How native speakers pronounce “big”

three stories from my life that's it no big deal just three stories the first story is about

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life because almost

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

Like religion and money and other things. So I have a big interest in education, and I think we all do. We have a huge vested interest in it,

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

they stack up to be rather tall. You see, if I saw "real" happiness as the big headline news events, I'd have maybe one a month if I'm lucky.

Joy Will Find You — If You Let It | David Larbi | TED · TED

(Laughter) No, it was big, it was a big story. Mel Gibson did the sequel, you may have seen it.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

tools of denial ways to avoid the big questions in our lives like

Running

as a TED prize recipient, given a chance to make a wish big enough to change the world. So what was that wish?

We’re Keeping the Ocean Wild — and You Can Join Us | Sylvia A. Earle | TED · TED

She was a 26-year-old woman named Alex. Now Alex walked into her first session wearing jeans and a big slouchy top, and she dropped onto the couch in my office

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

In 2010, at a TED at Sea expedition to the Galapagos Islands, we gathered together about 100 big thinkers to figure out what can we do

We’re Keeping the Ocean Wild — and You Can Join Us | Sylvia A. Earle | TED · TED

"Now the emergency contact blanks don't seem big enough." Now Emma's story made that sound easy,

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

part of a team trying to do something big and difficult under time pressure, but you all pulled together.

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

they weren't really in need of a third. After a particularly big blow up over chores and responsibilities, I finally asked a dangerous question.

Your Relationship Expectations Could Be Holding You Back | Stephanie R. Yates-Anyabwile | TED · TED

It's not clear that all of us have gotten this memo. Every day there are opportunities, big and small, to reach out and connect with other people that we choose not to take.

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

but it didn't seem to matter. She turned to me, a big smile, her face all lit up --

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

I came downstairs and I saw this big guy sitting behind a desk. He looked like a security guard.

What I Learned from 100 Days of Rejection | Jia Jiang | TED · TED

Overcoming my misplaced pessimism, though, has also affected how I've made some big choices that I have been a part of in my life,

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

two years old, born to a woman we will never meet, with big dark eyes and just a relentless smile, despite a really, really hard start in her life.

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

as we work to ignite those brain fires of curiosity in the next generation of big problem solvers. (Cheers)

Mark Rober’s $60 Million Science Experiment | TED · TED

I really like it. Oh, this is kind of not a big deal. Now I'm going to be the coolest person I know in my friend group.

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

which is to start middle and high schools no earlier than 8:30 a.m. Districts around the country, big and small, who have made this change, they’ve found that these fears are often unfounded

What lack of sleep does to the teenage brain - Wendy Troxel

OK, look, I know how this sounds. Lawyer wins big case, gets a fancy TED talk invitation, talks for 14 minutes about how great he is.

What Really Won the Trillion-Dollar Supreme Court Case | Neal Kumar Katyal | TED · TED

this is a dream reinvented with every breaking wave of technology, and with AI, the wave is a big one. The AI we have is already smart, at least in some ways.

Why AI Isn’t Going to Become Conscious | Anil Seth | TED · TED

you’ll feel comforted. Another big question is why doesn’t everyone experience ASMR? You might have been watching those video clips and been like,

The Brain Science (and Benefits) of ASMR | Craig Richard | TED · TED

or other brain chemicals. Another big question is how do these health benefits of ASMR compare to the widely reported health benefits of yoga,

The Brain Science (and Benefits) of ASMR | Craig Richard | TED · TED

it secured visa-free travel to Europe and applied for EU membership. So you've been in the rooms where those big decisions get made. You have an insider’s perspective that none of us know

What Kosovo Can Teach the World About Freedom | Vjosa Osmani Sadriu | TED · TED

we just kind of pretend like it's not there. But truthfully, we all spend sort of a big part of our lives just trying not to be gross.

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

And it's so important, when I sit in that chair, when I sit in those big meeting rooms with leaders, that I never forget that.

What Kosovo Can Teach the World About Freedom | Vjosa Osmani Sadriu | TED · TED

Pondering deep questions? Excitement about a big trip? Or is it stress about unfinished work,

What causes insomnia? - Dan Kwartler

It's 4 a.m., and the big test is in eight hours, followed by a piano recital.

