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considerable
English
Etymology
From consider +? -able.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?s?d???bl?/, /k?n?s?d??bl?/
- Hyphenation: con?sid?er?able, con?side?rable
Adjective
considerable (comparative more considerable, superlative most considerable)
- Significant; worth considering.
- Large in amount.
Antonyms
- ignorable
- negligible
Related terms
- consider
- considerably
Translations
Noun
considerable (plural considerables)
- (obsolete) A thing to be considered, consideration.
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, London: Edw. Dod & Nath. Ekins, 1650, Book I, Chapter 3, p. 9,[2]
- Statistes and Politicians, unto whom Ragione di Stato, is the first considerable, as though it were their businesse to deceive people, as a Maxime, do hold, that truth is to be concealed from them […]
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, London: Edw. Dod & Nath. Ekins, 1650, Book I, Chapter 3, p. 9,[2]
Catalan
Etymology
From considerar +? -able.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /kon.si.d???a.bl?/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kun.si.d???a.bl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /kon.si.de??a.ble/
- Rhymes: -a?le
Adjective
considerable (masculine and feminine plural considerables)
- considerable (large, substantial)
- El mes de febrer de 1888, doncs, Eduard Toda ja ha reunit un fons bibliogràfic de valor considerable.
Derived terms
- considerablement
Further reading
- “considerable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “considerable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “considerable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “considerable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish
Etymology
From considerar +? -able.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konside??able/, [kõn.si.ð?e??a.??le]
Adjective
considerable (plural considerables)
- considerable (significant)
- Synonyms: notable, significativo
- considerable (large in amount)
Derived terms
- considerablemente
Further reading
- “considerable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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massive
English
Etymology
From Middle English massif, from Middle French massif. The Irish sense is possibly derived from Irish mas (“fine, handsome”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?mæs.?v/
- Rhymes: -æs?v
Adjective
massive (comparative more massive, superlative most massive)
- Very large in size or extent
- Very large or bulky and heavy and solid
- (informal) To a very great extent; total, utter.
- 2007, Christine Conrad, Mademoiselle Benoir (page 171)
- Notwithstanding Catherine's assurances, I was apprehensive about meeting Denys, worried that I would come off as a massive idiot […]
- 2007, Christine Conrad, Mademoiselle Benoir (page 171)
- (colloquial) Of particularly exceptional quality or value; awesome.
- (colloquial, informal, Ireland) outstanding, beautiful
- Your dress is massive, love. Where did you get it?
- (medicine) Affecting a large portion of the body, or severe.
- (physics) Having a large mass
- (physics, of a particle) Possessing mass.
- (geology) Homogenous, unstructured
- (mineralogy) Not having an obvious crystalline structure.
Synonyms
- (of or pertaining to a large mass): bulky, heavy, hefty, substantial, weighty
- (much larger than normal): colossal, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, great, huge, mahoosive (slang), titanic
- (of great significance or import): consequential, meaningful, overwhelming, significant, weighty
- (of grandeur): awesome, super, excellent, stupendous
Antonyms
- (of or pertaining to a large mass): insubstantial, light
- (much larger than normal): dwarf, little, microscopic, midget, minuscule, pint-sized, tiny, wee
- (of great significance or import): inconsequential, insignificant, piddling, trifling, trivial, unimportant
- (of grandeur): lame, stale, disappointing, crappy
- (of having nonzero mass): massless
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
massive (plural massives)
- (mineralogy) A homogeneous mass of rock, not layered and without an obvious crystal structure.
- karst massives in western Georgia
- (MLE, slang) A group of people from a locality, or sharing a collective aim, interest, etc.
- Big up to the Croydon massive!
Anagrams
- mavises
French
Adjective
massive
- feminine singular of massif
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
massive
- inflection of massiv:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
massive
- feminine plural of massivo
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
massive
- definite singular of massiv
- plural of massiv
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
massive
- definite singular of massiv
- plural of massiv
massive From the web:
- what massive means
- what massive animals crossed the alps
- what massive heart attack
- what massive strike occurred in 1892
- what does massive mean
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