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towering

[ tou-er-ing ]

adjective

  1. very high or tall; lofty:

    a towering oak.

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  2. surpassing others; very great:

    a towering figure in American poetry.

  3. rising to an extreme degree of violence or intensity:

    a towering rage.

  4. beyond the proper or usual limits; inordinate; excessive:

    towering pride; towering ambitions.



towering

/ ˈٲʊəɪŋ /

adjective

  1. very tall; lofty
  2. outstanding, as in importance or stature
  3. prenominal very intense

    a towering rage

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٴǷɱԲ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • ٴǷİ·Բ· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of towering1

From a late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; tower 1, -ing 2
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Travel round Chinese provinces and you see they are littered with empty projects – lines of towering concrete shells that have been labelled "ghost cities".

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Dressed in a revealing keyhole dress and towering beehive wig, Carpenter comes to Simon Says for the ambience and the chance to dress in drag.

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Construction equipment whines as workers erect towering bleachers in a downtown park.

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Because of its towering reputation — lauded as one of our city’s finest films, a hallmark of American neorealism and the pinnacle of the Black independent filmmaker movement dubbed the L.A.

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After all, it is because of the railroad that this city, tucked among craggy peaks and towering trees, exists at all.

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