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magnitude


mag·ni·tude [magnitude magnitudes] BrE [ˈmæɡnɪtjuːd] NAmE [ˈmæɡnɪtuːd] noun ~ (of sth)
1. uncountable (formal)the great size or importance of sth; the degree to which sth is large or important
We did not realize the magnitude of the problem.
a discovery of the first magnitude
2. countable, uncountable (astronomy)the degree to which a star is bright
The star varies in brightness by about three magnitudes.
3. countable, uncountable (geology)the size of an ↑earthquake
The quake reached a magnitude of 7.1 on the Richter scale.

Word Origin:
late Middle English (also in the sense ‘greatness of character’): from Latin magnitudo, from magnus ‘great’.

Example Bank:
Stars of the first magnitude are visible to the naked eye.
The effects were substantial in magnitude.
They appear to underestimate the magnitude of such influences.
They failed to comprehend the magnitude of the problem.
We will face challenges of a similar magnitude.
a disaster of the first magnitude
a fall in costs of sufficient magnitude to enable us to reduce prices
This is a discovery of the first magnitude.
We are talking about something of a different order of magnitude.

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