Look up: epic

1. Epic
   a long poem focusing on the story of a hero involving gods and heroic exploits, Homer's Iliad, Odyssey and Vergil's Aeneid are all examples.
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2. epic
   [Adjective] More than ordinary. Impressive or heroic.
   Example: He set out on an epic journey to go around the world.
   See also: epic (noun)
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3. epic
   [adj] - constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic 2. [adj] - surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale
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4. EPIC
   Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing (chip) [Intel]
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5. EPIC
   (PROJECT GLOSSARY) EPIC = Term used to describe the scope of a contract. Commonly means Engineer, Procure, Install & Construct.
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6. epic
   Genre of narrative poem or cycle of poems dealing with some great deed - often the founding of a nation or the forging of national unity - and often using religious or cosmological themes. The...
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7. EPIC
   Engineering Procurement Installation and Construction. Usually in reference to a contract e.g. an EPIC contract
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8. EPIC
   (British Airways) Emergency Procedures Information Centre
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9. Epic
   (European prospective investigation into cancer) A Europe-wide research study looking into the effects of diet on health and the development of cancer. The study is recording the diets of thousands of people throughout Europe, and following them through life to see what diseases they later develop. ...
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10. EPIC
    Education Policy Information Service
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11. Epic
    a poem or story relating the adventures of a heroic or legendary figure, often related to national identity, as Odysseus or Arthur.
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12. EPIC
    European Photos Imaging Camera
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13. Epic
    Ep'ic adjective [ Latin epicus , Greek ..., from ... a word, speech, tale, song; akin to Latin vox voice: confer French épique . See Voice .] Narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or designating a kind of narrative poem, u...
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14. Epic
    Ep'ic noun An epic or heroic poem. See Epic , adjective
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15. epic
    epical adjective constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic; `epic tradition`
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16. epic
    heroic adjective very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale); `an epic voyage`; `of heroic proportions`; `heroic sculpture`
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17. Epic
    • (a.) Narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or designating a kind of narrative poem, usually called an heroic poem, in which real or fictitious events, usually the achievements of some hero, are narrated in an elevated style. • (n.) An epic or heroic poem. See Epic, a.
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18. epic
    long narrative poem recounting heroic deeds, although the term has also been loosely used to describe novels, such as Tolstoy`s War and Peace, and ... [45 related articles]
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19. epic
    an extended narrative poem with a heroic or superhuman protagonist engaged in an action of great significance in a vast setting (often including the underworld and engaging the gods). Examples of epic poems are Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene, John Milton's Paradise Lost, William Wordsworth's The...
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20. epic
    A long narrative poem about heroic adventures of some kind, or about history.
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21. epic
    epic, long, exalted narrative poem, usually on a serious subject, centered on a heroic figure. The earliest epics, known as primary, or original, epics, were shaped from the legends of an age when a nation was conquering and expanding; such is the foundation of the Babylonian epic of Gilgamesh, of t...
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22. Epic
    A film that is considered an epic genre or epic in style contends with historical phenomena, mythic or heroic figures. Settings are dominantly in ancient times though the context is indicative of the present milieu. Generally accuracy and substantiveness are sacrificed on the altar of box-office dra...
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23. Epic
    An epic is a poetical narrative of heroic achievements. It is largely dramatic in character, but embraces a greater area and admits many incidents, each of which might serve as a dramatic plot.
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24. epic
    Genre of narrative poem or cycle of poems dealing with some great deed – often the founding of a nation or the forging of national unity – and often using religious or cosmological themes. The two main epic poems in the Western tradition are The Iliad and The Odyssey, attributed to the Ancient Greek H...
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25. EPIC
    European Prevalence of Infection in Intensive Care
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