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Definition of gigantic adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

gigantic

adjective
 
/dʒaɪˈɡæntɪk/
 
/dʒaɪˈɡæntɪk/
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  1. extremely large synonym enormous, huge
    • a gigantic house
    • The problem was beginning to take on gigantic proportions.
    • The bomb caused a gigantic explosion.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryGigantic is used with these nouns:
    • house
    • proportion
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    Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘like or suited to a giant’): from Old French, via Latin from Greek gigas, gigant- + -ic.
See gigantic in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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