Compare this to 'the biggest lake' According to the wikipedia article on the topic, relative majority is preferred in the united kingdom. To my mind, the largest is the one with the greatest surface area, the biggest may have a smaller surface area but be deeper and therefore contain more water.and be 'bigger'
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Of course, one could just as well assign the other way.but there is a distinction
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Ask question asked 6 years, 11 months ago modified 6 years, 11 months ago When referring to a list of number is largest or biggest correct For example, i want to find the biggest number in an array Or should it be the largest number
Finally, would either biggest or In the single largest factor, single is technically redundant, save for excluding the possibility of joint winners When used (by someone who understands the language) it's serves as an intensifier, basically making the phrase mean the largest factor by far. A) 7 is the smallest and 9 is the greatest number or b) 7 is the smallest and 9 is the largest number the research so far indicates that both terms largest and greatest are used in educational material
Largest implies size, but greater implies value, so greater seems more appropriate when dealing with abstract concepts.
This is a title from a scientific magazine about how various animals lived on earth thousands of years ago Largest snake to ever live discovered in an indian mine What about the second pie chart In the second pie chart the largest portion is less than 50%
Can i still consider the group c as majority in it Based on the cambridge dictionary it seems ambiguous (1) the larger number or part of something, (2) more than half of a total number or amount. The largest share of the region's cost estimate total belongs to projects classified as long term, which accounts for 9% of the region's projects and 47% of the region's cost estimate total
While the statements above are numerically accurate and precise, i feel they are a bit clunky and bloated.
The technical term is plurality, meaning per the oed the fact of having the largest share of the votes cast, when this is less than an absolute majority This word is used primarily in the united states
