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- Dictionarytitanic/tʌɪˈtanɪk/
adjective
- 1. of exceptional strength, size, or power: "a series of titanic explosions"
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Before becoming the name of the most famous ship in history, titanic referred to the Titans, a family of giants in Greek mythology who were believed to have once ruled the earth. They were subsequently overpowered and replaced by the younger Olympian gods under the leadership of Zeus.
RMS Titanic was a British ocean liner that sank on 15 April 1912 as a result of striking an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, United States.
Sep 22, 2024 · Titanic, British luxury passenger liner that sank on April 14–15, 1912, during its maiden voyage, en route to New York City from Southampton, England, killing about 1,500 (see Researcher’s Note: Titanic) passengers and ship personnel.
extremely powerful, strong, important, or large: titanic mountains. a titanic battle / performance / struggle. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Enormous. astronomically. behemoth. bigly. by far and away idiom. immeasurable. immeasurably. immense. immensity. inordinate. precipitous. prodigiously. stratospherically. super-colossal.
extremely powerful, strong, important, or large: titanic mountains. a titanic battle / performance / struggle. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Enormous. astronomically. behemoth. bigly. by far and away idiom. immeasurable. immeasurably. immense. immensity. inordinate. precipitous. prodigiously. stratospherically. super-colossal.
titanic. (taɪtænɪk ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If you describe something as titanic, you mean that it is very big or important, and usually that it involves very powerful forces. The world had witnessed a titanic struggle between two visions of the future.
noun. the Titanic. a luxury British liner that struck an iceberg near Newfoundland on its maiden voyage on the night of April 14–15, 1912, with the loss of 1513 lives.
The Titanic was the name of the famous cruise ship that sank in 1912 after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean. This name was chosen not only because it was the largest passenger steamship of its time, but also because it was touted as a strong ship, specifically that it was “unsinkable.”
TITANIC meaning: very great in size, force, or power gigantic.
very large, important, strong, or difficult a titanic struggle between good and evil He has set himself a titanic task: to revive the country's economy.
