massiveness

massive | American Dictionary

massive
adjective
us/ˈmæs·ɪv/
very large in size, amount, or degree:
a massive building
He took massive doses of vitamin C.
She died of a massive heart attack.

massive | Business English

massive
adjective
uk /ˈmæsɪv/us
very large in size or amount:
The company needs to raise cash to pay down its massive $1.2 billion debt.
Last year saw central-bank intervention on a truly massive scale.
If you are a major sports star or top bank executive, the rewards are massive.

Examples of massive

massive
There were also massive differences in land prices and yields.
This would require massive deforestation around the world, and conversion of many fragile hillsides and drylands to cropping for which they are environmentally unsuitable.
In hindsight, then, the consternation over the exactness of the register seemed somewhat misplaced, as the much expected massive turnout never occurred.
It is not to be expected that this massive undertaking should end in a coda, with all the tensions resolved, and it does not.
The massive number of proteins encoded into the genome of the various organisms requires different strategies for their characterization.
This is overlain by a thin lenticular ignimbrite flow-unit draped by a fine ash layer, and buried by thick massive lapilli-tuff.
This massive depopulation, usually ascribed to the great plague epidemics, had enormous demographic, economic, and social repercussions.
This massive two-volume tome exerted huge influence on nearly all areas touching upon civil rights up to twenty years after its original publication.
Globally there is massive movement of food products, along with an increasing incidence of salmonellosis in many countries.
Further observations of cells was difficult because of their massive detachment.
He maintains that when it comes to living things, we have, at the microscopic level, massive evidence of biochemical design.
The massive destruction of old sacred monuments can be better conceived as a ritual purification of the inner circle of unchristian, pagan elements.
Standardization of model representation requires massive conversions from legacy design development platforms, and its success heavily depends on its widespread acceptance.
How does language development proceed in creole-speaking communities, where the language situation is often unusually heterogeneous (massive multilingualism, multiple and complex layers of registers etc.)?
What we are left with is a massive chordal setting of the vocal chorus accompanied by just the organ and bass.
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