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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
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array
English
Etymology
From Middle English arrayen, from Anglo-Norman arraier (compare Old French arraier, areer (“to put in order”)), from Medieval Latin arr?d? (“to put in order, arrange, array”), from *r?dum (“preparation, order”), from Frankish *reida (“preparation, order”) or Gothic ???????????????????????????? (garaiþs, “ready, prepared”), from Proto-Germanic *raidaz, *raidiz (“ready”). Doublet of ready.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???e?/
- (US) IPA(key): /???e?/, /?æ.????/ (UK)
- Rhymes: -e?
Noun
array (countable and uncountable, plural arrays)
- Clothing and ornamentation.
- A collection laid out to be viewed in full.
- An orderly series, arrangement or sequence.
- 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II
- But the chivalry of France was represented by as gallant an array of nobles and cavaliers as ever fought under the banner of the lilies
- 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II
- Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle.
- drawn up in battle array
- wedged together in the closest array
- A large collection.
- 1814, Lord Byron, The Corsair
- their long array of sapphire and of gold
- We offer a dazzling array of choices.
- 1814, Lord Byron, The Corsair
- (mathematics) Common name for matrix.
- (programming) Any of various data structures designed to hold multiple elements of the same type; especially, a data structure that holds these elements in adjacent memory locations so that they may be retrieved using numeric indices.
- (law) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impanelled in a cause; the panel itself; or the whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.
- (military) A militia.
- A group of hedgehogs.
- A microarray.
Usage notes
- (any of various data structures): The exact usage of the term array, and of related terms, generally depends on the programming language. For example, many languages distinguish a fairly low-level "array" construct from a higher-level "list" or "vector" construct. Some languages distinguish between an "array" and a variety of "associative array"; others have only the latter concept, calling it an "array".
Antonyms
- (orderly series): disarray
Hyponyms
Related terms
Translations
References
See also
- (any of various data structures): ones-based indexing, zero-based indexing
Verb
array (third-person singular simple present arrays, present participle arraying, simple past and past participle arrayed)
- To clothe and ornament; to adorn or attire.
- To lay out in an orderly arrangement; to deploy or marshal.
- (law) To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them one at a time.
Synonyms
- (to clothe and ornament): don, dress, put on; see also Thesaurus:clothe or Thesaurus:decorate
Translations
Portuguese
Etymology
From English array.
Noun
array m (plural arrays)
- (programming) array (any of various data structures)
- Synonym: vetor
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