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Definition of massive

1 : forming or consisting of a large mass:

a : bulky massive furniture

b : weighty, heavy massive walls a massive volume

c : impressively large or ponderous stars more massive than the sun

d : having no regular form but not necessarily lacking crystalline structure massive sandstone

2a : large, solid, or heavy in structure massive jaw

b : large in scope or degree the feeling of frustration, of being ineffectual, is massive— David Halberstam

c(1) : large in comparison to what is typical a massive dose of penicillin

(2) : being extensive and severe massive hemorrhage

(3) : imposing in excellence or grandeur massive simplicity the most massive American dramatist of his time — Newsweek

3 : having mass (see mass entry 2 sense 1c) a massive boson

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Examples of massive in a Sentence

The fort had massive walls. stars more massive than the sun A massive effort will be required to clean up the debris. You can find a massive amount of information on the Internet. The stunt received massive publicity. a massive collection of baseball cards

Recent Examples on the Web Should a tie happen – which would be a massive shock – a $100 wager there would profit $5,000. — Sportsbookwire Staff, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, "Jones-Reyes odds: Bones Jones favorite over Dominick Reyes at UFC 247," 8 Feb. 2020 The high costs of the pension system were the main cause of Brazil's massive budget deficit. — Fox News, "Jair Bolsonaro: What to know about Brazil's controversial president," 7 Feb. 2020 No one knows for sure if history will look back at this moment as a prime example of a massive bubble towards the end of the bull market, or a prime time to get into Tesla stock. — Matt Egan, CNN, "Tesla's insane rally already rivals some of the biggest bubbles in recent history," 7 Feb. 2020 Modi's law has sparked massive protests in India and condemnation around the world. — Shikha Dalmia, TheWeek, "How Modi supporters are trying to cloak an anti-Muslim bill in American law," 7 Feb. 2020 Think of the massive amounts of energy the mall will consume to keep Big Snow at 28 degrees year-round. — Robert Snyder, The Conversation, "The dystopian experience of skiing in New Jersey’s new American Dream mall," 7 Feb. 2020 Since then, massive MIMO design principles have grown more and more important. — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, "New Antenna Tech Could Make Your Phone Signal Ridiculously Strong," 6 Feb. 2020 The coronavirus has forced what is effectively a large-scale experiment in working from home, and will be a massive test, to some extent, of remote workers' productivity. — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, "Their offices closed by coronavirus, China's workers swamp chat and video-conference tools," 6 Feb. 2020 An audience manager leads me and the other press guests to a massive 380-person studio and instructs us to sit in a special section off to the left of the stage, about five rows up. — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, "Going to a 'Masked Singer' Taping Is Like Visiting a Top-Secret CIA Compound," 6 Feb. 2020

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“Massive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/massive. Accessed 18 Feb. 2020.

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massive

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English Language Learners Definition of massive

: very large and heavy

: large in amount or degree

: very severe

See the full definition for massive in the English Language Learners Dictionary

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Kids Definition of massive

: very large, heavy, and solid a massive ship

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Medical Definition of massive

1 : large in comparison to what is typical —used especially of medical dosage or of an infectious agent a massive dose of penicillin

2 : being extensive and severe —used of a pathologic condition a massive hemorrhage a massive collapse of a lung

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