Proper noun
(UK, history) The World War II military alliance consisting of the Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
(UK, history) The leaders of World War II military alliance consisting of the Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom: Joseph Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill.
Any group of three major or largest corporations in a given industry, especially when such a small group has oligopoly or near-oligopoly; as:
(US) The three major traditional commercial broadcast television networks in the United States: CBS (the Columbia Broadcasting System), NBC (the National Broadcasting Company), and ABC (the American Broadcasting Company)
(US, historical) During the mid- to late twentieth century, the three biggest automaker corporations in North America: General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler.
(economics) China, Japan, and Korea, three major Asian economies.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgFor many, negative thinking is a habit, which over time, becomes an addiction... A lot of people suffer from this disease because negative thinking is addictive to each of the Big Three - the mind, the body, and the emotions. If one doesn't get you, the others are waiting in the wings. Peter McWilliams
The Green Revolution focused on the big three - maize, rice and wheat - and the Green Revolution did not adapt the big three to African conditions, other than South Africa, as much as they should have. Bill Gates
I think that Peter Jennings is the only decent one of the big three. Alexander Payne
There were eleven publishers in New York City, and when it was all over, I think it went down to four or five, and then finally just the three of them, the Big Three. Dan DeCarlo
I think we match up with anybody because our pitching. In a short series you run your big three out there or four out there. That generally is what wins a series - pitching and defense. If we can catch the ball and not give away any runs like we do sometimes. Dusty Baker
We're way overdue on a woman sitting in one of those Big Three chairs. Elizabeth Vargas