massive

[ mas-iv ]

/ ˈmæs ɪv /

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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.

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Origin of massive

1375–1425; late Middle English (see mass, -ive); replacing Middle English massif<Middle French

OTHER WORDS FROM massive

mas·sive·ly, adverbmas·sive·ness, mas·siv·i·ty, noun

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Massive

[ mas-iv ]

/ ˈmæs ɪv /

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).

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How to use massive in a sentence

However, they aren’t without their problems—they can get stinky and produce a massive volume of pee that can’t easily be stored, says Jenna Senecal, a researcher studying urine-fertilizer production at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
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The added wrinkle in 2020 is that the massive fires across the American West released nearly 200 million more metric tons of carbon dioxide than fires did in 2019.
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The ad industry swears by its efficacy — but a massive new study tells a different story.
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Our topic today is accelerating disruptive innovations to benefit society by building and running massive simulations.
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Sports betting operators were willing to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to eventually capitalize on the massive amounts bettors will end up losing over the long term.
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This is a Leskov story, a monument to its own misshapen massiveness.
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Meanwhile, the massiveness of the throne warranted some model-making ahead of time, with an interesting twist.
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I immediately discovered that two leading ideas were carried out in this house; massiveness and delicacy.
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Approaching the bridge which spans this lovely river, we were struck with its massiveness as well as its beauty.
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A wonderful union is that Pitti Palace of cyclopean massiveness with stately regularity.
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On the left, El Capitan raises his colossal figure thirty-three hundred feet in smooth and simple massiveness.
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There is not even the appearance of massiveness now; the panels have gone and the depth has been notably reduced.
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British Dictionary definitions for massive

massive

/ (ˈmæsɪv) /

adjective

(of objects) large in mass; bulky, heavy, and usually solid

impressive or imposing in quality, degree, or scopemassive grief

relatively intensive or large; considerablea massive dose

pathol affecting a large area of the bodya 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; gangthe Staines massive

Derived forms of massive

massively, adverbmassiveness, noun

Word Origin for massive

C15: from French massif, from masse mass

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