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massive
1[ mas-iv ]
adjective
- consisting of or forming a large mass; bulky and heavy:
massive columns.
- large and heavy-looking:
a massive forehead.
- large in scale, amount, or degree:
a massive breakdown in communications;
massive reductions in spending.
- solid or substantial; great or imposing:
massive erudition.
- Mineralogy. having no outward crystal form, although sometimes crystalline in internal structure.
Massive
2[ mas-iv ]
noun
- Mount, a mountain in central Colorado, in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains: second highest in U.S. Rockies. 14,421 feet (4,396 meters).
massive
/ ˈæɪ /
adjective
- (of objects) large in mass; bulky, heavy, and usually solid
- impressive or imposing in quality, degree, or scope
massive grief
- relatively intensive or large; considerable
a massive dose
- pathol affecting a large area of the body
a massive cancer
- geology
- (of igneous rocks) having no stratification, cleavage, etc; homogeneous
- (of sedimentary rocks) arranged in thick poorly defined strata
- mineralogy without obvious crystalline structure
noun
- slang.a group of friends or associates; gang
the Staines massive
Derived Forms
- ˈԱ, noun
- ˈ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- s· adverb
- s·Ա ·i·ٲ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of massive1
Example Sentences
At least 14 people, including two children, have been killed after a massive fire broke out at a hotel in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal.
The Spanish grid operator has ruled out a cyber attack as the cause of a massive power cut that crippled Spain, Portugal and parts of France on Monday.
The risk lay in overloading the system by turning everything on at the same time and triggering another massive outage.
They gathered volunteers for massive voter registration drives, one after another in consecutive elections.
Iran's interior minister has said negligence was a factor in the massive explosion and fire at the country's largest container port, as the death toll rose to at least 70.
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