how to pronounce bigwig

/ˈbɪɡ.wɪɡ/

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bigwig is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of bigwig in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… music industry bigwig Benny Medina …”

meanings of bigwig

noun:

A person of importance to a group or organization.

bigwig frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word bigwig occurs in english on average 2.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics bigwig can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that bigwig can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;