massive

adjective

consisting of or forming a large mass; bulky and heavy: massive columns.

large and heavy-looking: a massive forehead.

large in scale, amount, or degree: a massive breakdown in communications; massive reductions in spending.

solid or substantial; great or imposing: massive erudition.

Mineralogy. having no outward crystal form, although sometimes crystalline in internal structure.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English (see mass, -ive); replacing Middle English massif < Middle French

Related forms

mas·sive·ly, adverb

mas·sive·ness, mas·siv·i·ty, noun

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noun

a mountain in central Colorado, in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains: second highest in U.S. Rockies. 14,421 feet (4396 meters).

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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 massemass]

'massively

—*adv*

'massiveness

—n

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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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massive mas·sive (mās'ĭv)
adj.

Large in comparison with the usual amount.
Affecting a large area of bodily tissue; widespread and severe.

Slang Dictionary

massive definition

mod.
excellent. (California.) : That was a totally massive party, Tiff.

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