Epic

Quick meaning: Epic is a noun meaning (software engineering) A large or extended user story.

Meaning

(software engineering) A large or extended user story.

More Meanings

1. Of or relating to an epic.
2. Momentously heroic; grand in scale or character.
3. (colloquial) Extending beyond the usual or ordinary.
4. (category theory, of a morphism) That is an epimorphism.
5. An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero.
6. A series of events considered appropriate to an epic; any work of literature, film, etc. having heroic deeds and adventures as its subject matter.

Example Sentences

Beowulf is an epic poem.

The book was an epic in four volumes.

The Icelandic epic took all night to recite.

China's epic traffic jam "vanished" [title of article]

Word Forms

• epics
• epick

Synonyms for epic

Depending on context, synonyms include epopee, epical, extraordinary, momentous, remarkable, large.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include heroic, large, larger-than-life, big, movie, story.

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