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adjective
- 1. extremely large or great: "a colossal amount of mail"
- 2. (of an order) having more than one storey of columns.
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adjective. uk / kəˈlɒs. ə l / us / kəˈlɑː.s ə l / Add to word list. extremely large: In the centre of the hall stood a colossal wooden statue, decorated in ivory and gold. They were asking a colossal amount of money for the house. Synonyms. prodigious formal. stupendous. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.
1. : of, relating to, or resembling a colossus. colossal statues. 2. : of a bulk, extent, power, or effect approaching or suggesting the stupendous or incredible. colossal rock formations. colossal stellar explosions. 3. : of an exceptional or astonishing degree.
What does colossal mean? Colossal describes something as being very large in size, degree, or amount, as in I went to a colossal shopping mall that stretched for a mile . If something is colossal , it is enormous, gigantic, or massive.
adjective. so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe. “ colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple”. “has a colossal nerve”. synonyms: prodigious, stupendous. big, large. above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
adjective. us / kəˈlɑː.s ə l / uk / kəˈlɒs. ə l / Add to word list. extremely large: In the center of the hall stood a colossal wooden statue, decorated in ivory and gold. They were asking a colossal amount of money for the house. Synonyms. prodigious formal. stupendous. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.
Define colossal. colossal synonyms, colossal pronunciation, colossal translation, English dictionary definition of colossal. adj. 1. Of great size, extent, or amount; immense. See Synonyms at enormous. 2. Of great scope or consequence; monumental: a colossal blunder.
If you describe something as colossal, you are emphasizing that it is very large. There has been a colossal waste of public money. American English : colossal / kəˈlɒsəl /
Definition of colossal adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
colossal geological forces collided: the Pacific Plate, the North American Plate and the Farralon Plate.
Definition of colossal – Learner’s Dictionary. colossal. adjective. uk / kəˈlɒs ə l / us. Add to word list. extremely large: colossal amounts of money. (Definition of colossal from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of colossal. in Chinese (Traditional) 巨大的，龐大的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 巨大的，庞大的…