The benefits of a good night's sleep - Shai Marcu

My big idea is a very, very small idea that can unlock billions of big ideas

How to succeed? Get more sleep | Arianna Huffington

My big idea is a very, very small idea that can unlock billions of big ideas that are at the moment dormant inside us.

How to succeed? Get more sleep | Arianna Huffington

from a seven-and-a-half- or eight-hour sleep, and have been able to see the big picture. So as we are facing all the multiple crises

How to succeed? Get more sleep | Arianna Huffington

I know many of us feel overwhelmed and lost today, like the obstacles are too big and there's little we can do to fix the problem.

What I Got Wrong About Changing the World | Malala Yousafzai | TED · TED

(Applause) It is a big goal. I know it may take many years

What I Got Wrong About Changing the World | Malala Yousafzai | TED · TED

In the meantime, the solo movement has a big tent. Never married?

Stop Telling Single People to Get Married | Peter McGraw | TED · TED

If they're liberal, they're going to hate big banks and oil corporations and Dick Cheney. Totally predictable.

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

and their friends are like, you know, we still love you. You know, this isn't a big deal for us, right? And we still think you're amazing and we accept that about you, right?

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

is cultivate your community. And if you think your community isn't that big, think again. Author and activist Susan McPherson

How to Turn Setbacks into Success | Amy Shoenthal | TED · TED

in the aftermath of my layoff is how I won my first few big contracts. It's how I was able to take that little side hustle

How to Turn Setbacks into Success | Amy Shoenthal | TED · TED

And they know how to bring it back because they have demystified one big myth, which is the myth of spontaneity,

The secret to desire in a long-term relationship | Esther Perel | TED · TED

when I was walking my dog wearing my big puffer jacket when it was in the mid 50s. Is it cold by you?"

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work | Alyssa Birnbaum | TED · TED

a woman I know who I'll call Maya, went through a lot of big changes in a short amount of time. She got married.

Why Social Health Is Key to Happiness and Longevity | Kasley Killam | TED · TED

I'll paint the picture for you. It's four weeks away from that big deadline. You have mouths to feed, a home to maintain,

Let Your Ambition Light You Up — Not Burn You Out | Tarveen Forrester | TED · TED

from one thing to another to another to another. So just like you would ponder a big purchase, the next time somebody requests your time or a commitment from you,

Let Your Ambition Light You Up — Not Burn You Out | Tarveen Forrester | TED · TED

And does this align with what future me wants? As you would be selective with a big purchase, learn to be selective with your time commitments.

Let Your Ambition Light You Up — Not Burn You Out | Tarveen Forrester | TED · TED

the space for rest and the energy to continue to dream big. It's time we let our ambitions light us up and not burn us out.

Let Your Ambition Light You Up — Not Burn You Out | Tarveen Forrester | TED · TED

I was in my first job out of college. A shiny, prestigious Big Four public accounting firm. "Give that work paper to Helen to work on."

Want to Get Ahead at Work? Risk the Awkward Moments | Henna Pryor | TED · TED

or any risk-taking, absolutely goes down. It goes down for big risks: things like negotiating a new job salary or taking a new job in general.

Want to Get Ahead at Work? Risk the Awkward Moments | Henna Pryor | TED · TED

I was much more into music and theater, big hair, big makeup, jazz hands. (Laughter)

What Women Athletes Need to Unlock Their Full Potential | Kate Ackerman | TED · TED

I was on a call the other day with a client. She is the head of HR for a pretty big company. It was she and I and one of her colleagues on the call.

3 Steps to Better Connect With Your Fellow Humans | Amber Cabral | TED · TED

consider that maybe allyship isn't grand historical gestures or another big program, or huge financial commitments. I mean, we need those too, but --

3 Steps to Better Connect With Your Fellow Humans | Amber Cabral | TED · TED

It doesn’t have to just be that. It doesn't have to just be those really big, visible things. It can be the small things,

3 Steps to Better Connect With Your Fellow Humans | Amber Cabral | TED · TED

It's all of those things that you encounter every single day. And I think when we think of it as just the big things, we miss an opportunity to step into what we independently,

3 Steps to Better Connect With Your Fellow Humans | Amber Cabral | TED · TED

both positive and negative, intense emotions. So that now when I'm confronted with big, difficult stuff, I trust that my body will go all the way through the feelings

Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski: The cure for burnout (hint: it isn't self-care) | TED · TED

Short on money, we shop online. Big deadline, we bounce between procrastination and perfectionism. Tired and lonely, we scroll at midnight.

