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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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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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