Compare this to 'the biggest lake' 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' Of course, one could just as well assign the other way.but there is a distinction When comparing amounts of some things, but i've checked it in google which seems like the largest, the greatest, the highest, and even the most number of . are actually used more often Which do we usually use for comparing numbers or amounts of some things
Let's say, if there were 3 cities 1,000 people live in city a. 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
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. 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. 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.
If something is 40%, while two other things are 30% apiece, it's the largest, but it does not constitute a majority, merely a plurality. Would it be ok to say from smaller to larger or do i have to say from smallest to largest e.g., i'm using the batteries from smallest/smaller to largest/larger capacity.
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