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titanic
ti·tan·ic 1 T0234600 (tī-tăn′ĭk)adj.1. Titanic Of or relating to the Titans.2. a. Having great stature or enormous strength; huge or colossal: titanic creatures of the deep.b. Of enormous scope, power, or influence: "a deepening sense that some titanic event lay just beyond the horizon" (W. Bruce Lincoln).
ti·tan′i·cal·ly adv.
ti·tan·ic 2 T0234600 (tī-tăn′ĭk, -tā′nĭk, tĭ-)adj. Relating to or containing titanium, especially with valence 4.titanic (taɪˈtænɪk) adj (Elements & Compounds) of or containing titanium, esp in the tetravalent state
titanic (taɪˈtænɪk) adjpossessing or requiring colossal strength: a titanic battle. tiˈtanically adv
Titanic (taɪˈtænɪk) n (Historical Terms) the Titanic a luxury British liner that struck an iceberg near Newfoundland on its maiden voyage on the night of April 14–15, 1912, with the loss of 1513 livesti•tan•ic (taɪˈtæn ɪk) also titan
adj. of great size, strength, or power. [1650–60; < Greek Tītānikós. See Titan, -ic] ti•tan′i•cal•ly, adv. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | titanic - of great force or powerbig, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world" |
titanicadjective gigantic, huge, giant, massive, towering, vast, enormous, mighty, immense, jumbo (informal), monstrous, mammoth, colossal, mountainous, stellar (informal), prodigious, stupendous, fuck-off (offensive taboo slang), herculean, elephantine, Brobdingnagian, humongous or humungous (U.S. slang) a titanic struggle between two visions of the futuretitanicadjectiveOf extraordinary size and power:behemoth, Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, herculean, heroic, huge, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, massy, mastodonic, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, pythonic, stupendous, tremendous, vast.Informal: walloping.Slang: whopping.Translationsgigantischτιτάνιοςtitanicotitanic
rearrange (the) deckchairs on the TitanicTo partake in or undertake some task, activity, or course of action that will ultimately prove trivial or futile in its possible effect or outcome. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. For all his blustering about overhauling the education system, the prime minister might as well have been rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic for all the good these proposals will do. You're applying for arts council funding? Why don't you just rearrange deckchairs on the Titanic while you're at it?See also: deckchairs, on, rearrange, titanicshift (the) deckchairs on the TitanicTo partake in or undertake some task, activity, or course of action that will ultimately prove trivial or futile in its possible effect or outcome. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. For all his blustering about overhauling the education system, the prime minister might as well have been shifting the deckchairs on the Titanic for all the good these proposals will do. You're applying for arts council funding? Why don't you just shift deckchairs on the Titanic while you're at it?See also: deckchairs, on, shift, titanicmove (the) deckchairs on the TitanicTo partake in or undertake some task, activity, or course of action that will ultimately prove trivial or futile in its possible effect or outcome. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. For all his blustering about overhauling the education system, the prime minister might as well have been moving the deckchairs on the Titanic for all the good these proposals will do. You're applying for arts council funding? Why don't you just move deckchairs on the Titanic while you're at it?See also: deckchairs, move, on, titanicbe like rearranging (the) deckchairs on the TitanicTo be a task, activity, or course of action that will ultimately prove trivial or futile in its possible effect or outcome. You're giving the baby a bath before we eat spaghetti? That's like rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic.See also: deckchairs, like, on, rearrange, titanicrearrange the ˌdeckchairs on the Tiˈtanic if something is like rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic, it is an activity that is not worth doing because it cannot improve the situation: None of the staff believe that the new system will improve anything. It’s simply a case of rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic.This expression refers to the famous ship that sank after hitting an iceberg on its first voyage.See also: deckchairs, on, rearrange, titanicgo Titanic in. to fail; to sink. (Refers to the sinking of the passenger ship Titanic.) The whole project went Titanic. We’re out of a job. See also: go, titanictitanic
Titanic (tītăn`ĭk), British liner that sank on the night of Apr. 14–15, 1912, less than three hours after crashing into an iceberg in the N Atlantic S of Newfoundland. More than 1,500 lives were lost. The Titanic, thought to be the fastest ship afloat and almost unsinkable, was on her maiden voyage and carried many notables among the more than 2,200 persons aboard. These circumstances made the loss seem the more appalling to the public in England and the United States. Official and other investigations revealed that messages of warning had been sent but had either not been received by the commanding officers or had been ignored by them. The ship had continued at full speed even after the warnings were sent. She did not carry sufficient lifeboats, and many of the lifeboats were launched with only a few of the seats occupied. Other vessels in the vicinity were unable to reach the Titanic before she sank; one, only 10 mi (16 km) away, did not respond because her wireless operator had retired for the evening. A study published in 2008 revealed that the disaster can be blamed at least partially on low-grade rivets used in some portions of the ship, which broke on impact and caused the ill-fated liner to sink rapidly. The disaster brought about measures to promote safety at sea, particularly the establishment of a patrol to make known the location of icebergs and of stringent regulations about the proper number and proper equipment of lifeboats to be carried by vessels. The catastrophe inspired a large literature. An expedition led by Robert D. BallardBallard, Robert Duane
, 1942–, American marine geologist, b. Wichita, Kans.; Ph.D. Univ. of Rhode Island, 1974. From 1969 to 1997 he was associated with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, where he became the head of the Deep Submergence Laboratory.
..... Click the link for more information. discovered the wreck in 1985. Bibliography See L. Beesley, The Loss of the S.S. Titanic (1912, repr. 1973) A. Gracie, The Truth about the Titanic (1913, repr. 1973), W. Lord, A Night to Remember (1959), R. Brown, Voyage of the Iceberg (1983), B. Beveridge et al., Titanic—The Ship Magnificent (2 vol., 2008), and J. H. McCarty and T. Foecke, What Really Sank the Titanic (2008). TitanicBritish passenger ship sinks on maiden voyage (1912). [Br. Hist.: NCE, 2753]See: Disastertitanic of or containing titanium, esp in the tetravalent state titanic
Synonyms for titanicadj giganticSynonyms- gigantic
- huge
- giant
- massive
- towering
- vast
- enormous
- mighty
- immense
- jumbo
- monstrous
- mammoth
- colossal
- mountainous
- stellar
- prodigious
- stupendous
- fuck-off
- herculean
- elephantine
- Brobdingnagian
- humongous or humungous
Synonyms for titanicadj of extraordinary size and powerSynonyms- behemoth
- Brobdingnagian
- Bunyanesque
- colossal
- cyclopean
- elephantine
- enormous
- gargantuan
- giant
- gigantesque
- gigantic
- herculean
- heroic
- huge
- immense
- jumbo
- mammoth
- massive
- massy
- mastodonic
- mighty
- monster
- monstrous
- monumental
- mountainous
- prodigious
- pythonic
- stupendous
- tremendous
- vast
- walloping
- whopping
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