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In A Big Way

Definition: In A Big Way

In A Big Way

Adverb

1. With much ceremony; "they celebrated her birthday in a big way".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonym: In A Big Way

Synonym: with much to-do (adv). (additional references)

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Crosswords: In A Big Way

English words defined with "in a big way": arrivebigget in, go farmake it. (references)
Specialty definitions using "in a big way": power-on self-testsaw. (references)

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Modern Usage: In A Big Way

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Living in a Big Way (1947)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: In A Big Way

DomainTitle

Books

  • The Living City : How America's Cities Are Being Revitalized by Thinking Small in a Big Way (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: In A Big Way

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

India

Further, the new insurers will have to compete with the established state-owned insurance companies who are now becoming a lot more customer-oriented and have started advertising in a big way even before the competition has started. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: In A Big Way

Expression using "in a big way": live in a big way. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: In A Big Way

Language Translations for "in a big way"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

大事 (a major event). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

nagyvonalúan (handsomely, in a large way, liberally), nagyban (by the gross, in a large way, in large, in the large, on a large scale, to plunge, wholesale). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

て拳" (copula, detective, Don't you agree?, event, guess, has become possible, hope, huge, huge breasts, I fear, I hope, I think, I thought you'd say that!, is now possible, it seems, may, polite copula in Japanese, probably, surely, Tae Kwon Do, therefore, think, to be, will). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

でかでか . (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

inay aay igbay ayway.(various references)

   

Spanish

  

vivir a todo tren (live in a big way). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

gerim (in a grand style). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: In A Big Way

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-g-i-i-n-w-y"

-3 letters: abying, baaing, baying, yawing.

-4 letters: again, awing, bwana, nawab, wigan, wingy.

-5 letters: agin, anga, away, awny, ayin, bang, bani, gaby, gain, gnaw, inby, inia, wain, wany, wing, winy, yagi, yang, yawn.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: In A Big Way


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 6E      41      42 69 67      57 61 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

            

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01101110 00100000 01000001 00100000 01000010 01101001 01100111 00100000 01010111 01100001 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#110 &#32 &#65 &#32 &#66 &#105 &#103 &#32 &#87 &#97 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 006E      0041      0042 0069 0067      0057 0061 0079

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

438023523675732576791

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Expressions
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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