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I love hard work. 'One Man, Two Guvnors' was so physically tiring I ached all the time, but I took a massive amount of pride in the fact that I only ever missed two shows.
James Corden

Meaning of "massive" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MASSIVE

From French massif, from massemass.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MASSIVE

massive  [ˈmæsɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MASSIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Massive can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MASSIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of massive in the English dictionary

The first definition of massive in the dictionary is large in mass; bulky, heavy, and usually solid. Other definition of massive is impressive or imposing in quality, degree, or scope. Massive is also relatively intensive or large; considerable.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MASSIVE


abusive
əˈbjuːsɪv
adhesive
ədˈhiːsɪv
aggressive
əˈɡrɛsɪv
comprehensive
ˌkɒmprɪˈhɛnsɪv
defensive
dɪˈfɛnsɪv
excessive
ɪkˈsɛsɪv
exclusive
ɪkˈskluːsɪv
expensive
ɪkˈspɛnsɪv
explosive
ɪkˈspləʊsɪv
extensive
ɪkˈstɛnsɪv
impassive
ɪmˈpæsɪv
impressive
ɪmˈprɛsɪv
inclusive
ɪnˈkluːsɪv
intensive
ɪnˈtɛnsɪv
nonpassive
ˌnɒnˈpæsɪv
offensive
əˈfɛnsɪv
passive
ˈpæsɪv
progressive
prəˈɡrɛsɪv
responsive
rɪˈspɒnsɪv
supermassive
ˌsuːpəˈmæsɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MASSIVE

massicot
massier
massiest
massif
Massif Central
massification
Massilia
Massine
massiness
Massinger
Massinissa
massively
massiveness
massless
Massora
Massorah
Massorete
Massoretic
Massoretical
massotherapeutic

WORDS THAT END LIKE MASSIVE

compressive
concussive
depressive
dismissive
emissive
essive
expressive
immunosuppressive
inexpressive
obsessive
on the defensive
oppressive
passive-aggressive
permissive
possessive
recessive
regressive
repressive
submissive
successive
suppressive

Synonyms and antonyms of massive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MASSIVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «massive» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of massive

Translation of «massive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MASSIVE

Find out the translation of massive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of massive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «massive» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

大规模的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

masivo
570 millions of speakers

English

massive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भारी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضَخمٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

массивный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

enorme
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বৃহদায়তন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

massif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Besar-besaran
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

enorm
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

どっしりした
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

크고 무거운
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Massive
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

to lớn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாரிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भव्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

masif
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

enorme
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

masywny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

масивний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

masiv
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μαζικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

massiewe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

massiv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

massiv
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of massive

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MASSIVE»

The term «massive» is very widely used and occupies the 4.423 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MASSIVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «massive» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «massive» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about massive

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «MASSIVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word massive.
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Sergey Brin
We've seen a massive attack on the freedom of the web. Governments are realizing the power of this medium to organize people and they are trying to clamp down across the world, not just in places like China and North Korea; we're seeing bills in the United States, in Italy, all across the world.
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Jemaine Clement
Well, I grew up in the '80s, which was a really massive time for sci-fi.
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Ryan Coogler
Black-on-black crime is a massive human rights issue that's going on in America.
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James Corden
I love hard work. 'One Man, Two Guvnors' was so physically tiring I ached all the time, but I took a massive amount of pride in the fact that I only ever missed two shows.
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Rachel Corrie
Sometimes I sit down to dinner with people and I realize there is a massive military machine surrounding us, trying to kill the people I'm having dinner with.
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Darren Criss
I was inadvertently raised in the 'gay community.' I had straight parents, but I spent massive amounts of time at a very early age with gay, theater-hopeful thirty-somethings.
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Phil Daniels
I had a weimaraner for 11 years called China, and he was a great dog, a bit mad. They're massive, weimaraners; they've got big floppy ears. They look like a pointer, but they're liver-coloured.
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Don DeLillo
Never underestimate the power of the State to act out its own massive fantasies.
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Pete Docter
In a regular theatre, you'd be kind of moving your eye from one character 5 feet over to the right on the cut. In IMAX, suddenly that's like 20 feet. So I would love to do something. I think I would really want to take the massive screen into consideration so that it would be done properly.
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John Foster Dulles
Our capacity to retaliate must be, and is, massive in order to deter all forms of aggression.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MASSIVE»

