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[ UK /ˈɛpɪk/ ]
[ US /ˈɛpɪk/ ]
NOUN
  1. a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
ADJECTIVE
  1. constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic
    epic tradition
  2. very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale)
    heroic sculpture
    of heroic proportions
    an epic voyage

How To Use epic In A Sentence

  • The finishing line may be in sight but the final lap is shaping up to be an epic battle. Times, Sunday Times
  • The series in fact comprises only two: one in the form of a monk's habit and cowl, and one depicting a pin-striped business suit and tie.
  • Writers' residuals for original programming on basic cable, ranging from series such as Lifetime Television's ‘Any Day Now’ to telepics for Disney Channel, will also be bumped up.
  • Kanjo said Thursday some of the coins depict Alexander on one side and the Greek god Zeus on the other. Toronto Sun
  • The advertisements depict smoking as glamorous and attractive.
  • The city of Palermo was also distinguishable; and Julia, as she gazed on its glittering spires; would endeavour in imagination to depicture its beauties, while she secretly sighed for a view of that world, from which she had hitherto been secluded by the mean jealousy of the marchioness, upon whose mind the dread of rival beauty operated strongly to the prejudice of Emilia and Julia. A Sicilian Romance
  • Nay, was not the "Araucana," which Spain acknowledges as its epic, written without even the aid of paper; on scraps of leather, as the stout fighter and voyager snatched any moment from that wild warfare? The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III
  • Despite signing a consent agreement waiving their right to bring legal action over the film, they are now suing for libel over the way they were depicted. Times, Sunday Times
  • The four frame pic showing the red hotel collapsing is epic. Typhoon Morakot, The Damage Done | My[confined]Space
  • AMEN: Grassroots Football is an incredible interactive roadbook from photographer Jessica Hilltout that depicts the essence of soccer as experienced throughout the African continent. Daniel Maree: Six Positively Promising World Cup Campaigns You Might Have Missed
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