- monumental task
- сложнейшая задача Syn : Herculean task
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь. 2001.
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь. 2001.
monumental — 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… … Dictionary of contemporary English
monumental — 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… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
monumental — 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… … English dictionary
monumental — 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 … Thesaurus of popular words
monumental — adjective 1) a monumental task Syn: huge, enormous, gigantic, massive, colossal, mammoth, immense, tremendous, mighty, stupendous 2) his monumental career Syn: significant … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
monumental — adjective a) in the manner of a monument. a monumental task b) large, grand and imposing. Fitting to be a monument to someone or … Wiktionary
task — 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;… … Combinatory dictionary
Monumental 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… … Wikipedia
task — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ awesome, challenging, daunting, enormous, formidable, great, Herculean, huge, mammoth (esp. BrE), massive … Collocations dictionary
monumental — adj. Monumental is used with these nouns: ↑achievement, ↑arch, ↑challenge, ↑inscription, ↑proportion, ↑scale, ↑sculpture, ↑task, ↑undertaking … Collocations dictionary
Non-monumental uses of Ogham — As well as its use for monumental inscriptions, the Old Irish ogham alphabet was used for short messages on wood or metal, either to relay messages, or to denote ownership of the object inscribed. Some of these messages seem to have been cryptic… … Wikipedia