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say it: EP-ik
epic is an adjective and noun meaning "very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale)". It is pronounced /ˈɛpɪk/ — EP-ik. It carries 3 recorded senses.
very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale)
“an epic voyage”
“of heroic proportions”
“heroic sculpture”
a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for epic come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.