gigantic proportion

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Describes something of a very large size, scale, or extent. Often used in the plural 'gigantic proportions'.

giganticADJECTIVE + NOUN

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proportion

Examples (10)

  • The project grew to gigantic proportions within a year.
  • A scandal of gigantic proportions shook the company.
  • Without controls, the budget deficit reached gigantic proportions.
  • By the time help arrived, the wildfire had assumed gigantic proportions.
  • The internet enables collaboration on a scale of gigantic proportions.
  • Their ambition was of gigantic proportions, but the resources were tiny.
  • The data breach became a problem of gigantic proportions.
  • She warned that urban sprawl could soon be of gigantic proportions.
  • The relief effort mobilized a workforce of gigantic proportions.
  • What began as a small bug escalated into an outage of gigantic proportions.