massive
part of speech
adjective (massive, more massive, most massive)
meaning for a pupil
1) Massive means very big and heavy. tree →
2) Massive means very large in amount or degree, like a massive mistake. tree →
3) In British and Australian slang, massive can mean very popular or important. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Ezekiel lists "massive iron" among the trade goods of Tyre. Some translators think it may mean wrought iron. In the primary lessons: In science, a massive object has a lot of mass (matter); a massive star is much heavier than the Sun. In stories, massive makes things sound huge: a massive wave, a massive dog. In everyday talk it is used to exaggerate: "a massive thank you".
examples
- Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for thy wares; massive iron, cassia, and calamus, were among thy merchandise. (Prophets EZK.27.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- A massive wave crashed onto the beach. tree →
- The castle has massive stone walls. tree →
- There was a massive queue for the ride. tree →
- Jupiter is a massive planet. tree →
- We had a massive argument about the TV. tree →
- A massive thank you to all our helpers! tree →
- The tree trunk was massive. tree →
- Some vessels, curiously formed of massive gold, had been brought home among the booty. tree →
note
Adverb: massively. Noun: mass. In science, "massive" means having lots of mass, not just big in size: a balloon can be big but not massive.
In the corpora
- Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for thy wares; massive iron, cassia, and calamus, were among thy merchandise.
- «Bare long,» moans Ibby (London slang: a massive pain).
- Another kid adds, «No dad, massive L» («L» means a loss, a fail).
- Vesta is the second most massive asteroid, and a giant impact on it blasted off rock that still falls to Earth as meteorites.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «massive» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.