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Learn “Colossal”

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Colossal

adjective/kuh-LOSS-uhl/

Meaning

Extremely large or huge.

In context

The whale was a colossal creature, longer than our whole classroom.

Remember it

'Colossal' comes from 'Colossus', a giant statue — so it means giant-sized.

Use it well

Use for something enormous; stronger and grander than just 'big'.