monumental
adj/ˌmɒnjʊˈmɛntəl/
Etymology Borrowed from Late Latin monumentālis, from Latin monumentum; equivalent to monument + -al.
1
In the manner of a monument.
2
Large, grand and imposing.
3
Taking a great amount of time and effort to complete.
- Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2017, page 171:
- a monumental task
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Archaeology, History, Human sciences, Sciences Relating to monuments.
- Monumental construction.
- Derived terms
- monumentalise, monumentalism, monumentality, monumentalization, monumentalize, monumentally, monumental mason, monumental masonry, premonumental, unmonumental