I. noun
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a lyric/narrative/epic etc poem (= a poem in a particular style )
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the epic Greek poem, The Odyssey
an epic journey (= a very long and eventful journey )
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Lewis and Clark made their epic journey across the continental United States in the early 1800s.
epic proportions (= very great size or importance )
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An argument of epic proportions had ensued.
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"The Iliad" is perhaps the most studied epic of all time.
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the epic poem "Beowulf'
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The film was billed as an epic -- an adventure story that would take the world and the box-office by storm.
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The history of a single event has been spun out to fill a 255 page epic .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Luo said in a telephone interview from Wuhan that he began preparing his epic in 1988&.
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Now it looks like a scene set from Beau Geste, or one of those biblical epics.
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Or rent one of the old Steve Reeves muscle epics.
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This junk pile just happens to be our epic .
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Tuppe knew himself to be the stuff of epics.
II. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
journey
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John told of his epic journey , when he pedalled 12,500 miles from Sydney back to Liverpool for charity.
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He is like a hero in one of his tapestries, on an epic journey of artistic discovery.
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For teenagers like Nick, preparing for the epic journey seemed simple enough.
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I had suggested that their epic journey through the mountains would make a good subject for a film.
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I could hardly let you go off on an epic journey all by yourself.
poem
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The action of a traditional epic poem is further complicated in that it deals with the relation of human beings to gods.
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Zach was to finish his epic poem and write a report on the Christmas Show.
poet
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The first epic poet of a human group is the first individual.
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By inventing a myth, the epic poet frees himself from the group.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As a life, it had the ingredients of a blockbuster romantic novel or epic costume film.
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Brecht later worked out of this mould in his different epic theatre.
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The dinner they gave him ranks among the epic brawls which regularly give the brotherhood of socialist solidarity a bad name.
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The rest of the country is missing an epic work.
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There is a boy of about the same age in Kanal, Andrzej Wajda's epic film of the Warsaw uprising.
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What they added was a sense of grandeur - they took blues licks and put them on a epic scale.