meteoric
adjective
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Definition of meteoric
1a
: of or relating to a meteor
b
: resembling a meteor in speed or in sudden and temporary brilliance
a meteoric rise to fame
2
: of, relating to, or derived from the earth's atmosphere
meteoric water
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Other Words from meteoric
meteorically
\ 藢m膿-t膿-藞券r-i-k(蓹-)l膿
, -藞盲r- \
adverb
, -藞盲r- \
adverb
Examples of meteoric in a Sentence
a meteoric rise to fame
Recent Examples on the Web
Roman has done this dance before with a dual-threat quarterback, serving as offensive coordinator during Colin Kaepernick's meteoric rise with the 49ers. — Si Wire, SI.com, "Ravens vs. Dolphins Live Stream: Watch Online, TV Channel, Start Time," 8 Sep. 2019 Switch now to the National Tennis Center in New York, where Williams has steamrolled through the draw and Andreescu has continued her meteoric rise. — Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, "It鈥檚 Serena vs. a great admirer in U.S. Open final," 6 Sep. 2019 The Panthers need that number to drop, allow the meteoric rise of running back Christian McCaffrey to continue and hope Newton doesn鈥檛 regress in his ninth NFL season. — Kyle Fredrickson, The Denver Post, "NFC preview: Will new coaching staff propel Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay back to title chase?," 5 Sep. 2019 Zao has faced similar questions about its terms of service during its meteoric rise. — Alyssa Newcomb, Fortune, "Deepfake App Zao Makes You a Movie Star. But It Also Raises Big Privacy Concerns," 4 Sep. 2019 Also underlying the meteoric rise of skincare is a complex desire to defy the process of aging. — Sangeeta Singh-kurtz, Quartzy, "Ulta is struggling because of your boring beauty routine," 30 Aug. 2019 Successive promotions saw the visitors make a meteoric rise form the third-tier to the top-flight, taking them from sub-1,000 crowds to nights such as this in Milan in the space of two years. — SI.com, "Inter vs Lecce Preview: Where to Watch, Live Stream, Buy Tickets & Kick Off Time," 23 Aug. 2019 That spring was significant for another reason, too: An intense young man with wary, hooded eyes and fiercely anti-immigrant views graduated from college and began a meteoric rise as a Republican operative. — Jason Deparle, New York Times, "How Stephen Miller Seized the Moment to Battle Immigration," 17 Aug. 2019 The season, like most others during the game鈥檚 meteoric rise to the top of the gaming zeitgeist these past two years, came with one giant, headline-grabbing addition. — Nick Statt, The Verge, "Fortnite鈥檚 next tournament will also be its most controversial, thanks to mech suits," 16 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'meteoric.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for meteoric
meteoric
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of meteoric
: very sudden or fast
: marked by very quick success
See the full definition for meteoric in the English Language Learners Dictionary
meteoric
adjective
me路te路or路ic
| \ 藢m膿-t膿-藞券r-ik
\
\
Kids Definition of meteoric
1
: of or relating to a meteor
meteoric impacts
2
: like a meteor in speed or in sudden and temporary success
a meteoric career