bigger picture

English

Etymology

From a figurative sense of picture meaning "situation."

Noun

bigger picture (plural bigger pictures)

  1. An understanding of a situation that includes more than what is immediately apparent.
    look at the bigger picture
    • 2025 September 9, Dafydd Pritchard, “England 3-0 Wales”, in BBC‎[1]:
      Highly anticipated as any meeting between these neighbouring nations might be, the bigger picture for Wales was always the Belgium match.
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