Mega

//ˈmɛɡə// adj, adv, name, noun, phrase, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Very large. informal, not-comparable

    "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."

  2. 2
    Great; excellent. not-comparable, slang

    "We had a mega time until Peter fell in the fish pond and cut his leg."

Adverb
  1. 1
    Extremely. informal

    "mega-fun"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A placename; A town in Dire, Borena, Ormia, Ethiopia. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A placename; A village in Moriad district, Tambrauw, West Papua, Indonesia, on New Guinea. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A surname. countable
Noun
  1. 1
    A megararity (extremely rare bird for a certain region). informal

    "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 discovered on Lord Howe Island on 23 March."

  2. 2
    Initialism of Moon-Earth gravity assist. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    The Steinhaus-Moser number ②
  4. 4
    Initialism of Mars-Earth gravity assist. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Phrase
  1. 1
    Alternative letter-case form of MEGA (“Make Europe Great Again”). alt-of

    "Rather he was outlining the Mega (Make Europe Great Again) project in support of the far right across Europe."

  2. 2
    Initialism of Make Europe Great Again. European, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

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

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