Massive

/ˈmæs.ɪv/ · adjective

Meaning

(general) Very large in size or extent..

Definitions by Sense

1. (general) Very large in size or extent.
2. Substantial in mass; bulky, heavy and solid.
3. (informal) To a very great extent; total, utter.
4. (colloquial) Of particularly exceptional quality or value; awesome.
5. (colloquial, informal, Ireland) Outstanding, beautiful.
6. (medicine) Affecting a large portion of the body, or severe.
7. (physics, of a particle) Having any mass.
8. (geology) Homogeneous, unstructured.

Example Sentences

Compared to its counterparts from World War II, the Abrams main battle tank is truly massive.

The Enlightenment involved massive shifts in many areas of Western thought.

Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."

Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.

A massive comet or asteroid appears to have ended the era of the dinosaurs.

But Richmond[…]appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw, peeping around the massive silver epergne that almost obscured him from her view, that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either.

Young Jupiter was smacked head-on by massive newborn planet […] "The only scenario that resulted in a core-density profile similar to what Juno measures today is a head-on impact with a planetary embryo about 10 times more massive than Earth," Liu said.

Notwithstanding Catherine's assurances, I was apprehensive about meeting Denys, worried that I would come off as a massive idiot […]

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• most massive
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