mega

1 of 2

adjective

1
: vast
a mega electronics store
2
: of the highest level of rank, excellence, or importance
a number one hit made her mega

mega-

2 of 2

combining form

variants or meg-
1
a
: great : large
megaspore
b
: greatly surpassing others of its kind
megahit
2
: million (106)
megohm
megacycle

Examples of mega in a Sentence

Adjective an actor who has become a mega celebrity I will never understand why people build those mega houses on tiny lots.
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Adjective
The recent acceleration in AI capabilities have mega implications for fusion. Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025 On May 18, relatives of the Venezuelan migrant detainees in El Salvador's mega prison CECOT, announced to a WhatsApp group the death of Marlene Ramirez, a grandmother who raised one of the men currently detained there, Jonathan Mendoza Ramirez. Nidia Cavazos, CBS News, 23 May 2025 And this one comes with a mega budget bankrolled by Apple Original Films (with a theatrical-distribution arrangement through Warner Bros.), which has seen low box-office returns for many of its offerings, including Argylle, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Wolfs. Chris Lee, Vulture, 22 May 2025 Williams is 31 points ahead of Haas in the ‘best of the rest’ battle, and because the team is not developing its 2025 car, these early gains — and mega ones at that — are that much more critical. Luke Smith, New York Times, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for mega

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

mega-

Combining form

Greek, from megas large — more at much

First Known Use

Adjective

1968, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of mega was in 1968

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Cite this Entry

“Mega.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mega. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

Kids Definition

mega-

combining form
variants or meg-
1
: great : large
megaspore
2
: million : multiplied by one million
megahertz
3
: to the highest or greatest degree
mega-successful
Etymology

Combining form

from Greek megas "large"

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