mega-
prefix/ˈmɛɡə/ · /ˈmeɪɡə/
Etymology From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”), from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂s (“great”). Cognate with Latin magnus, Sanskrit मह (maha, “great, massive, large-scale, epic”), and with Germanic words: Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐍃 (mikils), Old English micel, Middle English muchel, English much, Old High German mihhil, Old Norse mikill, Danish meget.
Morpheme Very large, great.
Morpheme In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by one million (10⁶).
- Near-synonyms: million, M
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Morpheme Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2²⁰ (= 1,048,576, the binary number closest to a million). Computing symbol: Mi.
Business, Computing, Engineering, Marketing, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Morpheme Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2¹⁰ × 10³ (= 1,024,000, the binary round number closest to a million).
Augmentative, Morpheme, Slang Really, very, uber-, super-.
- What?! I'm not sure if I scream that out loud or if my inner voice bounces off the insides of my skull. Why is Archie once again meandering over to Team Nadine? Sounds like I'm not the only one who's mega-confused.2014, Michael Griffo, Starfall (The Darkborn Legacy), New York, NY: Kensington Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, pages 93–94:
- Synonyms
- megalo-, megal-, meg-, super-, supra-, hyper-, ultra-, uber-, arch-, over-, giga-, -zilla, grand
- Antonyms
- micro-
- Derived terms
69 terms
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