"Big Three" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: the Big Three [canonical]
Rhymes: -iː Head templates: {{en-proper noun|def=1|head=Big Three}} the Big Three
  1. (UK, history) The World War II military alliance consisting of the Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Tags: UK Categories (topical): History, Television, Three
    Sense id: en-Big_Three-en-name-Eyqmrk3W Disambiguation of Television: 37 29 23 5 3 3 Disambiguation of Three: 29 17 26 14 9 5 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 24 19 12 8 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 29 15 10 5 4 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 33 23 21 13 6 5 Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
  2. (UK, history) The leaders of that World War II military alliance: Joseph Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. Tags: UK Categories (topical): History, Three
    Sense id: en-Big_Three-en-name-~gT80Hlg Disambiguation of Three: 29 17 26 14 9 5 Categories (other): British English Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
  3. Any group of three major or largest corporations in a given industry, especially when such a small group has oligopoly or near-oligopoly; as:
    (US) 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)
    Tags: US Categories (topical): Three
    Sense id: en-Big_Three-en-name-F2JBSUPi Disambiguation of Three: 29 17 26 14 9 5 Categories (other): American English
  4. Any group of three major or largest corporations in a given industry, especially when such a small group has oligopoly or near-oligopoly; as:
    (US, historical) During the mid- to late twentieth century, the three biggest automaker corporations in North America: General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler.
    Tags: US, historical Categories (topical): Three
    Sense id: en-Big_Three-en-name-9mgkc1JT Disambiguation of Three: 29 17 26 14 9 5 Categories (other): American English
  5. (economics) China, Japan, and Korea, three major Asian economies. Categories (topical): Economics
    Sense id: en-Big_Three-en-name-bNe35h7F Topics: economics, science, sciences
  6. (exercise) The deadlift, squat and benchpress. Categories (topical): Exercise
    Sense id: en-Big_Three-en-name-paCeza-p Topics: exercise, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: big business Coordinate_terms: Big One, big one, big two, Big Four, big five, big six, big eight

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