Epic

Definitions

1. Acronym of explicitly parallel instruction computing.
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2. Acronym of Estates and Protected Individuals Code.
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3. An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero.
4. Alternative letter-case form of epic (“extended narrative poem”); especially a poem within a particular tradition of epics.
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5. Acronym of epitaxial integrated circuit.
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6. Acronym of East Plano Islamic Center.
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7. A series of events considered appropriate to an epic; any work of literature, film, etc. having heroic deeds and adventures as its subject matter.
8. A large or extended user story.

Equivalents

41 more languages

العربيةالملحمةملحمةملحمي

Azərbaycan dilidastan

Българскиепиченепос

Bosanskiepepik

Catalàèpicepopeia

Češtinaepickýepopejepos

Danskepiskepos

Ελληνικάεπικόςεποποιίαέπος

Esperantoepopeaepopeo

Suomieeposeeppinenkertomaruno

Galegoépico

हिन्दीगाथाराम कहानी

Hrvatskiepepik

Magyareposz

Հայերենէպոս

Bahasa Indonesiaepikeposwiracarita

Italianoepico

日本語エピック叙事詩大作

Қазақ тілідастандәуірнама

ភាសាខ្មែរឥតិហាស

한국어서사시에픽

Kurdîdastandestanepikepos+ 1 more

Кыргызчадастан

Македонскиепепопеја

മലയാളംഐതിഹാസിക

Bahasa Melayuepik

မြန်မာပျိုး

Nederlandsepischepisch gebeuren/verhaaleposheldendadenheldendichtheldhaftig+ 3 more

Polskiepickiepicznyepopejaepos+ 1 more

Portuguêsépicoepopeia

Românăepopee

Русскийэпическийэпопеяэпос

Српскиepepik

Svenskaepiskepos

Тоҷикӣдостон

ไทยมหากาพย์

Tagalogepiko

Türkçedestanepik

ئۇيغۇرچەداستان

Українськаепічнийепопеяепос

Tiếng Việthuyền thoạisử thi

Examples

“The Texas Rangers investigation is one of at least five announced investigations targeting EPIC or EPIC City. Those include⟳ investigations led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Texas Workforce Commission, the Texas State Board⟳ of Securities and the Texas Funeral Service Commission.”

“The Icelandic epic took all night to recite.”

“The book was an epic in four volumes.”

“These epics nearly always had runaway trains, nincompoops floundering with the controls and a collapsed bridge just ahead!”

“Epics are shown in a separate⟳ list from user stories. This is because it is the user stories that are developed, not epics. Epics are decomposed into child user stories.”

“He calls for a special kind of instrument, bearing a name⟳ which smacks of the Norse Epics—a “Nibling.””

“Compare⟳ Milton’s Epics with the other great Epics of the world.”

“The “Idylls of the King,” more of a complete⟳ Epic than any of the great Epics, showed how high is that aim which every commonwealth of men is bound to propose⟳ to itself; […]”

“The Epic has a continuous history from the Mycenaean era to the making of the Iliad.”

“This conciliatory approach⟳ to the Gītā is a clear enough indication of its being influenced by the world of the Epics to which it belongs.”

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