mega

Very large.

Adjective

  1. Very large.
    • Follow those in the know to the fifth floor of Sega's Joy Polis, a mega indoor amusement park that's part of the Odaiba Decks Tokyo Bay entertainment complex near Tange's Fuji Television building. - 2004, Nigel Coates,...
  2. Great; excellent.
    • We had a mega time until Peter fell in the fish pond and cut his leg. - 1998, John Barwick, Targeting Text, page 25:
    • It was totally mega. The audience clapped and cheered when Teasel had finally finished. So did I. - 2011, Anna Wilson, Pup Idol: Top of the Pups:
    • July 15, 2011, Liam Gallagher, quoted at the launch of the new Manchester City F.C. kit I've been a City fan since I was a kid, so to be involved with the launch of a new kit is colossal. Manchester City fans are known...

Origin

From the prefix mega-, from Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).

Related

mega-

Adverb

  1. Extremely.
    • mega-fun
    • mega rich

Forms

more mega most mega

Noun

  1. A megararity (extremely rare bird for a certain region).
    • And, speaking of relative banalities, the recurring Semipalmated Plover at the Broom Sewage Works may have inured us slightly to the status of the species as a rare vagrant, but it was an undeniable "mega" when one was...
  2. The Steinhaus-Moser number ②

Forms

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