Massive - English meaning

adjective

Extremely large or great.

Usage examples:

A colossal amount of mail

adjective

Of, resembling, or characteristic of an elephant or elephants, especially in being large, clumsy, or awkward.

Usage examples:

There was an elephantine thud from the bathroom

adjective

Very large in size, quantity, or extent.

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Enormous sums of money

adjective

Extremely large or great

Usage examples:

He ate an enormous helping of pasta., the wealthy will get enormous tax cuts under the proposal.

noun

A long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the past history of a nation.

Usage examples:

Happily did he write epics according to ancient rule; no one was impressed.

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of an epic or epics.

Usage examples:

Our national epic poem beowulf

noun

A book or movie that is long and contains a lot of action, usually about a subject from the past

Usage examples:

The iliad is the most famous greek epic., an epic struggle to achieve equality for african americans

noun

An imaginary or mythical being of human form but superhuman size.

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Along the north-west coast of britain, megalithic sites were commonly associated with mythical gian…

adjective

Of very great size or force; gigantic.

Usage examples:

Giant multinational corporations

noun

A person, either real or imaginary, who is extremely large and strong, or a very large or powerful organization

Usage examples:

He was a giant of a man, over six and a half feet tall., the merger makes them a giant in the publi…

adjective

Of very great size or extent; huge or enormous.

Usage examples:

A gigantic concrete tower

adjective

Extremely large

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A gigantic shopping center

adjective

Of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above average.

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The article was of great interest

noun

An important or distinguished person.

Usage examples:

The beatles, bob dylan, all the greats

adverb

Another term for literae humaniores.

adjective

Extremely large; enormous.

Usage examples:

A huge area

adjective

Extremely large or great, especially in scale or degree.

Usage examples:

The cost of restoration has been immense

adjective

Extremely large; great in size or degree

Usage examples:

He inherited an immense fortune., did you see that guy? he was immense!, country music is immensely…

noun

A large extinct elephant of the pleistocene epoch, typically hairy with a sloping back and long curved tusks.

Usage examples:

Woolly mammoths, which are now extinct, lived from the pleistocene to the early holocene period fro…

adjective

Huge.

Usage examples:

A mammoth corporation

adjective

Extremely large

Usage examples:

Building the dam was a mammoth construction project.

adjective

Possessing great and impressive power or strength, especially because of size.

Usage examples:

Three mighty industrial countries

adverb

Extremely.

Usage examples:

My ears got cold mighty fast

adjective

Very large, powerful, or important

Usage examples:

In the next game they will face the mighty patriots., the mighty river po, they offered to raise sa…

adjective

Having the ugly or frightening appearance of a monster.

Usage examples:

Monstrous, bug-eyed fish

adjective

Very bad, esp. because too big

Usage examples:

After the flood she was faced with monstrous repair bills., monstrous deeds

adjective

Great in importance, extent, or size.

Usage examples:

It's been a monumental effort

adjective

Very big or very great

Usage examples:

Rebuilding the bridge proved to be a monumental job.

adjective

(of a region) having many mountains.

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In general, mountainous regions with their steep slopes and deep valleys are eroded fastest.

adjective

Having many mountains

Usage examples:

Mountainous terrain

adjective

Remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree.

Usage examples:

The stove consumed a prodigious amount of fuel

adjective

Extremely great in ability, amount, or strength

Usage examples:

Americans are the world’s most prodigious consumers., a prodigiously gifted artist

adjective

Extremely impressive.

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The most stupendous views

adjective

Very great in amount or size

Usage examples:

He ran up stupendous debts.

adjective

Of exceptional strength, size, or power.

Usage examples:

A series of titanic explosions

adjective

Of titanium with a valency of four; of titanium(iv).

Usage examples:

It has been permitted to form a joint venture for the manufacture of synthetic rutyl and titanic di…

proper noun

A british passenger liner, the largest ship in the world when she was built and supposedly unsinkable, that struck an iceberg in the north atlantic on her maiden voyage in april 1912 and sank with the loss of 1,490 lives.

adjective

Extremely tall, especially in comparison with the surroundings.

Usage examples:

Hari looked up at the towering buildings

verb

Rise to or reach a great height.

Usage examples:

He seemed to tower over everyone else

adjective

Very high or very great

Usage examples:

Fielder hit a towering home run., bresson’s towering masterpiece explores the nature of freedom.

adjective

Very great in amount, scale, or intensity.

Usage examples:

Penny put in a tremendous amount of time

adjective

Great in amount, size, or degree; extremely large

Usage examples:

She is under tremendous pressure at work., a tremendous book/concert/athlete

adjective

Of very great extent or quantity; immense.

Usage examples:

A vast plain full of orchards

noun

An immense space.

Usage examples:

And up from the vast a murmuring passed as from a wood of pines.