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mas⋅sive

  [mas-iv]
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–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.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME (see mass, -ive ); r. ME massif < MF

Related forms:
mas⋅sive⋅ly, adverb
mas⋅sive⋅ness, mas⋅siv⋅i⋅ty, noun
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mas·sive   (mās'ĭv)   
adj.  

  1. Consisting of or making up a large mass; bulky, heavy, and solid: a massive piece of furniture.

  2. Large or imposing, as in quantity, scope, degree, intensity, or scale: "Local defense must be reinforced by the further deterrent of massive retaliatory power" (John Foster Dulles). See Synonyms at heavy.

  3. Large in comparison with the usual amount: a massive dose of a drug.

  4. Pathology Affecting a large area of bodily tissue; widespread and severe: massive gangrene.

  5. Mineralogy Lacking internal crystalline structure; amorphous.

  6. Geology Without internal structure or layers and homogeneous in composition. Used of a rock.


[Middle English massif, from Old French, from masse, mass; see mass.]
mas'sive·ly adv., mas'sive·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
massive

  1. mod.
    excellent. (California.) : That was a totally massive party, Tiff.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

massive 
c.1408, from M.Fr. massif (fem. massiv) "bulky, solid," from O.Fr. masse "lump" (see mass (1)). The un-Anglicized massif (1524) is also still occasionally used for "cluster of hills."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: mas·sive
Pronunciation: 'mas-iv
Function: adjective
1 : large in comparison to what is typical —used especially of medicaldosage or of an infective agent massive dose of penicillin>
2 : being extensive and severe —used of a pathologic condition massive hemorrhage>massive collapse of a lung>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

massive mas·sive (mās'ĭv)
adj.

  1. Large in comparison with the usual amount.

  2. Affecting a large area of bodily tissue; widespread and severe.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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