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massive

Syllabification: (mas·sive)
Pronunciation: /ˈmasiv/
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Definition of massive

adjective

  • 1large and heavy or solid:a massive rampart of stone
  • 2exceptionally large:massive crowds are expected
  • very intense or severe:a massive heart attack
  • informal particularly successful or influential:the title song became a massive hit
  • 3 Geology (of rocks or beds) having no discernible form or structure.
  • (of a mineral) not visibly crystalline.

Derivatives

massively

adverb
[as submodifier]:a massively complicated network

massiveness

noun

Origin:

late Middle English: from French massif, -ive, from Old Fre massis, based on Latin massa (see mass)

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