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US
/ˈmæsɪv/
]
[ UK /mˈæsɪv/ ]
[ UK /mˈæsɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
imposing in scale or scope or degree or power
massive retaliatory power
massive changes
a massive increase in oil prices -
consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter
Earth is the most massive of the terrestrial planets -
being the same substance throughout
massive silver -
imposing in size or bulk or solidity
a monumental scale
the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture
massive oak doors
Moore's massive sculptures
How To Use massive In A Sentence
- Rows of brick garden apartments all backed onto a massive common garden: a shared backyard for children to play, dogs to gambol, and families to eat picnics together. Day of Honey
- Equally badly behaved, but a little calmer and better informed, were the massive numbers from the labor unions.
- Though serfs were freed in 1864, they remained poor sharecroppers and staged a massive peasant uprising in 1907.
- Thrice a day, the performers have been taking to the stage under the massive fireproof tents, which can accommodate up to 2,500 viewers.
- The U.S. economy is operating with a massive amount of slack" or unutilized resources such as workers and manufacturing capacity says Sal Guatieri, an economist at Toronto-based BMO Capital Markets. Canada Bank Shift Signals Strong Recovery
- That debugged wonder machine then replaces the pedestrian, proven technology because it offers massive performance improvements and is now far more reliable. Would You Bring Back NGLT-or SLI? - NASA Watch
- tonight the haddock were shoaling massively in three hundred fathoms
- There's no massive hills and the swim won't be rough. Times, Sunday Times
- In present-day usage, despite Fowler's strictures, concern for classical and linguistic purity is minimal and the coining of etymological hybrids is casual and massive.
- They are happening in a system that's constantly working to full capacity, massively understaffed and unable to cope with the impact of cuts to social care. Times, Sunday Times
