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# How to pronounce "thought big" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/θæʊghtbɪg/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **thoug·htbig**

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (12 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "thought big" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "do they were looking at something much smaller in fact when Muhammad yunas visited Darden he actually said this he said when I was an economist you know I thought big I could see the big picture I could see the sequence of events and how things would unfold and you know I had these General theories of the world and about human behavior now I'm an entrepreneur I have like the worms I view I see very few things very little things but I see them very very clearly"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 8:24](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xvKkvdAzYs&t=504s)

### Example 2
> "and so it's easy to start thinking that's all there is in this world yeah and just think big i mean god you know there's nothing wrong with thinking big elon musk thought big and you know and then thinking big builds on itself you know you you get a billion dollars from one big idea and then that allows you to make three new big ideas and there's a hunger for it if you think big and you communicate that vision with the"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 113:16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-RuvUkcyJI&t=6796s)

### Example 3
> "couldn't find it well there it is I do construction and I've seen a lot of scaffold but I thought big fan would look a little different than that and big fan is inside it's they're renovating it repairing is is okay we need to maintain"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 0:43](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLOfwMkQJqM&t=43s)

### Example 4
> "Carter is thinks in terms of generations right when President bar Obama was thinking of his third Secretary of Defense he wanted someone that thought long and thought big right H Nichols thank you so much greatly appreciate a double duty out of Brussels"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 3:01](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgIKylX4GZo&t=181s)

### Example 5
> "America has always thought big and boldly."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 25:41](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK0MltvFFdE&t=1541s)

### Example 6
> "Uh, I I didn't start my YouTube channel thinking that it was going to be big. And the funny thing was I always thought that I thought big. I think big. I'm going to start a business. I'm going to prove everybody wrong. I didn't start my YouTube channel to make money. This was kind of a hobby for me."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 69:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSyX_665sEw&t=4160s)

### Example 7
> "We're a nation that has always thought big, not small."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 25:34](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK0MltvFFdE&t=1534s)

### Example 8
> "more fully what in what is commonly thought big than what is commonly"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 1:43](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSGKlCsQngI&t=103s)

### Example 9
> "very negative effect on government and on on Parliament I think too and the the and other certainly on the conservative party because there are now a lot of people who did vote for him because they thought big tough man a bit of the sort of trump type of support you know he's he's the tough guy in charge but they've realized that he's he's really got a feet of clay he's he's he's not really all that he said he would be he's he's a liar he's uh in distorts the"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 5:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcqRzCyqH9g&t=351s)

### Example 10
> "drove them to do. They were looking at something much smaller. In fact, when Muhammad Ununes visited Darden, he actually said this. He said, "When I was an economist, you know, I thought big. I could see the big picture. I could see the sequence of events and how things would unfold and you know, I had these general theories of the world and about human behavior. Now I'm an entrepreneur."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 4:11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIeXVer33Ag&t=251s)


## Related Words & Synonyms

- **Nearby Vocabulary**: [thought](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/thought), [big](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/big)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "thought big" correctly?
"thought big" is pronounced `/θæʊghtbɪg/`. Syllable breakdown: **thoug·htbig**.

### What does "thought big" mean in context?
Refer to real speech examples in the video clips above to observe how native speakers use "thought big" in daily English.

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