massive

«massive» in Mova's school dictionary: very big and heavy — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

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 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

• 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

• «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.
• Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for thy wares; massive iron, cassia, and calamus, were among thy merchandise.

Trees and pragmatics

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