Big Three

Meanings

1. The World War II military alliance consisting of the Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
2. The leaders of that alliance: Joseph Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill.
3. Any group of three major or largest corporations in a given industry, especially when such a small group has oligopoly or near-oligopoly.
4. The three major traditional commercial broadcast television networks in the United States: CBS (the Columbia Broadcasting System), NBC (the National Broadcasting Company), and ABC (the American Broadcasting Company)
5. During the mid- to late twentieth century, the three biggest automaker corporations in North America: General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler.
6. A trio of three major management consultancies: McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group, and Bain & Company.
7. China, Japan, and Korea, three major Asian economies.
8. The deadlift, squat and benchpress.
9. Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, and Rafael Nadal, each considered to be among the greatest tennis players of all time.

1. Alternative form of Big Three.