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bigger picture

bigger picture noun: an understanding of a situation that includes more than what is immediately apparent.

Noun

bigger picture (plural bigger pictures)

  1. An understanding of a situation that includes more than what is immediately apparent.
    • look at the bigger picture
    • Highly anticipated as any meeting between these neighbouring nations might be, the bigger picture for Wales was always the Belgium match.2025 September 9, Dafydd Pritchard, “England 3-0 Wales”, in BBC

Forms of bigger picture

pluralbigger pictures

Origin of bigger picture

From a figurative sense of picture meaning "situation."

Questions about bigger picture

What does bigger picture mean?
Bigger picture means an understanding of a situation that includes more than what is immediately apparent.
What part of speech is bigger picture?
Bigger picture is a noun.
What is the plural of bigger picture?
The plural of bigger picture is bigger pictures.

Words near bigger picture in the dictionary

  1. biggening
  2. biggens
  3. bigger
  4. bigger fish in the sea
  5. bigger fish to fry
  6. bigger picture
  7. bigger pictures
  8. bigger than Ben Hur
  9. bigger than life
  10. bigger than shit
  11. bigger-eyed

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