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Meaning of 'magnitude' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Magnitude [ n.]
- Extent of dimensions; size; -- applied to things that have length, breath, and thickness.
- That which has one or more of the three dimensions, length, breadth, and thickness.
- Anything of which greater or less can be predicated, as time, weight, force, and the like.
- Greatness; grandeur.
- Greatness, in reference to influence or effect; importance; as, an affair of magnitude.

Meaning of 'magnitude' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . magnitude [ n]
Meaning (1):
- relative importance
Example in sentence:
  • a problem of the first magnitude
Meaning (2):
- the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
Example in sentence:
  • about the magnitude of a small pea;
  • they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion

Nearby Words:

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