cosmic

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

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 astronauticalastronomical astronomy cosmos

Appears in

Phrases (2)

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cosmic ray
a high-energy particle or radiation arriving from outside the Earth

Adjective + noun
cosmic catastrophe
a destructive event on the scale of planets, stars, or the wider universe

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κοσμικός (kosmikós)

κοσμικός Ancient Greek

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Topics

Describing Qualities Astronomy & Space Word Formation & Derivatives

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# 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
- Describing Qualities
- Astronomy & Space
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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