to a wide spectrum of constituents and groups.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BIG TENT

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big night
big noise
big on
big one
big science
big screen
big shot
Big Smoke
Big Society
big stick
Big Ten
Big Three
big time
big toe
big top
big tree
big up
big wheel
big White Chief

WORDS THAT END LIKE BIG TENT

bell tent
competent
consistent
content
existent
extent
frame tent
inconsistent
intent
intermittent
oxygen tent
patent
penitent
persistent
potent
pup tent
ridge tent
shelter tent
tent
trailer tent

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

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Translation of «big tent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BIG TENT

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

Translator English - Chinese

大帐篷
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gran carpa
570 millions of speakers

English

big tent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बड़े तम्बू
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خيمة كبيرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

большая палатка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

grande tenda
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বড় তাঁবু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

grande tente
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Khemah besar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

großen Zelt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

大きなテント
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

큰 십t
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tarub gedhe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lều lớn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெரிய கூடாரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोठा तंबू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Büyük çadır
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

grande tenda
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

duży namiot
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

великий намет
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cort mare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μεγάλη σκηνή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

groot tent
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stora tältet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stort telt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of big tent

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BIG TENT»

The term «big tent» is regularly used and occupies the 107.724 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about big tent

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4 QUOTES WITH «BIG TENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word big tent.
1
Dick Armey
Make no mistake about it. These are not 'kookie' birds. Right now the greatest player, the big tent on the political scene in America, is called the Tea Party movement.
2
Willie Geist
The thing about me is that I don't judge my audience. I welcome. It is a big tent.
3
Jon Huntsman, Jr.
That's what governors do, they wrestle with the issues, they find solutions and they move the agenda forward. At the appropriate time we'll talk about all of these issues, while remembering that our party is a big tent party. We lose when we try to become exclusive to one particular set of issues.
4
Jesse Jackson
What is the American dream? The American dream is one big tent. One big tent. And on that big tent you have four basic promises: equal protection under the law, equal opportunity, equal access, and fair share.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BIG TENT»

Discover the use of big tent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to big tent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party
As the countdown to Mma Makutsi’s wedding begins, all is not as it should be at the No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency.
Alexander McCall Smith, 2011
2
The Bulldozer and the Big Tent: Blind Republicans, Lame ...
"This book, by one of America's most intelligent and decent political writers, tells liberals how the conservative movement rose and fell, and how they could emulate its successes while avoiding its failures.
Todd Gitlin, 2007
3
The Big Tent: The Traveling Circus in Georgia, 1820-1930
The Traveling Circus in Georgia, 1820-1930 Gregory J. Renoff. Circus stock in America.” And just as in the menagerie tent, customers could discuss the merits and habits of the different types of equines with the show's grooms. To encourage  ...
Gregory J. Renoff, 2012
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The Big Tent
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Flavia Camp Canfield, 2010
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My Beautiful Mommy
This book is designed to explain to your child what to expect - from the initial consultation to the final result.
Michael Alexander Salzhauer, M.D., 2009
6
Big Tent: The Story of the Conservative Revolution--As Told ...
Many today claim thatour movement should be a big tent and the tent's flaps must be thrown wide open. They hark back to Republican strategist Lee Atwater's 1989 line regarding conflict within the Republican Party: “Our party isa big tent.
Mallory Factor, Elizabeth Factor, 2014
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Defining Pragmatics
1. What's. under. the. big-tent. pragmatics? Defining Pragmatics offers a conceptual survey of the delimitation of pragmatics. We identify the problems that have plagued attempts to define the field. Such endeavors occupied pragmatists quite a ...
Mira Ariel, 2010
8
Use History Like a Tool: An Unconventional Guide to Reading ...
A distinguishing feature of the talented tenth (the ten percent of the population that is unpredictable in behavior and tends to change history) is that they have internalized the Law of the Big Tent, a political expression implying that a political  ...
Steven Levi, 2003
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The Enchantment Of Reason
can be seen as an abstraction, a derivation, an essentialization, a representation of reason as the big tent. But it is also possible to view the big tent as the realization, the derivation, the unfolding, the expression of reason as central command.
Pierre Schlag, 1998
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I Dreamed the Animals: Kaneuketat: The Life of an Innu Hunter
Mishtapeu acted as an interpreter so that the people sitting outside the shaking tent could understand what the spirits were saying. In other words, it is Mishtapeu that people heard and not the shaman. 'The people inside the big tent are just ...
Georg Henriksen

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BIG TENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term big tent is used in the context of the following news items.
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Stretching the Evangelical Tent Right and Not Left
I've long advocated a “big tent” view of “evangelical Christianity”—here and in my published writings. My tendency has long been to accept as ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
2
Touring the artists' studios: Sale Arts Trail is back
“As artists, we all used to go down south to big exhibitions around the country and pay hundreds of pounds to exhibit in a big tent – and a lot of ... «Manchester Evening News, Jul 15»
3
Thursday is for families at Marshall-Putnam Fair
ImAGination Acres, an agricultural town under a big tent, will be open noon-8 p.m., due to sponsorship from Ed Hartwig Trucking, M-P Farm ... «LaSalle News Tribune, Jul 15»
4
Jamboree hearkens back to old-fashioned Fourth
The book sale went on undisturbed under a big tent. And Woodstock's three volunteer fire departments took over Woodstock Road with their ... «Hartford Courant, Jul 15»
5
Star-studded Wimbledon BookFest line-up revealed ahead of ninth …
... suit all ages which will bring together the worlds of literature, the arts, popular culture, film and sport to the Big Tent on Wimbledon Common. «Your Local Guardian, Jul 15»
6
Supreme political implications of marriage ruling
... the view of those who believe the party should be a big tent and welcome conservative voters regardless of where they stand on this issue. «Washington Blade, Jul 15»
7
History resounds in Clifton chautauqua
The evening performances take place under a big tent on the Clifton schoolhouse lawn, with music concerts beginning at 6:45 p.m. and ... «Yellow Springs News, Jul 15»
8
Twin relics of barbarism: Polygamy, slavery
... favored freedom of choice to own slaves; and Whigs, who tried to be a big tent party to stem the loss of members to the Know-Nothing Party. «WND.com, Jul 15»
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The sunny side of self-interest: Frank Bruni
And that is making the business community the sort of 'big tent' political force that neither major political party can claim to be." Major financial ... «OregonLive.com, Jul 15»
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Cleveland Browns have Terry Talkin' about quarterbacks, preseason …
The Browns say they will be looking at Pryor as a receiver, a position that he has never played. My guess is the "receiver" label will be a big tent ... «cleveland.com, Jul 15»

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