Colossal
adjective
Extremely large or great.
A colossal amount of mail was left on the desk.
Often appears as...
- colossal amount
- colossal size
adjective
Extremely large or great.
A colossal amount of mail was left on the desk.
Often appears as...
- colossal amount
- colossal size
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Pro Tip 1/3Exaggeration Caution
Use 'colossal' for impactful emphasis, but avoid overusing it which can lessen its effect.
She had a colossal appetite for learning new languages.
Pro Tip 2/3Physically Large
'Colossal' often refers to very large physical objects, not ideas or emotions.
They erected a colossal statue in the center of the city.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Size
It can describe tasks or challenges to convey their significant difficulty or scale.
Completing the project on time was a colossal achievement.
Pro Tip 1/3Exaggeration Caution
Use 'colossal' for impactful emphasis, but avoid overusing it which can lessen its effect.
She had a colossal appetite for learning new languages.
Pro Tip 2/3Physically Large
'Colossal' often refers to very large physical objects, not ideas or emotions.
They erected a colossal statue in the center of the city.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Size
It can describe tasks or challenges to convey their significant difficulty or scale.
Completing the project on time was a colossal achievement.
Pro Tip 1/3Exaggeration Caution
Use 'colossal' for impactful emphasis, but avoid overusing it which can lessen its effect.
She had a colossal appetite for learning new languages.
Pro Tip 2/3Physically Large
'Colossal' often refers to very large physical objects, not ideas or emotions.
They erected a colossal statue in the center of the city.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Size
It can describe tasks or challenges to convey their significant difficulty or scale.
Completing the project on time was a colossal achievement.
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Snow Leopards: Ghosts in...
dream of becoming a wildlife filmmaker and a biologist the snow leopard's pretty much the one animal that you really never think you're going to be able to see because who really gets to go into those mountains um and now we're looking at them with our own eyes right up there the foothills of the colossal tee and
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Tristram Stuart: The...
on a colossal scale. Eventually, I set about writing my book, really to demonstrate the extent of this problem on a global scale. What this shows is a nation-by-nation breakdown of the likely level of food waste in each country in the world. Unfortunately, empirical data, good, hard stats, don't exist,
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Heather Brooke: My...
the world's giantest spy center. It's just this colossal -- it's five times bigger than the U.S. Capitol, in which they're going to intercept and analyze communications, traffic and personal data to try and figure out who's the troublemaker in society.
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The hidden worlds within...
but thanks to museum collections, we have an uninterrupted record showing how our world is changing. So the next time you're exploring a natural history museum, remember that what you're seeing is just one gem of a colossal scientific treasure trove.
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Emily Ainsworth: Inside...
friend's boyfriend as I said people dice with death in their social life and it seemed rare for a week to go by without a colossal scandal that would shake the world of the circus and I had to find myself a boyfriend because otherwise the girls were
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Deep Sea Diving For Food...
feed the krill that ice home disappears suddenly the krill have to take that important place in the wider world and seeking safety in numbers they gather in colossal swarms the sheer mass of the antarctic krill is
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Architectural secrets of...
with colossal moai marching around the island. Because the real memorial was not the objects themselves, it was the cultural ritual of bringing a stone to life. So as an architect, I've been chasing that dream.
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The impact of Simón...
life still speak to the people of this hemisphere to understand that we need to understand the history the life of Bolivar is one of history's most dramatic canvases a colossal narrative full of disaster and
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Before Time and Space PIPE...
infinitesimal nugget of space and then something happened triggering the most colossal explosion in history in a billionth of a billionth of a billionth of a second the universe grew
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Pulsar Planets PIPE...
matter blasted from the colossal explosion falls back to the pulsar and forms a disk within this chaos a new world arises born of fire and destruction a planetary zombie raised
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Snow Leopards: Ghosts in...
dream of becoming a wildlife filmmaker and a biologist the snow leopard's pretty much the one animal that you really never think you're going to be able to see because who really gets to go into those mountains um and now we're looking at them with our own eyes right up there the foothills of the colossal tee and
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Tristram Stuart: The...
on a colossal scale. Eventually, I set about writing my book, really to demonstrate the extent of this problem on a global scale. What this shows is a nation-by-nation breakdown of the likely level of food waste in each country in the world. Unfortunately, empirical data, good, hard stats, don't exist,
Video examples
Heather Brooke: My...
the world's giantest spy center. It's just this colossal -- it's five times bigger than the U.S. Capitol, in which they're going to intercept and analyze communications, traffic and personal data to try and figure out who's the troublemaker in society.
