From en.wiktionary.org:
[Massive]
** English
*** Etymology
From [en], from [en], equivalent to [en]. The Irish sense is possibly derived
from [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Adjective
[en-adj]
1. Very large in size or extent.
2. * {{ quote-journal | en | date=2013-06-21 | author= Chico Harlan (see http://guardian.co.uk/profile/chico-harlan/)
|volume=189|issue=2|page=30|magazine=w:The Guardian Weekly |title=Japan
pockets the subsidy (see
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/18/japan-solar-energy-fukushima-nuclear-renewable-abe)
[...] |passage=Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are
racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in:
solar panels. MASSIVE solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up
that one developer likened to an "explosion."}}
1. * {{ quote-journal | en | date=2013-07-20 | volume=408 | issue=8845 | magazine=w:The Economist
|title=The attack of the MOOCs (see
http://www.economist.com/news/http://www.economist.com/news/business/21582001-army-new-online-courses-scaring-wits-out-traditional-universities-can-they)
|passage=Since the launch early last year of [...] two Silicon Valley
start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, MASSIVE open online courses,
the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations.
University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to
contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make
their existing business model obsolete.}}
1. Very large or bulky and heavy and solid .
2. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1959 | author=w:Georgette Heyer | title=w:The Unknown Ajax | chapter=1
|passage=But Richmond[...]appeared to lose himself in his own reflections.
Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson
pie; and his sister saw, peeping around the MASSIVE silver epergne that almost
obscured him from her view, that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that
either.}}
1. [en] To a very great extent; total , utter .
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2007 | author=Christine Conrad | title=Mademoiselle Benoir | page=171
|passage=Notwithstanding Catherine's assurances, I was apprehensive about
meeting Denys, worried that I would come off as a MASSIVE idiot [...]}}
1. [en] Of particularly exceptional quality or value ; awesome .
2. * {{ quote-newsgroup | en | date=November 29 1995 | author=harry knowles | newsgroup=rec.arts.sf.movies
|title=INDEPENDENCE DAY---MASSIVE COOL SPOILERS DON'T OPEN IF YOU DON'T WANT
TO KNOW (see
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.sf.movies/msg/61acdb7cbc319fc6?hl=en)
|passage=Ok true believers here is the low down of MASSIVE coolness.}}
1. * {{ quote-newsgroup | en | date=February 13 1998 | author=David Farrar | newsgroup=Re: Te Papa
|title=nz.reg.wellington.general (see
http://groups.google.com/group/nz.reg.wellington.general/msg/f0cb3ee547db819d?hl=en)
|passage=Heaps excited about it - I'm planning for a MASSIVE day.}}
1. * {{ quote-newsgroup | en | date=July 2 1998 | author=super disco dan | newsgroup=alt.music.beastie-boys
|title=Deasties rock the Hurricane- 06/21/98 (see
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.music.beastie-boys/msg/92c22f99140b05f4?hl=en)
|passage=saw the beasties last week in GERMANY at a MASSIVE little party
called the Hurricane Festival outside Hamburg and here's how it all shook
down[...]}}
1. * {{ quote-newsgroup | en | date=June 11 2003 | author=Glenn Wendyhouse | newsgroup=uk.people.gothic
|title=WENDYHOUSE June 21st (see
http://groups.google.com/group/uk.people.gothic/msg/864f30bb524223b8?hl=en)
|passage=OPEN THROUGH THE SUMMER: We are on the 3rd Saturday of the month,
remain at the same venue, at the same price, at the same times and always give
you a MASSIVE night out to remember (unless you've drunk too much bargain
University booze!).}}
1. * {{ quote-newsgroup | en | date=July 30 2010 | author=Robbie | newsgroup=uk.music.charts
|title=Re: Survivable album chart from 2001 (see
http://groups.google.com/group/uk.music.charts/msg/cf0bf8bce8860ac2?hl=en)
|passage=I own this one, bought it because I liked Slide. The album is quite
dull. They were MASSIVE back in the day}}
1. [en] Outstanding , beautiful .
2. [en] Affecting a large portion of the body, or severe.
3. [en] Having a large mass .
4. * [1=en]
5. [en] Having any mass .
6. [en] Homogeneous, unstructured.
1. [en] Not having an obvious crystalline structure.
**** Synonyms
- [of or pertaining to a large mass] [en] , [en] , [en] , [en] , [en]
- [much larger than normal] [en] , [en] , [en] , [en] , [en] , [en] , [en] , [en] [slang] , titanic
- [of great significance or import] [en] , [en] , [en] , [en] , [en]
- [of grandeur] [en] , [en] , [en] , [en]
**** Antonyms
- [of or pertaining to a large mass] [en] , [en]
- [much larger than normal] [en] , [en] , [en] , [en] , [en] < !--note that the correct spelling is with two "u"s-->, pint-sized , tiny , wee
- [of great significance or import] [en] , [en] , [en] , [en] , [en] , [en]
- [of grandeur] [en] , [en] , [en] , [en]
- [of having nonzero mass] [en]
**** Derived terms
{{col|en|hypermassive|massivity|nonmassive|overmassive|submassive|supermassive|supramassive|ultramassive|undermassive|unmassive
|mahoosive<ll:slang> |massively |massiveness |once-massive |gravitationally
interacting massive particle|massive and compact halo object|massive
astronomical compact halo object|massive astrophysical compact halo
object|massive compact halo object|massive palindrome|massive
parallelism|massive retaliation|robust association of massive baryonic
objects|strongly interacting massive particle|super weakly interacting massive
particle|weakly interacting massive particle }}
**** Translations
[of great size, significance or import; overwhelming]
- Afrikaans: [af] , [af]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo] , [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr] , [fr] , [fr]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it]
- Khiamniungan Naga: [kix]
- Maori: [mi]
- Norman: [nrf]
- Persian: [fa]
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romagnol: [rgn]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Tocharian B: [txb]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[of or pertaining to a large mass; weighty, heavy, or bulky]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it] , [it]
- Khiamniungan Naga: [kix] , [kix]
- Latin: [la]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romagnol: [rgn]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A homogeneous mass of rock , not layered and without an obvious crystal structure.
2. [en] A group of people from a locality, or sharing a collective aim, interest, etc.
*** Anagrams
- [en]
** French
*** Pronunciation
- [fr-IPA]
- [fr]
*** Adjective
[fr]
1. [fr]
** German
*** Pronunciation
- [de]
- [de]
*** Adjective
[de]
1. [massiv]
** Italian
*** Adjective
[it]
1. [it]
** Norwegian Bokmål
*** Adjective
[nb]
1. [nb]
2. [nb]
** Norwegian Nynorsk
*** Adjective
[nn]
1. [nn]
2. [nn]
** Swedish
*** Adjective
[sv]
1. [sv]