Usually means: Overall view of complex situation.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word big picture:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. Big Picture, big picture, the Big Picture, the big picture: Merriam-Webster
  2. the big picture: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. big-picture: Wordnik
  4. big picture: Wiktionary
  5. big picture: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. big picture: Dictionary.com
  7. Big Picture (London Grammar song), Big Picture (Web series), Big Picture (magazine), Big Picture (web series), Big picture, The Big Picture (Bap Kennedy album), The Big Picture (Big L album), The Big Picture (Elton John album), The Big Picture (Michael Shrieve album), The Big Picture (Michael W. Smith album), The Big Picture (TV series), The Big Picture (book), The Big Picture (company), The Big Picture (painting), The Big Picture (production company), The Big Picture (song), The Big Picture: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Big Picture: Financial dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. big picture, the big picture: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. big picture: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (big picture)

▸ noun:  The totality of a situation.
▸ noun:  (British, Ireland, dated) The main film in a double feature.
▸ noun:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, picture.

Similar:
grand scheme, sum-total, panorama, grand total, issue, be-all, macrocosm, all in all, vast majority, macroproblem, more...

Opposite:
detail, microscope, microcosm, microscopic, macrocosm, macroscopic

Types:
MonLisa, The Last Supper, The Starry Night, The Scream, Guernica, more...

Phrases:
the big picture, Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show, seeing the big picture, tiny part of the big picture, looking at the big picture, more...

Adjectives:
total, all-in, all inclusive, one, all-out, totall, all around, whole, all-or-nothing, full-length, all-inclusive

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Similar:
grand scheme, sum-total, panorama, grand total, issue, be-all, macrocosm, all in all, vast majority, macroproblem, more...

Opposite:
detail, microscope, microcosm, microscopic, macrocosm, macroscopic

Types:
MonLisa, The Last Supper, The Starry Night, The Scream, Guernica, more...

Phrases:
the big picture, Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show, seeing the big picture, tiny part of the big picture, looking at the big picture, see the big picture, able to see the big picture, big picture view, more...

Adjectives:
total, all-in, all inclusive, one, all-out, totall, all around, whole, all-or-nothing, full-length, all-inclusive



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