epic

Pluralepics

1. 1
   adjective

   Very brave and important, or very large and grand.

   The soldiers made an epic stand to protect the bridge.

   It was an epic journey across three deserts and a mountain range.

   Similarheroic, monumental, massive, colossal, grand

   Oppositeminor, trivial

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2. 2
   amazingadjectiveslang

   Really amazing or great, in a way that stands out.

   Dude, that skateboard trick was epic!

   We had an epic time at the water park.

   Similarremarkable, extraordinary

   Oppositelame, mediocre, unremarkable

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3. 3
   big adventurenouncountable

   An exciting book or movie about heroes and adventures, or a series of real events like one.

   We watched a three-hour space epic at the movies.

   Their trip home through the snowstorm turned into a real epic.

   Similarsaga, odyssey

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4. 4
   nouncountable

   A long poem that tells the story of a great hero or god in grand, serious language.

   Our class read parts of an old Greek epic about a long war.

   The poet spent ten years writing an epic about the first kings of her island.

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5. 5
   extremeadjectiveslang

   Way beyond what is normal or usual.

   My little brother threw an epic tantrum at the store.

   The kitchen was an epic mess after the kids made pancakes.

   Similarextraordinary, remarkable

   Oppositeminor, ordinary

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6. 6
   adjective

   Having to do with an epic, a long poem or story about heroes.

   Our teacher read us part of an epic poem about a sea voyage.

   The epic hero leaves home, fights monsters, and finally returns.

   Similarheroic

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7. 7
   software tasknouncountable

   In building software, a large goal written from the user's point of view.

   The team split the epic into ten smaller user stories.

   The new checkout epic will take the team about three months.

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8. 8
   mathematicsadjective

   In higher math, said of a map that is an epimorphism.

   Because the morphism f is epic, we were allowed to cancel it from both sides of the equation.

   We had to prove that each arrow in the diagram was epic.

   Similarepimorphic

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