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a mammoth task

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  • mammoth — [[t]mæ̱məθ[/t]] mammoths 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (emphasis) You can use mammoth to emphasize that a task or change is very large and needs a lot of effort to achieve. ...the mammoth task of relocating the library... You can only undertake… …   English dictionary

  • mammoth — mam|moth1 [ˈmæməθ] adj [only before noun] extremely large = ↑enormous, gigantic ↑gigantic ▪ Reforming the prison system would be a mammoth task. ▪ a mammoth corporation mammoth 2 mammoth2 n [Date: 1700 1800; : Russian; Origin: m …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • mammoth — I UK [ˈmæməθ] / US adjective very large a mammoth task II UK [ˈmæməθ] / US noun [countable] Word forms mammoth : singular mammoth plural mammoths an animal similar to an elephant with long hair that lived a very long time ago …   English dictionary

  • mammoth — mam|moth1 [ mæməθ ] adjective very large: a mammoth task mammoth mam|moth 2 [ mæməθ ] noun count an animal similar to an elephant with long hair that lived a very long time ago …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • mammoth — 1 adjective (only before noun) extremely large: a mammoth task | a mammoth corporation 2 noun (C) a large hairy elephant that lived on Earth thousands of years ago …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • mammoth — [ˈmæməθ] adj I very big a mammoth task/corporation[/ex] II noun [C] mammoth [ˈmæməθ] an animal similar to an elephant with long hair that lived a very long time ago …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • task — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ awesome, challenging, daunting, enormous, formidable, great, Herculean, huge, mammoth (esp. BrE), massive …   Collocations dictionary

  • mammoth — adj. Mammoth is used with these nouns: ↑proportion, ↑task …   Collocations dictionary

  • Columbian Mammoth — Temporal range: Late Pleistocene Columbian Mammoth in the George C. Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles Scientific classification …   Wikipedia

  • china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …   Universalium

  • China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …   Universalium

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