cosmic C2 Topic:Space, Position & Direction US /ˈkɑz.mɪk/ UK /ˈkɒz.mɪk/ See IPA manual Freq #7340 Meanings 1 adj Relating to the universe or outer space. Telescopes allow us to study cosmic events that happened billions of years ago. 2 adj Extremely large or important; vast in scale. Losing the championship in the final second felt like a disaster of cosmic proportions. Thesaurus Synonyms universal Word family Forms cosmical Derived forms acosmicanthropocosmicastrocosmicbiocosmiccosmicallycosmicismcosmicistcosmicitycosmicizegeocosmichypercosmicintercosmic Related forms astronauticalastronomicalastronomycosmos Common collocations cosmic ray Adjective + noun cosmic catastrophe Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Ancient Greek κοσμικός (kosmikós) κοσμικός Ancient Greek View etymology graph -> Topics Space, Position & Direction Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # cosmic **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈkɑz.mɪk/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkɒz.mɪk/ **Frequency rank:** 7340 ## Meanings 1. Relating to the universe or outer space. 2. Extremely large or important; vast in scale. ## Examples - Telescopes allow us to study cosmic events that happened billions of years ago. - Losing the championship in the final second felt like a disaster of cosmic proportions. ## Synonyms - universal ## Derived Forms - acosmic - anthropocosmic - astrocosmic - biocosmic - cosmically - cosmicism - cosmicist - cosmicity - cosmicize - geocosmic - hypercosmic - intercosmic ## Related Forms - astronautical - astronomical - astronomy - cosmos ## Roots and Affixes - Root: κοσμικός ## Etymology From Ancient Greek κοσμικός (kosmikós) ## AI Etymology Cosmic is from Ancient Greek κοσμικός (kosmikós). Important recorded forms include κοσμικός (Ancient Greek). Current senses include relating to the universe or outer space and extremely large or important; vast in scale. The wider family includes derived forms such as acosmic, anthropocosmic, astrocosmic, biocosmic, and cosmically; related words such as astronautical, astronomical, astronomy, and cosmos. ## Topics - Space, Position & Direction - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown