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Meaning of prodigious in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

    /prəˈdɪdʒəs/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    prodigious

    Definitions

    1. so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe

    Examples

    • « colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple »
    • « has a colossal nerve »
    • « a prodigious storm »
    • « a stupendous field of grass »
    • « stupendous demand »

    Synonyms

    • large
    • big
  2. 2. of momentous or ominous significance

    Examples

    • « such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity- Herman Melville »
    • « a prodigious vision »

    Synonyms

    • significant
    • important
  3. 3. far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree

    Examples

    • « a night of exceeding darkness »
    • « an exceptional memory »
    • « olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy »
    • « the young Mozart's prodigious talents »

    Synonyms

    • extraordinary

Famous quotes

  • « I must have a prodigious quantity of mind it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up. »
    Mark Twain

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