Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - colossal
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Colossal
colossal
adjective Date: 1712 1. of, relating to, or resembling a colossus 2. of a bulk, extent, power, or effect approaching or suggesting the stupendous or incredible ~ rock formations 3. of an exceptional or astonishing degree a ~ failure Synonyms: see enormous • ~ly adverb
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1.
adj. 1 of immense size; huge, gigantic. 2 colloq. remarkable, splendid. 3 Archit. (of an order) having more than one storey of columns. 4 Sculpture (of a statue) about twice life size. Derivatives colossally adv. Etymology: F f. colosse COLOSSUS ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. колоссальный, громадный, исполинский 2. эмоц-усил. поразительный, невероятный; великолепный, превосходный that colossal liar —- потрясающий лжец colossal stupidity —- невероятная глупость ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
3.
adj. 1) колоссальный, грандиозный, громадный 2) coll. великолепный, замечательный Syn: see tremendous ...Англо-русский словарь
4.
If you describe something as colossal, you are emphasizing that it is very large. There has been a colossal waste of public money... The task they face is colossal. = enormous, immense ADJ c darkgreen]emphasis • colossally Their policies have been colossally destructive. ADV: ADV adj ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
~ adj extremely large (a colossal statue | Their secret to success was manufacturing cheap goods on a colossal scale.) - colossally adv ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- 1712, from Fr. colossal, from colosse, from L. colossus, from Gk. kolossos, of unknown origin, used by Herodotus of giant Egyptian statues, and used by Romans of the bronze Apollo at the entrance to the harbor of Rhodes. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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