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titanic
1[tahy-tan-ik, ti-]
titanic
2[tahy-tan-ik]
adjective
(initial capital letter), of, relating to, or characteristic of the Titans.
Also titan. of enormous size, strength, power, etc.; gigantic.
Titanic
3[tahy-tan-ik]
noun
RMS Titanic, a British luxury liner that sank after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage in April 1912, with a loss of more than 1,500 lives.
titanic
1/ taɪˈtænɪk /
adjective
possessing or requiring colossal strength
a titanic battle
Titanic
2/ taɪˈtænɪk /
noun
a luxury British liner that struck an iceberg near Newfoundland on its maiden voyage on the night of April 14–15, 1912, with the loss of 1513 lives
titanic
3/ taɪˈtænɪk /
adjective
of or containing titanium, esp in the tetravalent state
Titanic
A British luxury ocean liner, thought to be unsinkable, which nevertheless sank on its first voyage in 1912 after running into an iceberg in the north Atlantic Ocean. More than fifteen hundred people drowned.
Other Word Forms
- titanically adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of titanic1
Example Sentences
“The great...no, the enormous...no, the titanic pleasure of your presence is requested at my tea party, to be held Tuesday next.”
The stage is set for the latest titanic battle.
The titanic levels of spending being committed to data-center projects simply aren’t generating revenue, let alone profits, in the earliest stage of the cycle.
For the first time since that presentation, it is being exhibited, this time at Gagosian’s 21st Street location, and it is truly as powerful as any of the Minimalist’s better known titanic works.
A titanic, multi-decade undertaking, the “Life” was grounded in the crucial years Richardson spent with Cooper and Picasso and surely counts among the most significant artist biographies of our time.
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