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US
/mæɡˈnɪfəsənt, mæɡˈnɪfɪsənt/
]
[ UK /mæɡnˈɪfɪsənt/ ]
[ UK /mæɡnˈɪfɪsənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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characterized by grandeur
magnificent cathedrals
the splendid coronation ceremony
the brilliant court life at Versailles
a glorious work of art
How To Use magnificent In A Sentence
- The magnificent 18 th-century mansion is set in private landscaped grounds at the edge of the town, opposite the golf links and West Sands but totally screened by trees, woods and 18-foot high lodge gates.
- For 10,000,000 years during the Miocene, Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs this area was a fiery inferno of constant volcanic activity and magnificent giants such as the Grizaba, La Malinche, Iztaccihuatl, Popocatepetl, Volcan de Toluca and Volcan de Colima, along with thousands of smaller volcanic cones, came into eruptive existence. The geology and geography of Lake Chapala and western Mexico
- Vatican a magnificent porphyry labrum found in one of the imperial baths; and Baccius, a great modern authority on baths, speaks of labra made of glass. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life
- This magnificent bit of luck, the finding of the calisaya, awakened in the susceptible bosom of Mr. Marcoy an ardent desire to explore for himself the site of its discovery. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873
- George Bush developed a policy, he annunciated it in a magnificent speech 10 days after 9 / 11, and then he went into a war in Afghanistan that everybody thought was going to be impossible.
- consist in sth to have sth as the main or only part or feature: The beauty of the city consists in its magnificent buildings.
- Süleyman the Magnificent in the sixteenth century extended his reach from the Sudan and the northern shore of Africa to Baghdad and far into Europe, where - twice - Turkish rams would batter at the gates of Vienna.
- Sehwag let a couple go by, 'hipped' one away and then reverse swept him magnificently past point. Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views'
- It is a very special moment when such magnificent birds make their first flight.
- Thank you for that magnificent speech yesterday, and it is my pleasure to ask you to address the assembled gathering.