Monumental in english
Monumental
pronunciation: mɑnjəmentəl part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: mɑnjəmentəl part of speech: adjective
In gestures
monumental = formidable ; monumental ; Herculean ; huge ; enormous ; humongous [humungous] ; ginormous ; Herculanian ; gianormous ; thumping.
Example: 'It's up to you to see that things are done,' she defended herself, somewhat nervous and abashed by his formidable stare.Example: She was chairperson of the Task Force that in 1972 wrote a monumental report about discrimination against women in the library profession.Example: A task of Herculean proportions is how some members of Senate describe it.Example: A user searching for Smith's 'History as Argument' who was not sure under which subject it would be entered, would have to prowl through a huge number of cards in a card catalog to find the entry under SMITH.Example: In coventional libraries, such searches usually involve an enormous amount of time and energy.Example: The word 'humongous' first darted onto the linguistic stage only about 1968 but hit the big time almost immediately and has been with us ever since.Example: They have a ginormous share of the market!.Example: The Ibbs family where founder members of this Herculanian pottery in Liverpool, England.Example: The upside, and its a gianormous upside, is that there is so much variety.Example: Labour's David Lammy stormed to victory in the Tottenham Parliamentary election with a thumping majority.more:
» tarea monumental = Herculean task ; Herculanian task .
Example: The people from Afghanistan have decided to roll up their sleeves and start the Herculean task of the reconstruction of the national heritage. Example: It took more than two hundred stonecutters to finally finish the herculanian task of installing all of the marble in the State Capitol.