Stress Resets, the Ultimate Mental Health Hack | Jenny Taitz | TED · TED

Plus, it can help foster connections with others, especially if your face otherwise looks like a big Do Not Disturb sign. (Laughter)

Stress Resets, the Ultimate Mental Health Hack | Jenny Taitz | TED · TED

which, decidedly unlike any of my previous books, went out in the world for some reason, and became this big, mega-sensation, international bestseller thing.

Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert

And then the Renaissance came and everything changed, and we had this big idea, and the big idea was, let's put the individual human being at the center of the universe

Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert

the conditions that make you sick in the first place. And there are many reasons for that, but the big three are first, we don't pay for that.

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

>> You said that pretty much everyone like there's this big change that now pretty much everyone should be lifting heavy.

How to Use Your Muscles — or Risk Losing Them (W/ Bonnie Tsui) | How to Be a Better Human | TED · TED

thrive in times of change I've learned three big things the first is that the linear life is dead

Linear

And neuroscience, psychology and math can really help here. Let's go on to the next big gap, energy efficiency. Our brains are incredibly efficient.

Can AI Match the Human Brain? | Surya Ganguli | TED · TED

and then use explainable AI to understand how they work. We're actually engaged in a big effort at Stanford to build a digital twin of the entire primate visual system

Can AI Match the Human Brain? | Surya Ganguli | TED · TED

And 300,000 years of human history would barely register in the credits. If we are lucky, as a teaser for the next big thing. That is how unbelievably much content that is.

What If You Could Talk to Your Favorite Character in a Movie? | Christoph Lassner | TED · TED

has to appeal to as many people as possible. And we have to aim for big successes at low risk, with a very large target audience.

What If You Could Talk to Your Favorite Character in a Movie? | Christoph Lassner | TED · TED

But as a scientist, I have a vivid imagination and I would like to dream big. And also I would like to bring you with me in this futuristic journey for a while.

What if AI Could Spot Your Lies? | Riccardo Loconte | TED · TED

for the world's most influential companies. I've been at this for a while, and I've seen most of the big tech shifts. But the introduction of AI, in particular conversational interfaces,

Love, Trust and Marketing in the Age of AI | Amaryllis Liampoti | TED · TED

"AI is one of the biggest threats to humanity." But certainly not as big as Elon Musk. (Laughter)

Can AI Master the Art of Humor? | Bob Mankoff | TED · TED

through their difficult time after one man left his job in big Pharma to start his own gym he tattooed the words

Mark

it can change the meaning of a sign. For instance, the sign "big." Or "enormous."

How AI Can Bridge the Deaf and Hearing Worlds | Adam Munder | TED · TED

Hiring bosses make character judgments based on your face. You were often bullied if you were bald or big. Trying to look better is framed as a route to economic security

How Digital Culture Is Reshaping Our Faces and Bodies | Elise Hu | TED · TED

to try to find a treatment to save my life. There was just one really big problem. I didn't have 15 years and a billion dollars

How Nearly Dying Helped Me Discover My Own Cure (and Many More) | David Fajgenbaum | TED · TED

Coral reefs are the absolute lifeblood of a thriving ocean. We thought them too big and too important to fail. (Applause)

A New Lifeline for the World’s Coral Reefs | Theresa Fyffe | TED · TED

Because of this, many people have already given up. They see the problem as just too big and the progress too slow. But I haven't given up.

A New Lifeline for the World’s Coral Reefs | Theresa Fyffe | TED · TED

you grow them in an underwater nursery, and when big enough, you replant them in a reef. While an important part of the reef restoration toolkit,

A New Lifeline for the World’s Coral Reefs | Theresa Fyffe | TED · TED

we get writer's block trying to write the story of Our Lives a big part of my work has been trying to understand how

Meaning

all these Expressions imply that after a big life disturbance we eventually resort to the person we were before that

Meaning

These are the ones that have applied for permits. These are the ones that have had the big public announcements. Oh, boy, look, we're going for carbon capture.

