Definition of big picture
: the entire perspective on a situation or issue
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Look at the big picture, and put a strategy in place that will have the most significant impact with the least amount of consequence. — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, "Horoscopes: Aug. 27, 2019," 27 Aug. 2019 But first, consider the old adage: Look at the big picture. — The Christian Science Monitor, "proactive approach to wildfire prevention," 19 Aug. 2019 Looking at the big picture, the ECB expects eurozone economic growth of just 1.2% this year. — Julia Horowitz, CNN, "The case for US stimulus just got weaker. Europe's is only getting stronger," 7 July 2019 Looking at the bigger picture, social shopping in China is expected to reach 15% of online sales by 2022, up from 8.5% in 2017, according to research firm Frost & Sullivan. — Tracy Qu, Quartz, "A red-hot Chinese shopping-review app shows the future of your online shopping experience," 28 June 2019 Back in Manila, Maria Ressa is also looking at the big picture and how much is truly at stake. — Hunter Holcombe, CBS News, "A "dictator's playbook" is threatening democracy. This woman is fighting back.," 27 June 2019 Some Navy officials wondered if Davidson’s conclusion was a missed opportunity to look at the bigger picture. — Megan Rose, ProPublica, "Trump Keeps Talking About the Last Military Standoff With Iran — Here’s What Really Happened," 24 June 2019 Past research looked at individual Himalayan glaciers over short time periods, but this is the first to look at the big picture — 650 glaciers over decades, Schaefer said. — NBC News, "Glaciers on the Himalayas are melting about twice as fast as they used to, spy images reveal," 20 June 2019 That's for the generals and everybody else that's looking at the bigger picture. — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, "PM Interview: The Guardians of Orbit," 22 Mar. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'big picture.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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