Colossal Meaning in English

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التعريف

Extremely large, great, or impressive in size, degree, or amount.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Used in formal and informal contexts to emphasize something is much bigger or more significant than usual. Common collocations: 'colossal mistake', 'colossal effort'. Synonyms include 'gigantic', 'enormous', but 'colossal' carries a sense of awe or shock.

• Spanish: colosal - gigantesco
• Portuguese (BR): colossal - gigantesco
• Portuguese (PT): colossal - gigantesco
• Chinese (Simplified): 巨大的 - 龐大的
• Chinese (Traditional): 巨大的 - 龐大的
• Hindi: विशाल - बहुत बड़ा
• Arabic: ضخم - هائل
• Bengali: বিপুল - বিশাল - অতিবৃহৎ
• Russian: колоссальный - огромный
• Japanese: 巨大な - 膨大な
• Vietnamese: khổng lồ - cực lớn
• Korean: 거대한 - 엄청난
• Turkish: devasa - muazzam
• Urdu: عظیم - بے پناہ
• Indonesian: kolosal - sangat besar

جمل نموذجية

I've got a colossal amount of work to do this week.

natural

The elephant is a colossal animal.

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There was a colossal storm last night.

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They made a colossal mistake.

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The project was a colossal success, far beyond our expectations.

natural

That pizza was colossal—I couldn't finish it!

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