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1 prodigious
tr[prə'dɪʤəs]prodigious [prə'dɪʤəs] adj1) marvelous: prodigioso, maravilloso2) huge: enorme, vastoprodigious sums: muchísimo dinero♦ prodigiously advadj.• enorme adj.• inmenso, -a adj.• prodigioso, -a adj.prə'dɪdʒəsadjective <amount/cost> enorme, ingente (frml); <efforts/strength> prodigioso[prǝ'dɪdʒǝs]ADJ [amount, quantity] enorme, ingente; [appetite] enorme; [memory, energy] prodigioso* * *[prə'dɪdʒəs]adjective <amount/cost> enorme, ingente (frml); <efforts/strength> prodigioso -
2 vast
1. n поэт. простор, ширь2. n диал. масса, большое количествоa vast white cloud, through which the sun peered — большое белое облако, из-за которого выглядывало солнце
3. a обширный, огромный, громадный; безбрежныйvast area — огромная площадь, обширное пространство
4. a многочисленный5. a значительный, огромныйСинонимический ряд:1. boundless (adj.) astronomical; boundless; expansive; extensive; limitless; measureless; roomy; spacious; unlimited; widespread2. huge (adj.) Antaean; behemothic; big; broad; Brobdingnagian; Bunyanesque; colossal; cyclopean; dinosauric; elephantine; enormous; gargantuan; giant; gigantean; gigantesque; gigantic; grand; great; Herculean; heroic; huge; immense; jumbo; large; leviathan; lusty; mammoth; massive; massy; mastodonic; mighty; monster; monstrous; monumental; mountainous; planetary; prodigious; stupendous; titanic; tremendousАнтонимический ряд:confined; cultivated; limited; narrow; small
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