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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 Word Forms
- s· adverb
- s·Ա ·i·ٲ noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of massive1
Example Sentences
The University of California system was already reeling from massive federal funding cuts, student visa cancellations and Justice Department probes into admissions and allegations of antisemitism.
Earlier this month, Kennedy pledged "a massive testing and research effort" to determine the cause of autism in five months.
"It wasn't until seven years ago that I had a massive wake-up call and realised the loud, energetic greengrocer persona I was on the telly was, maybe, becoming redundant. So I changed."
Despite the massive amount of damage his shambolic first 100 days has already caused and will likely continue to cause for some time, none of that is actually working.
When a massive storm knocked out power and sent the world outside into a flickering haze of uncertainty — no streetlights, no signal, no safety net — James was there.
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