Betekenis van:
colossal

colossal
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
  • buitengewoon groot
  • so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
"colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"
"has a colossal nerve"

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Voorbeeldzinnen

  1. There are colossal mountains in the north.
  2. The completion of the Suez canal was a colossal achievement.
  3. Mount Chokai is a colossal mountain in Akita.
  4. Forgetting to say the graduating student's name at the graduation ceremony was a colossal miss.
  5. While the provisions correct the value of France Télécom's assets to a more realistic level, the colossal size of the debt, at EUR 63 billion, persists.
  6. The Commission would stress that, although it is aware of the growth in the Company's turnover and of the fact that its cash flow was both high and growing faster than its turnover, it cannot ignore the real market position of a company burdened with a colossal debt.
  7. Nevertheless, it also pointed up the heavy weight of the past, which wiped out the net result before exceptional provisions of EUR 1,9 billion, turning it into a EUR 8,3 billion loss. While the provisions correct the value of France Télécom's assets to a more realistic level, the colossal size of the debt, at EUR 63 billion, persists.
  8. While the provisions correct the value of France Télécom's assets to a more realistic level, the colossal size of the debt, at EUR 63 billion, persists. This context, together with the inadequacy of the expected cash flow, helps explain the serious structural problems.
  9. Nevertheless, it also pointed up the heavy weight of the past, which wiped out the net result before exceptional provisions of EUR 1,9 billion, turning it into a EUR 8,3 billion loss. While the provisions correct the value of France Télécom's assets to a more realistic level, the colossal size of the debt, at EUR 63 billion, persists. This context, together with the inadequacy of the expected cash flow, helps explain the serious structural problems.