massive

[massive]

Massive means enormous. Obviously, Mt. Everest is massive, but a massive budget cut isn't necessarily big in physical mass; it's something that is imposing in scale or power. A massive budget cut can do a lot of damage.

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Adjective S.
consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter; "Earth is the most massive of the terrestrial planets"

Adjective S.
imposing in size or bulk or solidity; "massive oak doors"; "Moore''s massive sculptures"; "the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture"; "a monumental scale"

Adjective S.
imposing in scale or scope or degree or power; "massive retaliatory power"; "a massive increase in oil prices"; "massive changes"

Adjective S.
being the same substance throughout; "massive silver"


a.
Forming, or consisting of, a large mass; compacted; weighty; heavy; massy.

a.
In mass; not necessarily without a crystalline structure, but having no regular form; as, a mineral occurs massive.


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Usage Examples

Among the best traitors Ireland has ever had, Mother Church ranks at the very top, a massive obstacle in the path to equality and freedom. She has been a force for conservatism... to ward off threats to her own security and influence.

It's a massive motor in a tiny, lightweight car.

I'm a massive fan of Drake, and we walked right past him. He's too cool to be clapping One Direction though.

I'm one of five kids and we lived on a massive farm in New South Wales with my mum and dad.

If the heart stops for more than two minutes, you have massive brain death. There are only two minutes between our conscious world and zero. That's how fragile our consciousness is.

Education technology is very important because we have a massive challenge in public schools.

Freedom Summer, the massive voter education project in Mississippi, was 1964. I graduated from high school in 1965. So becoming active was almost a rite of passage.

Do I ever think Gossip will be really massive in America? No, I don't think it'll happen - and that's fine. It's kind of nice because I get to experience everything at once. I get to come home and it not be weird, like in Paris or something. It is nice to be completely anonymous.

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Other Usage Examples

But let me perfectly clear, because I know you'll hear the same old claims that rolling back these tax breaks means a massive tax increase on the American people: if your family earns less than $250,000 a year, you will not see your taxes increased a single dime. I repeat: not one single dime.

I come from a massive family, and the youngest is twentysomething years younger than I am, so I grew up with children.

In the late 1990s, some of the worst terrorist atrocities in the world were what the Turkish government itself called state terror, namely massive atrocities, 80 percent of the arms coming from the United States, millions of refugees, tens of thousands of people killed, hideous repression, that's international terror, and we can go on and on.

But I don't want massive layoffs of anyone - public or private. We are planning on shrinking government through attrition and reform, not through random pink slips.

Hydraulic fracturing requires massive amounts of water. Disposing of the toxic wastewater, as well as accidental spills, can contaminate drinking water and harm human health.

I always was very interested in intellect and the massive world of knowledge out there, but in terms of being a kid who wanted to be treated as an equal, school is not the place.

I had a very wise person tell me that he thinks marriage, when you're younger, you keep thinking you can fix things. That's what people do. And you can't really fix anything. It shouldn't be a massive difficult thing every day. Life's difficult enough.

Kids are meant to believe that their stepping stone to massive money is 'The X Factor.'

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