big pictures
big pictures is the plural of big picture.
Meaning of big picture
Noun
big picture (plural big pictures)
- The totality of a situation.
- I do not care whether it is placed or not, if I get my stuff to that ship. Now, it is my job to look at the big picture.1941, United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant-marine inquiry forwarders: Executive hearings, page 35
- Synonyms:
- grand scheme, thirty-thousand-foot view, bird's-eye view
- The main film in a double feature.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, picture.
Questions about big pictures
- What is big pictures the plural of?
- Big pictures is the plural of big picture.
Words near big pictures in the dictionary
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