Definitions for massive
ˈmæs ɪvmas·sive

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 2 votes

1. massive, monolithic, monumentaladjective

   imposing in size or bulk or solidity

   "massive oak doors"; "Moore's massive sculptures"; "the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture"; "a monumental scale"

2. massiveadjective

   being the same substance throughout

   "massive silver"

3. massiveadjective

   imposing in scale or scope or degree or power

   "massive retaliatory power"; "a massive increase in oil prices"; "massive changes"

4. massiveadjective

   consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter

   "Earth is the most massive of the terrestrial planets"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. massiveadjective

   Of or pertaining to a large mass; weighty, heavy, or bulky.

   A massive comet or asteroid appears to have ended the era of the dinosaurs.

2. massiveadjective

   Much larger than normal.

   Compared to its counterparts from World War II, the Abrams main battle tank is truly massive.

3. massiveadjective

   Of great significance or import; overwhelming.

   The enlightenment comprises massive shifts in many areas of Western thought.

4. massiveadjective

   Of particularly exceptional quality or value; awesome.

   Did you see Colbert last night? He was massive!

5. massiveadjective

   Possessing mass.

   Some bosons are massive while others are massless.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. MASSIVE, MASSYadjective

   Heavy; weighty; ponderous; bulky; continuous.

   Etymology: massif, French.

   If you would hurt,
   Your swords are now too massy for your strength,
   And will not be uplifted. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

   Perhaps these few stones and sling, used with invocation of the Lord of Hosts, may countervail the massive armour of the uncircumcised Philistine. Government of the Tongue.

   No sideboards then with gilded plate were press’d,
   No sweating slaves with massive dishes dress’d. Dryden.

   The more gross and massive parts of the terrestrial globe, the strata of stone, owe their present order to the deluge. John Woodward, Nat. Hist.

   If these liquors or glasses were so thick and massy that no light could get through them, I question not but that they would, like all other opaque bodies, appear of one and the same colour in all positions of the eye. Isaac Newton, Opticks.

   Th’ intrepid Theban hears the bursting sky,
   Sees yawning rocks in massy fragments fly,
   And views astonish’d from the hills afar,
   The floods descending, and the wat’ry war. Alexander Pope, Statius.

   Swift the signal giv’n,
   They start away, and sweep the massy mound
   That runs around the hill. James Thomson, Spring.

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1. massive

   Massive refers to something that is large in scale, quantity or degree. It can describe size, amount, effect, influence, or impact. This term can be used in several contexts including physical objects, events, data, etc. It implies something that is significant, substantial, or considerable.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Massiveadjective

   forming, or consisting of, a large mass; compacted; weighty; heavy; massy

2. Massiveadjective

   in mass; not necessarily without a crystalline structure, but having no regular form; as, a mineral occurs massive

3. Etymology: [F. massif.]

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1. MASSIVE

   MASSIVE is a high-end computer animation and artificial intelligence software package used for generating crowd-related visual effects for film and television.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'massive' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2434

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'massive' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1981

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'massive' in Adjectives Frequency: #310

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1. mavises

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of massive in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of massive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of massive in a Sentence

1. Dmitri Dolgov:

   These are all going to come together, i think all of them will click. And then you will start to see massive deployments across different geographies.

2. Wilkinson Eyre:

   Two of them are still going to be used as flues for the massive, modern energy center that we're going to construct to power the place, the third will remain hollow with a glass roof, and the fourth will house a cylindrical glass elevator that will pop out at the top at a viewing platform.

3. Hillary Clinton:

   The subprime problems are now creating massive issues on Wall Street, it's a serious problem affecting our housing market and millions of hard working families. So what are some of the things we need to do? We need to expand the role of the (Federal Housing Administration) to issue more mortgages at better rates to these homeowners. We need to give consumers more counseling and information, prevent families from being trapped in high interest loans with pre-payment penalties and in some cases, allow more breathing room from foreclosure.

4. Police Lt. Matt Johnson:

   I don't believe she survived the impact of the car crash. There was massive trauma.

5. Ryder Cup:

   Holes like the par-five fifth, going into that green with a five or six-iron compared to a three-wood is a massive advantage to the big hitters, particularly when the pin is at the front, the par-four ninth is also drivable to the big-hitters, 10 is drivable, 12 is drivable, 14 gets wider the further you hit it, and 18 is drivable too. Jordan not being one of the big hitters means it's going to put even more focus on his putting.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=massive
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Massive
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=massive
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/massive
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=massive