big tentn.

Brit.

/ˌbɪɡ ˈtɛnt/, U.S.

/ˌbɪɡ ˈtɛnt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: big adj., tent n.¹

Etymology: < big adj. + tent n.¹

Originally U.S.

1. A large tent used to accommodate a public event or spectacle, esp. an (evangelistic) religious gathering or a circus; cf. big top n. at big adj. and adv. Compounds 2. Also figurative and in extended use.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > tent > [noun] > other types of tent

tenticle1548

pal1656

marquee1690

gourbi1738

marquise1749

yurt1780

bell-tent1785

kibitka1799

shuldari1808

fly-tent1816

Swiss cottage1820

skin house1826

big tent1843

ridge tent1846

brush tent1862

dog tent1862

shelter tent1862

wall-tent1862

wedge tent1862

pup tent1863

A tent1863

tupik1864

tentlet1879

choom1889

pyramid1889

tortoise tent1890

safari tent1926

tent-sack1940

tent-trailer1963

tepee1970

trailer tent1971

Whillans box1971

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > circus performance > [noun] > circus arena > tent

big tent1843

big top1889

top1931

1835 Times 31 Oct. 3/2 A big tent capable of holding 3,000 people..was pitched during the months of August and September in different parts of the western reserve for public worship, where no stationary meeting houses are to be had.]

1843 Ohio Repository 28 Sept. 3/2 The Millerites are holding forth to crowded audiences in their Big Tent at Cincinnati.

1886 Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate 8 Sept. It has..a very fair menagerie of ten cages and a big tent performance, whose equal has not been seen in Scranton for good while.

1930 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 41 14 Humanism is an expansive trisyllable, a veritable ‘big-tent’ of a word, sheltering many varieties of performance under its spreading canvas.

1961 Mountain Democrat (Placerville, Calif.) 21 Sept. 3/5 Big tent evangelistic meetings, sponsored by the Highway Bible church, started Sunday in Shingle Springs in the Roadside Gospel tent.

1964 Times 10 Sept. 9/2 He was confident that the overwhelming majority of Mississippians had no wish to crowd into President Johnson's big tent and share the company assembled there.

2003 Christian Sci. Monitor (Electronic ed.) 11 Apr. 17 (heading) A circus family reveals the ups and downs of life under the big tent.

2. Baseball. The major leagues. under the big tent: in the major leagues.

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1905 Washington Post 2 July 2/1 The players under the big tent to-day are mighty finical in their ideas.

1945 Berkshire County Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) 1 Aug. 12/1 He had lost games in the Piedmont League and he'd lose plenty more up in the big tent.

2001 Sporting News 2 July 10/2 He might have preferred playing for his boyhood team, but Crede didn't have control over that part of his ascent to baseball's big tent, not after the White Sox made him their fifth-round selection in the 1996 draft.

Compounds

attributive. Politics of or designating a political doctrine or strategy of inclusiveness which embraces a broad spectrum of views and opinions among its members rather than insisting on strict adherence to party policy.

ΚΠ

1962 Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent 29 June a6/3 If the Democratic party were a single unity, with a common viewpoint, Kennedy could count on a dependable majority. But the party has seldom been like this. It's like a big tent, sheltering liberals and conservatives.]

1987 New Yorker 21 Dec. 115 We're running a big-tent campaign—we never let anybody unite a major faction against us.

1999 Independent (Electronic ed.) 16 Feb. Reporters asked if the inclusion of non-Labour Party members in the campaign represented ‘big tent’ politics.

2001 Independent 2 Jan. i. 1/2 They suspect that Mr Blair will fudge key issues in the Labour manifesto in an attempt to repeat the ‘Big Tent’ appeal to all sections of society.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	big tent
释义	big tentn. Brit. /ˌbɪɡ ˈtɛnt/, U.S. /ˌbɪɡ ˈtɛnt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: big adj., tent n.¹ Etymology: < big adj. + tent n.¹ Originally U.S. 1. A large tent used to accommodate a public event or spectacle, esp. an (evangelistic) religious gathering or a circus; cf. big top n. at big adj. and adv. Compounds 2. Also figurative and in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > tent > [noun] > other types of tent tenticle1548 pal1656 marquee1690 gourbi1738 marquise1749 yurt1780 bell-tent1785 kibitka1799 shuldari1808 fly-tent1816 Swiss cottage1820 skin house1826 big tent1843 ridge tent1846 brush tent1862 dog tent1862 shelter tent1862 wall-tent1862 wedge tent1862 pup tent1863 A tent1863 tupik1864 tentlet1879 choom1889 pyramid1889 tortoise tent1890 safari tent1926 tent-sack1940 tent-trailer1963 tepee1970 trailer tent1971 Whillans box1971 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > circus performance > [noun] > circus arena > tent big tent1843 big top1889 top1931 1835 Times 31 Oct. 3/2 A big tent capable of holding 3,000 people..was pitched during the months of August and September in different parts of the western reserve for public worship, where no stationary meeting houses are to be had.] 1843 Ohio Repository 28 Sept. 3/2 The Millerites are holding forth to crowded audiences in their Big Tent at Cincinnati. 1886 Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate 8 Sept. It has..a very fair menagerie of ten cages and a big tent performance, whose equal has not been seen in Scranton for good while. 1930 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 41 14 Humanism is an expansive trisyllable, a veritable ‘big-tent’ of a word, sheltering many varieties of performance under its spreading canvas. 1961 Mountain Democrat (Placerville, Calif.) 21 Sept. 3/5 Big tent evangelistic meetings, sponsored by the Highway Bible church, started Sunday in Shingle Springs in the Roadside Gospel tent. 1964 Times 10 Sept. 9/2 He was confident that the overwhelming majority of Mississippians had no wish to crowd into President Johnson's big tent and share the company assembled there. 2003 Christian Sci. Monitor (Electronic ed.) 11 Apr. 17 (heading) A circus family reveals the ups and downs of life under the big tent. 2. Baseball. The major leagues. under the big tent: in the major leagues. ΚΠ 1905 Washington Post 2 July 2/1 The players under the big tent to-day are mighty finical in their ideas. 1945 Berkshire County Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) 1 Aug. 12/1 He had lost games in the Piedmont League and he'd lose plenty more up in the big tent. 2001 Sporting News 2 July 10/2 He might have preferred playing for his boyhood team, but Crede didn't have control over that part of his ascent to baseball's big tent, not after the White Sox made him their fifth-round selection in the 1996 draft. Compounds attributive. Politics of or designating a political doctrine or strategy of inclusiveness which embraces a broad spectrum of views and opinions among its members rather than insisting on strict adherence to party policy. ΚΠ 1962 Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent 29 June a6/3 If the Democratic party were a single unity, with a common viewpoint, Kennedy could count on a dependable majority. But the party has seldom been like this. It's like a big tent, sheltering liberals and conservatives.] 1987 New Yorker 21 Dec. 115 We're running a big-tent campaign—we never let anybody unite a major faction against us. 1999 Independent (Electronic ed.) 16 Feb. Reporters asked if the inclusion of non-Labour Party members in the campaign represented ‘big tent’ politics. 2001 Independent 2 Jan. i. 1/2 They suspect that Mr Blair will fudge key issues in the Labour manifesto in an attempt to repeat the ‘Big Tent’ appeal to all sections of society. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1843
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