Big Five

noun

History/Historical.

the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, and Japan during World War I and at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919.
(after World War II) the United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, China, and France.

Big Five

noun

the five countries considered to be the major world powers. In the period immediately following World War II, the US, Britain, the Soviet Union, China, and France were regarded as the Big Five
the lion, the elephant, the rhinoceros, the buffalo, and the leopard: considered to be the five principal African wild animals, esp as sought by those on safari
AlsoBig FourBig Three a small powerful group, as of banks, companies, etc

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He is well clear in assists too with 16 - six more than anyone else in the Premier League and five more than Barcelona's Lamine Yamal, who is next across Europe's big five leagues.

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Salah has scored and assisted a goal in 49 league matches in his career in Europe's big five leagues.

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The 65-year-old also holds the distinction of being the only manager to win league titles in all of Europe's big five leagues - England, Spain, Germany, Italy and France.

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Movies like “Anora,” “Maria” and “The Brutalist” — which looked like sure things for slots in the big five categories only a few months ago — became less certain as late-breaking wildcard contenders like “Wicked” and “Conclave” picked up steam among general audiences, and in turn, Oscar voters.

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Total broadcast revenue remained at £3.64bn because each of the big five leagues - the Premier League, Spain's La Liga, German Bundesliga, France's Ligue 1 and Italy's Serie A - are in the same domestic broadcast cycle.

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