monumental

mon·u·men·tal

 (mŏn′yə-mĕn′tl)

adj.

1. Of, resembling, or serving as a monument.

2. Impressively large, sturdy, and enduring.

3. Of outstanding significance: Einstein's monumental contributions to physics.

4. Astounding: monumental cowardice; monumental talent.

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mon′u·men·tal′i·ty (-mĕn-tăl′ĭ-tē) n.

mon′u·men′tal·ly adv.

monumental

(ˌmɒnjʊˈmɛntəl)

adj

1. like a monument, esp in large size, endurance, or importance: a monumental work of art.

2. of, relating to, or being a monument

3. informal (intensifier): monumental stupidity.

ˌmonumenˈtality n

ˌmonuˈmentally adv

mon•u•men•tal

(ˌmɒn yəˈmɛn tl)

adj.

1. of, pertaining to, or resembling a monument.

2. exceptionally great, as in quality or degree: a monumental book.

3. of historical or enduring significance: a monumental victory.

[1595–1605; < Late Latin monumentālis]

mon`u•men′tal•ism, n.

mon`u•men•tal′i•ty, n.

mon`u•men′tal•ly, adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	monumental - relating or belonging to or serving as a monument; "the use of the arch in monumental architecture"; "monumental sculptures"
	2.	monumental - of outstanding significance; "Einstein's monumental contributions to physics" significant, important - important in effect or meaning; "a significant change in tax laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a significant contribution"; "significant details"; "statistically significant"
	3.	monumental - imposing in size or bulk or solidity; "massive oak doors"; "Moore's massive sculptures"; "the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture"; "a monumental scale" massive, monolithic big, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"

monumental

adjective

1. important, classic, significant, outstanding, lasting, enormous, historic, enduring, memorable, awesome, majestic, immortal, unforgettable, prodigious, stupendous, awe-inspiring, epoch-making his monumental work on Chinese astronomy
important ordinary, modest, trivial, insignificant, negligible, unimportant, unremarkable, ephemeral, inconsequential, undistinguished, unimpressive

2. (Informal) immense, great, massive, terrible, tremendous, horrible, staggering, catastrophic, gigantic, colossal, whopping (informal), indefensible, unforgivable, egregious It had been a monumental blunder to give him the assignment.
immense small, average, tiny, slight, mild, petty, trivial, insignificant

3. commemorative, memorial, monolithic, statuary, funerary monumental architecture

monumental

adjective

1. Of extraordinary size and power:

behemoth, Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, herculean, heroic, huge, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, massy, mastodonic, mighty, monster, monstrous, mountainous, prodigious, pythonic, stupendous, titanic, tremendous, vast.

Informal: walloping.

Slang: whopping.

2. Having great significance:

big, consequential, considerable, historic, important, large, material, meaningful, significant, substantial.

Translations

ضَخْم ، بارِز، هام

velkolepý

monumental

gewaltigmonumental

monumental

gífurlegur

monumentalecolossale

anıtsal

不朽的巨大的

monumental

[ˌmɒnjʊˈmentl]

A. ADJ

1. (= grand) [building, sculpture, arch] → monumental

2. (= huge) [task, success, effort] → monumental, colosal; [blunder, error] → garrafal
of monumental proportions → de proporciones monumentales
on a monumental scale → a una escala gigantesca

B. CPD monumental mason N → marmolista mf (funerario/a)

monumental

[ˌmɒnjʊˈmɛnt^əl] adj

(= huge) → monumental(e)

[disappointment, stupidity] → monumental(e)

[building] → monumental(e)monumental mason n → marbrier m

monumental

adj

(= very great) → enorm, monumental (geh); proportions, achievement → gewaltig; ignorance, stupidity, error → kolossal, ungeheuerlich; on a monumental scale, of monumental proportions (disaster, crisis) → von riesigem Ausmaß; building, work of art → monumental

monumental inscription → Grabinschrift f; monumental sculptures → Steinfiguren pl

monumental

[ˌmɒnjʊˈmɛntl] adj (also) (fig) → monumentale, colossale

monument

(ˈmonjumənt) noun

something built in memory of a person or event, eg a building, tomb etc. They erected a monument in his honour. monument نُصُب تِذْكاري монумент monumento památník das Denkmal monument μνημείοmonumento mälestusmärk بناى ياد بود muistomerkki monumentאנדרטה स्मारक spomenik emlékmű; műemlék monumen minnisvarði monumento 記念碑 기념물 paminklas, monumentas monuments; piemineklis monumen monumentminnesmerke, monumentpomnik د چا په ياد يوه ودانى monumento monument памятник pamätník spomenik spomenik monument อนุสาวรีย์ anıt, abide 紀念碑 пам'ятник; монумент یادگار تعمیر وغیرہ tượng đài 纪念碑

ˌmonuˈmental (-ˈmen-) adjective

of great size or scale. a monumental achievement. monumentaal ضَخْم ، بارِز، هام монументален monumental velkolepý gewaltig monumental μνημειώδηςmonumental tohutu بسیار بزرگ monumentaalinen monumentalעצום बृहत monumentalan hatalmas besar sekali gífurlegur monumentale, enorme 非常に大きな 엄청나게 큰 didingas, monumentalus monumentāls, milzīgs, grandiozs besar sekali kolossaalmonumental, storslått monumentalny ډير لوى monumental mo­nu­mental колоссальный veľkolepý mogočen monumentalan monumental ยิ่งใหญ่ anıtsal 巨大的，不朽的 монументальний غظیم، شاندار đồ sộ 巨大的，不朽的