adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a huge/monumental error (= very serious )
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It was a monumental error to attack from the north.
monumental sculpture (= built as a monument )
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the monumental sculpture of ancient Greece
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
sculpture
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It is, however, for his accomplished monumental sculpture that William Stanton is best known.
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Eighty-six ceramic works, ranging from dinner plates to monumental sculptures , which Miró realised with the collaboration of Josep Artigas.
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Made of bronze, brass and stainless steel, it is the artist's largest, most monumental sculpture to date.
task
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Those are monumental tasks , but they are imaginative ones.
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It is a monumental task , performed through thousands upon thousands of finicky observations and measurements.
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If you don't know who that audience is then you really do have a monumental task in front of you.
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This isn't such a monumental task but for the arrival of another 150,000 visitors who have exactly the same plans!
work
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It's a truly monumental work , at an unbeatable price.
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Five more years would see the publication of the first volume of the most monumental work the Galaxy had ever conceived.
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The standard has been set by Penny's monumental work , and he is to be heartily congratulated for his achievement.
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It is a monumental work , the two movements staking up 50 minutes of beautiful music of true Tchaikovsky tunefulness.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a monumental temple
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Darwin published his monumental work on evolution in 1859.
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It was a monumental task.
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The concert was a monumental embarrassment.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At the same time, a monumental struggle was going on in the state and federal courts.
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But what a monumental place in the history of publicity she has.
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He was also in the huge orchestra which recorded and toured performing Charles Mingus's monumental composition Epitaph.
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Nor will it suffice simply to survey the mass of habits and rituals involved in the monumental institution of the Empire.
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Of course, the statue of Michael Jackson, too, is a monumental advertising campaign.
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The costs, of course, were monumental .
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The Foreign Secretary opened his speech by referring to the monumental events that now surround us.
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The pharaohs lived in mud palaces but were buried in monumental stone edifices.