Why Climate Action Is Unstoppable — and “Climate Realism” Is a Myth | Al Gore | TED · TED

and that we need to move faster, even though the big polluters have the political and economic power to try to block us.

Why Climate Action Is Unstoppable — and “Climate Realism” Is a Myth | Al Gore | TED · TED

And there's also a money laundering scheme which distorts the data. But these don't seem to be that big. And in 2024, things got ridiculous.

Solar Energy Is Even Cheaper Than You Think | Jenny Chase | TED · TED

We called it the Carolina Textile District with this whole idea of being big by being small together. So we were going to band together in order to build scale.

A Bold Idea to Rebuild the Working Class | Molly Hemstreet | TED · TED

is we take back the region's textile waste, we grind it up and we send it through this big machine, and then we're able to make that back into a yarn.

A Bold Idea to Rebuild the Working Class | Molly Hemstreet | TED · TED

because of artisanal gold mining. It is a big operation, you can see huge areas of rainforest just deforested.

The Hidden Cost of Buying Gold | Claudia Vega | TED · TED

I play Fast sports like hockey and squash I thrive on the energy of big cities and I love the buzz of a good

Slow

Let's go back. You said the arrival of non-human intelligence is a very big deal. And this photo, taken in 2016,

The AI Revolution Is Underhyped | Eric Schmidt | TED · TED

India is considering a 10-gigawatt data center. To understand how big gigawatts are, is think cities per data center.

The AI Revolution Is Underhyped | Eric Schmidt | TED · TED

BS: So as we push towards a zenith, autonomy has been a big topic of discussion. Yoshua Bengio gave a compelling talk earlier this week,

The AI Revolution Is Underhyped | Eric Schmidt | TED · TED

that are part of the computers. If China were to deny access to them, that would be a big deal. We are trying to deny them access to the most advanced chips,

The AI Revolution Is Underhyped | Eric Schmidt | TED · TED

of emerging and reactive threats. Another big difference is that we design hardware for mass production using existing infrastructure and industrial base.

The AI Arsenal That Could Stop World War III | Palmer Luckey | TED · TED

somehow stifles innovation, that it's only the big AI companies that can afford these huge upfront licensing fees.

How AI Models Steal Creative Work — and What to Do About It | Ed Newton-Rex | TED · TED

(Music) I like big butts, I cannot lie You other brothers can't deny

Is AI Ruining Music? | Dustin Ballard | TED · TED

it watching it or talking about it decades later hockey remains a big part of my life

Leisure

So instead of putting his ashes in a blasé urn, we put them in a big, shiny beer growler. (Laughter)

The Profound Power of Gratitude and "Living Eulogies" | Andrea Driessen | TED · TED

and Chung is one of the most upbeat people you will ever meet. Big smiler, enthusiastic hugger. But even for Chung, being a barista is hard.

My journey to thank all the people responsible for my morning coffee | A.J. Jacobs

You take your spoon and you dip it in the coffee and then you take a big, loud slurp. Almost cartoonishly loud.

My journey to thank all the people responsible for my morning coffee | A.J. Jacobs

And slowing down time. So that life doesn't go by in one big blur, as it often does. Number three is:

My journey to thank all the people responsible for my morning coffee | A.J. Jacobs

that Bill Clinton was already a governor by 33, which to most of you is no big deal. But ask my wife, Ashley,

What Happened When I Started Measuring My Life Every Day | Chris Musser | TED · TED

of shame, regret and fear. Those feelings were so big, I worried that if I let myself feel them for even a minute,

Lessons from My Father’s Final Days | Laurel Braitman | TED · TED

And I also get tunnel vision, especially at work. My wife is a big logistics gal, and I'm not a big logistics guy, so she'll text me at work for logistics.

What Happened When I Started Measuring My Life Every Day | Chris Musser | TED · TED

and more "nos" and more rejection until I made it big on Broadway in what has become the iconic musical of the '80s,

A 3-Step Guide to Believing in Yourself | Sheryl Lee Ralph | TED · TED