Video examples
The hidden worlds within...
but thanks to museum collections, we have an uninterrupted record showing how our world is changing. So the next time you're exploring a natural history museum, remember that what you're seeing is just one gem of a colossal scientific treasure trove.
Video examples
Emily Ainsworth: Inside...
friend's boyfriend as I said people dice with death in their social life and it seemed rare for a week to go by without a colossal scandal that would shake the world of the circus and I had to find myself a boyfriend because otherwise the girls were
Video examples
Deep Sea Diving For Food...
feed the krill that ice home disappears suddenly the krill have to take that important place in the wider world and seeking safety in numbers they gather in colossal swarms the sheer mass of the antarctic krill is
Video examples
Architectural secrets of...
with colossal moai marching around the island. Because the real memorial was not the objects themselves, it was the cultural ritual of bringing a stone to life. So as an architect, I've been chasing that dream.
Video examples
The impact of Simón...
life still speak to the people of this hemisphere to understand that we need to understand the history the life of Bolivar is one of history's most dramatic canvases a colossal narrative full of disaster and
Video examples
Before Time and Space PIPE...
infinitesimal nugget of space and then something happened triggering the most colossal explosion in history in a billionth of a billionth of a billionth of a second the universe grew
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Pulsar Planets PIPE...
matter blasted from the colossal explosion falls back to the pulsar and forms a disk within this chaos a new world arises born of fire and destruction a planetary zombie raised
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John C. Reilly
American Actor
I always felt really guilty if I spent too much time playing video games. It's a colossal waste of time. And I can't say it's a very satisfying feeling at the end of the day, if you've spent eight hours playing a video game; you just end up feeling kind of spent, and used.
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Jason Mantzoukas
American Actor
I completely understand social media as a method of promotion and digesting information, but it just seems like a colossal waste of time to me, and there's a million other ways I'd rather waste my time.
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Salman Rushdie
Indian Novelist
Stories in families are colossally important. Every family has stories: some funny, some proud, some embarrassing, some shameful. Knowing them is proof of belonging to the family.
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John Caudwell
English Businessman
When the country's indebtedness is so colossal and where the budget deficit is so huge, there is a moral obligation on people to pay their fair and reasonable dues.
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Julia Sawalha
British Actress
Actors think they're far more important than they are, and that can only lead to hurt. People with colossal self-importance have very far to fall.
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Jonathan Safran Foer
American Writer
Few people sufficiently appreciate the colossal task of feeding a world of billions of omnivores who demand meat with their potatoes.
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Angus Deaton
British Economist
China and India are the success stories; rapid growth in large countries is an engine that can make a colossal dent in world poverty.
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Harvey Mackay
American Businessman
Expect to make some mistakes when you try new and different approaches. Sometimes colossal failures lead to spectacular successes.
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Carl Sandburg
American Poet
The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect.
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Coretta Scott King
American Activist
The failure to invest in youth reflects a lack of compassion and a colossal failure of common sense.
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John C. Reilly
American Actor
I always felt really guilty if I spent too much time playing video games. It's a colossal waste of time. And I can't say it's a very satisfying feeling at the end of the day, if you've spent eight hours playing a video game; you just end up feeling kind of spent, and used.
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Jason Mantzoukas
American Actor
I completely understand social media as a method of promotion and digesting information, but it just seems like a colossal waste of time to me, and there's a million other ways I'd rather waste my time.
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Salman Rushdie
Indian Novelist
Stories in families are colossally important. Every family has stories: some funny, some proud, some embarrassing, some shameful. Knowing them is proof of belonging to the family.
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John Caudwell
English Businessman
When the country's indebtedness is so colossal and where the budget deficit is so huge, there is a moral obligation on people to pay their fair and reasonable dues.
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Julia Sawalha
British Actress
Actors think they're far more important than they are, and that can only lead to hurt. People with colossal self-importance have very far to fall.
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Jonathan Safran Foer
American Writer
Few people sufficiently appreciate the colossal task of feeding a world of billions of omnivores who demand meat with their potatoes.
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Angus Deaton
British Economist
China and India are the success stories; rapid growth in large countries is an engine that can make a colossal dent in world poverty.
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Harvey Mackay
American Businessman
Expect to make some mistakes when you try new and different approaches. Sometimes colossal failures lead to spectacular successes.
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Carl Sandburg
American Poet
The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect.
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Coretta Scott King
American Activist
The failure to invest in youth reflects a lack of compassion and a colossal failure of common sense.
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