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  • 1monumental — mon|u|ment|al [ˌmɔnjuˈmentl US ˌma: ] adj 1.) [usually before noun] a monumental achievement, piece of work, etc is very important and is usually based on many years of work ▪ a monumental contribution to the field of medicine ▪ Charles Darwin s… …

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  • 2monumental — mon|u|men|tal [ ,manjə mentl ] adjective 1. ) used for emphasizing how bad something is: a monumental disaster a ) used for emphasizing how good or important something is: a monumental contribution to medicine b ) used for emphasizing how much… …

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  • 3monumental — UK [ˌmɒnjʊˈment(ə)l] / US [ˌmɑnjəˈment(ə)l] adjective 1) used for emphasizing how bad something is a monumental disaster a) used for emphasizing how good or important something is a monumental contribution to medicine b) used for emphasizing how… …

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  • 4monumental — adjective 1) a monumental task Syn: huge, great, enormous, gigantic, massive, colossal, mammoth, immense, tremendous, mighty, stupendous 2) a monumental error in judgment Syn: terrib …

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  • 5monumental — adjective 1) a monumental task Syn: huge, enormous, gigantic, massive, colossal, mammoth, immense, tremendous, mighty, stupendous 2) his monumental career Syn: significant …

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  • 6monumental — adjective a) in the manner of a monument. a monumental task b) large, grand and imposing. Fitting to be a monument to someone or …

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  • 7task — n. 1) to carry out, do, fulfill, perform; cope with; take on, undertake a task 2) to assign smb. a task 3) a delicate, ticklish; difficult; fruitless, hopeless; Herculean, monumental; irksome; menial; onerous; pleasant; unpleasant; unwelcome;… …

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  • 8Monumental propaganda — M. Mánizer.Worker. Relief on the exterior of Petrovsky Passage (a department store) in Moscow. Cement. 1920 1921. Lénin s Plan of Monumental Propaganda – is a strategy proposed by Lénin of employing visual monumental art (revolutionary slogans… …

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  • 9task — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ awesome, challenging, daunting, enormous, formidable, great, Herculean, huge, mammoth (esp. BrE), massive …

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  • 10monumental — adj. Monumental is used with these nouns: ↑achievement, ↑arch, ↑challenge, ↑inscription, ↑proportion, ↑scale, ↑sculpture, ↑task, ↑undertaking …

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