Monumental

  • 11monumental — index noteworthy, prodigious (enormous), remarkable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 12monumental — monumental, ale (mo nu man tal, ta l ) adj. Qui a rapport aux monuments. Une gare monumentale. Des édifices monumentaux.    Fig. •   Il y a là [dans la vie de Chateaubriand] une destinée littéraire et plus que littéraire, une destinée vraiment… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 13monumental — • monumental, storartad, storstilad, imponerande, kolossal, överväldigande …

    Svensk synonymlexikon

  • 14monumental — (adj.) c.1600, pertaining to a monument, from L.L. monumentalis pertaining to a monument, from monumentum (see MONUMENT (Cf. monument)). From 1650s in the loose sense of vast, stupendous. Related: Monumentally …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 15monumental — adj. 2 g. 1. Grandioso (como um monumento). 2. Extraordinário; enorme …

    Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • 16monumental — 1 *monstrous, prodigious, tremendous, stupendous Analogous words: colossal, gigantic, enormous, mammoth (see HUGE): impressive, *moving 2 *massive, massy, bulky, substantial Analogous words: imposing, stately, majestic, august, magnificent, * …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 17monumental — [adj] impressive, overwhelming awe inspiring, awesome, classic, enduring, enormous, fantastic, gigantic, grand, great, historic, huge, immense, immortal, important, lasting, lofty, majestic, mammoth, massive, memorable, mighty, mortal,… …

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  • 18monumental — (Del lat. monumentālis). 1. adj. Perteneciente o relativo a un monumento (ǁ obra pública). 2. Perteneciente o relativo a un monumento (ǁ objeto de utilidad para la historia). 3. coloq. Muy excelente o señalado en su línea. 4. coloq. Muy grande …

    Diccionario de la lengua española

  • 19monumental — ► ADJECTIVE 1) very large or impressive. 2) of or serving as a monument. DERIVATIVES monumentality noun monumentally adverb …

    English terms dictionary

  • 20monumental — mon|u|ment|al [ˌmɔnjuˈmentl US ˌma: ] adj 1.) [usually before noun] a monumental achievement, piece of work, etc is very important and is usually based on many years of work ▪ a monumental contribution to the field of medicine ▪ Charles Darwin s… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English