how to pronounce colossal

/kəˈlɑːsəl/

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colossal is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of colossal in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… the canyon was a colossal waste of time …”

meaning of colossal

Colossal means huge, enormous, or very large.

colossal frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word colossal occurs in english on average 2.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics colossal can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that colossal can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;