{
  "id": "big.size",
  "term": "big",
  "sense": "size",
  "pos": "adjective",
  "status": "published",
  "level": 2,
  "arena": "E1",
  "domain": "property",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "Having much space; more space than another thing has.",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "space.extent",
      "difference.relation"
    ],
    "interaction": "A thing's extent in space compared against another's.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "size",
      "scale comparison"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "Jupiter is 11 times wider than Earth, making it the largest planet in the solar system.",
      "domain": "astronomy"
    },
    {
      "text": "The 2011 Tohoku earthquake in Japan released 500 million times more energy than the Hiroshima atomic bomb.",
      "domain": "geophysics"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Boeing 747 cargo door opening measures 2.06 meters wide, allowing outsized freight loading.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "used_by": [
    "advanced.skill",
    "asian.geographic",
    "august.dignified",
    "chicago.city",
    "city.place",
    "county.administrative",
    "dog.animal",
    "estate.property",
    "executive.role",
    "field.land",
    "great.size",
    "high.spatial",
    "huge.size",
    "large.size",
    "little.size",
    "long.size",
    "mature.development",
    "miles.measurement",
    "star.celestial",
    "sun.celestial",
    "world.place"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "big",
    "bigger",
    "biggest"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "hand",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 1.0
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-big.size"
}