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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of, resembling, or serving as a monument.
  • adjective Impressively large, sturdy, and enduring.
  • adjective Of outstanding significance.
  • adjective Astounding.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of, pertaining to, or connected with a monument or monuments: as, a monumental inscription.
  • Belonging to a tomb.
  • Serving as a monument or as material for a monument; memorial; preserving memory: as, a monumental pillar.
  • Having the character of a monument; resembling a monument.
  • Conspicuous and permanent; historically prominent; impressive.
  • Conspicuous as a monument; notable; excessive; amazing: as, monumental impudence.
  • noun A monumental record; a memorial.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of, pertaining to, or suitable for, a monument.
  • adjective Serving as a monument; memorial; preserving memory.
  • adjective Of lasting significance.
  • adjective Exceptionally large in quantity, quality, or degree

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective in the manner of a monument.
  • adjective large, grand and imposing. Fitting to be a monument to someone or something.
  • adjective Taking a great amount of time and effort to complete

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective imposing in size or bulk or solidity
  • adjective relating or belonging to or serving as a monument
  • adjective of outstanding significance

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Examples

  • We'll tell you why Louisiana's governor is furious about what she calls monumental miscalculation.

    CNN Transcript Mar 31, 2006 2006

  • The Massachusetts Democrat told a Senate hearing attended by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton that "significant financial commitment by the U.S." was crucial to help what he called a "monumental and uplifting transformation" in the region.

    Kansas City Star: Front Page 2011

  • The Massachusetts Democrat told a Senate hearing attended by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton that "significant financial commitment by the U.S." was crucial to help what he called a "monumental and uplifting transformation" in the region.

    Kansas City Star: Front Page 2011

  • The Massachusetts Democrat told a Senate hearing attended by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton that "significant financial commitment by the U.S." was crucial to help what he called a "monumental and uplifting transformation" in the region.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • But a few sentences later he states that he has never questioned the legitimacy of the state of Israel within its pre-1967 (i.e. 1948) borders, thereby condoning what he describes as a monumental injustice.

    open Democracy News Analysis - Comments 2009

  • Cryptography HAH what a joke no one accused you of cryptography ROTFL -- what you call MY monumental pile of BS (such a fine display of intellectual erudition BTW) is simply the core findings of basic psychoanalysis and mental health.

    Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com 2009

  • But a few sentences later he states that he has never questioned the legitimacy of the state of Israel within its pre-1967 (i.e. 1948) borders, thereby condoning what he describes as a monumental injustice.

    open Democracy News Analysis - Comments 2009

  • But a few sentences later he states that he has never questioned the legitimacy of the state of Israel within its pre-1967 (i.e. 1948) borders, thereby condoning what he describes as a monumental injustice.

    open Democracy News Analysis - Comments 2009

  • This number is increasing in monumental numbers as the rest of the unemployed exhaust their benefits.

    Think Progress » Coburn: Blocking Unemployment Benefits Is Fine Because It Only Affects A ‘Small Amount Of People’ 2010

  • The situation is monumental from a political angle.

    Matthew Yglesias » The Party of Ideas 2009

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