English Explanatory Dictionary

big picture

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The totality of a situation.
  2. The main film in a double feature.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, picture.

Pronunciation

/bɪɡ ˈpɪk(t)ʃɚ/ en-au-big picture.ogg

Word forms

big picture big pictures

Etymology

From a figurative sense of picture meaning "situation." First attested in 1904.

Synonyms

grand scheme thirty-thousand-foot view bird's-eye view

Related words

bigger picture bigger fish to fry gestalt gist overview the forest for the trees
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