gigantic

«gigantic» in Mova's school dictionary: extremely big, like a giant — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (gigantic)

meaning for a pupil

Gigantic means extremely big, like a giant. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories gigantic monsters, castles and waves make things exciting; in science gigantic stars, whales and dinosaurs show huge sizes. Phrases: «a gigantic wave», «gigantic footprints», «gigantic appetite».

examples

• A gigantic wave crashed onto the beach. tree →
• The blue whale is a gigantic animal. tree →
• We saw gigantic footprints in the mud. tree →
• Dad made a gigantic pile of pancakes. tree →
• The giant lived in a gigantic castle. tree →
• Jupiter is a gigantic planet. tree →
• Some dinosaurs were gigantic, but others were as small as chickens. tree →
• One day a Rakshasa appears in the form of a gigantic crane. tree →

note

Stronger than «big» or «huge». Related to «giant». Not normally used with «very» («very gigantic» is odd). In story writing it is a good, powerful word instead of «very big».

In the corpora

• The Sun is a star: a gigantic ball of very hot gas that makes its own light and heat.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «gigantic» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.