massiveness
ɪv adjective
1.
consisting of or forming a large mass; bulky and heavy: massive columns.
2.
large and heavy-looking: a massive forehead.
3.
large in scale, amount, or degree: a massive breakdown in communications; massive reductions in spending.
4.
solid or substantial; great or imposing: massive erudition.
5.
Mineralogy. having no outward crystal form, although sometimes crystalline in internal structure.
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massive (ˈmæsɪv) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (of objects) large in mass; bulky, heavy, and usually solid |
| 2. | impressive or imposing in quality, degree, or scope: massive grief |
| 3. | relatively intensive or large; considerable: a massive dose |
| 4. | pathol affecting a large area of the body: a massive cancer |
| 5. | geology |
| a. (of igneous rocks) having no stratification, cleavage, etc; homogeneous | |
| b. (of sedimentary rocks) arranged in thick poorly defined strata | |
| 6. | mineralogy without obvious crystalline structure |
| —n | |
| 7. | slang a group of friends or associates; gang: the Staines massive |
| [C15: from French massif, from masse | |
| 'massively | |
| —adv | |
| 'massiveness | |
| —n | |
| massive (ˈmæsɪv) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (of objects) large in mass; bulky, heavy, and usually solid |
| 2. | impressive or imposing in quality, degree, or scope: massive grief |
| 3. | relatively intensive or large; considerable: a massive dose |
| 4. | pathol affecting a large area of the body: a massive cancer |
| 5. | geology |
| a. (of igneous rocks) having no stratification, cleavage, etc; homogeneous | |
| b. (of sedimentary rocks) arranged in thick poorly defined strata | |
| 6. | mineralogy without obvious crystalline structure |
| —n | |
| 7. | slang a group of friends or associates; gang: the Staines massive |
| [C15: from French massif, from masse | |
| 'massively | |
| —adv | |
| 'massiveness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
massive
c.1400, from M.Fr. massif (fem. massiv) "bulky, solid," from O.Fr. masse "lump" (see mass (1)). Massive retaliation, U.S. Cold War strategy outlined by J.F. Dulles, is from early 1954.
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Medical Dictionary
massive mas·sive (mās'ĭv)
adj.
Large in comparison with the usual amount.
Affecting a large area of bodily tissue; widespread and severe.
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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