Discover the use of massive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to massive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mining of Massive Datasets
This book focuses on practical algorithms that have been used to solve key problems in data mining and which can be used on even the largest datasets.
Anand Rajaraman, Jeffrey David Ullman, 2011
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Massive
'Big, bold and brave' J-17 'I'm fat,' I hear myself saying. I look in the mirror. My face has gone hot and red; I feel like i'm going to explode. 'I'm fat.' It sizzles under my skin, puffing me up, pushing me out, making me massive.
Julia Bell, 2012
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Massive: The Higgs Boson and the Greatest Hunt in Science: ...
Whichever way you look at it, this story is massive. 'The discovery of the Higgs boson is the jewel in the crown of particle physics' Observer 'The biggest scientific discovery of the twenty-first century.
Ian Sample, 2013
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Massive change
Includes transcripts of interviews with: Philip Ball, Janine Benyus, Stewart Brand, Stephen Browne, Carol Burns, James Der Derian, Bill Drayton, Gwynne Dyer, Freeman Dyson, Ian Foster, Felice Frankel, Robert Freling, Ashok Gadgil, Catherine ...
Bruce Mau, Jennifer Leonard, Institute without Boundaries, 2004
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Handbook of Massive Data Sets
" The Handbook of Massive Data Sets is comprised of articles writ ten by experts on selected topics that deal with some major aspect of massive data sets.
James Abello, Panos M. Pardalos, Mauricio G.C. Resende, 2002
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Massive Resistance : Southern Opposition to the Second ...
The essays also look at white resistance through gender issues, the wider context of international Cold War politics, the critical backlash against Brown, religious and theological bases of resistance, the events of Little Rock, private ...
Clive Webb Lecturer in American Studies University of Sussex, 2005
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Massive Wdm and Tdm Soliton Transmission Systems
Massive WDM and TDM Soliton Transmission Systems A ROSC Symposium Akira Hasegawa (Ed.) This book summarizes proceedings of the invited papers presented at the International Symposium on Massive WDM and TDM Soliton ...
Akira Hasegawa, 2001
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Physics of Massive Neutrinos
In the intervening years since the first edition, many then unresolved problems such as tritium beta decay and reactor neutrino oscillations have been clarified. This edition also gives expanded coverage of solar and supernova neutrinos.
Felix Boehm, 1992
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A massive swelling: celebrity re-examined as a grotesque, ...
A columnist and cultural critic explores the meaning of fame and celebrity in modern-day society, in a provocative, witty colleciton of essays that takes on such icons as Barbra Streisand the role of the diva, Michael Jackson, Bruce Willis, ...
Cintra Wilson, 2001
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The Illustrated Guide to Extended Massive Orgasm
In this fully illustrated companion book to "Extended Massive Orgasm" by sex workshop leaders Steve and Vera Bodansky, readers delve deeper than ever before into the actual techniques for prolonged orgasm for both men and women.
Steve Bodansky, Vera Bodansky, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MASSIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term massive is used in the context of the following news items.
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Apple Slides Despite Huge Profit, Massive Cash Pile: It's All About …
Given the massive impact of iPhone on Apple's results — it accounted for 63.2% of quarterly revenue — it makes sense to assume that ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
2
Man abducts ex in Bibb County, shoots and kills her sister; massive
A massive manhunt is underway in and around Bibb County after a man abducted one woman and killed another there Tuesday afternoon. «AL.com, Jul 15»
3
Mariah Carey Reveals Massive Shoe Collection
It was still a sight to behold, though, when the singer posted an Instagram photo of her massive shoe closet. “Always my favorite room in the ... «ABC News, Jul 15»
4
Massive sinkhole growing in Weatherford
“The whole building is just floating there is nothing under those walls at all,” said Josh Kelley. Josh is a realtor in Weaterford. He was consulted ... «kfor.com, Jul 15»
5
Anti-Iran deal groups firing on all cylinders in massive lobbying push
From television ads in West Palm Beach to Portland, a rally in Times Square, speaking engagements at Manhattan synagogues, and a ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
6
Ashley Madison could face class-action suit after massive data breach
Several high-profile hacks, including the recent attack against Ashley Madison, a website for people looking to have an affair, have raised ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
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Navy Building Massive Virtual Air and Sea Combat Training Center
Navy Building Massive Virtual Air and Sea Combat Training Center ... fliers in a massive environment that blends the real world with the virtual. «USNI News, Jul 15»
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Locker Commission calls for massive IDF budget cuts across-the …
Another massive cut which would substantially alter the character of the IDF would be eliminating pensions for all IDF officers who are not in ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
9
What the massive slip and slide looked like in Toronto
slide city toronto Slide the City finally planted its 1,000-foot water slide in Downsview Park this weekend in what might have been the best ... «blogTO, Jul 15»
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For sale: massive ranch larger than NYC and Los Angeles combined
The Waggoner ranch, covering six counties in Texas, is the largest ranch within a single fence in the United States. For $175 million, it can be ... «Boing Boing, Jul 15»

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