biggest
BIG-ist/ˈbɪɡɪst/
- 1Superlative of big.
The biggest challenge was finding enough volunteers before the deadline.
She bought the biggest suitcase the store had in stock.
Note
This is the top step of big, bigger, biggest, and its spelling follows a regular rule: a short vowel before a single final consonant doubles that consonant, so big becomes biggest, never bigest. It normally takes the (the biggest challenge) and singles out one of three or more. It can carry any sense of big, including the informal ones for a muscular or heavy build.
biggest is a form of big
big, adjective: Of great physical size; large in dimensions or amount. Full entry
- Spelling
- big → biggest: double the g, add -est
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