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# gigantic

«gigantic» in Mova's school dictionary: **extremely big, like a giant** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (gigantic)

### meaning for a pupil

Gigantic means extremely big, like a giant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gigantic/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories gigantic monsters, castles and waves make things exciting; in science gigantic stars, whales and dinosaurs show huge sizes. Phrases: «a gigantic wave», «gigantic footprints», «gigantic appetite».

### examples

- A gigantic wave crashed onto the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gigantic/#x1)
- The blue whale is a gigantic animal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gigantic/#x2)
- We saw gigantic footprints in the mud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gigantic/#x3)
- Dad made a gigantic pile of pancakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gigantic/#x4)
- The giant lived in a gigantic castle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gigantic/#x5)
- Jupiter is a gigantic planet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gigantic/#x6)
- Some dinosaurs were gigantic, but others were as small as chickens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gigantic/#x7)
- One day a Rakshasa appears in the form of a gigantic crane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gigantic/#x8)

### note

Stronger than «big» or «huge». Related to «giant». Not normally used with «very» («very gigantic» is odd). In story writing it is a good, powerful word instead of «very big».

### In the corpora

- [The Sun is a star: a gigantic ball of very hot gas that makes its own light and heat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/5-the-sun-and-the-stars/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gigantic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gigantic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.