immense

[ ih-mens ]

/ ɪˈmɛns /

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adjective

vast; huge; very great: an immense territory.

immeasurable; boundless.

Informal. splendid: You did an immense job getting the project started.

Words nearby immense

immediatism, immedicable, immelmann, immelmann turn, immemorial, immense, immensity, immensurable, immerge, immerse, immersed

Origin of immense

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin immēnsus, equivalent to im- im-² + mēnsus past participle of mētīrī to measure

SYNONYMS FOR immense

1 extensive. See huge.

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OTHER WORDS FROM immense

im·mense·ly, adverbim·mense·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for immense

He was a scion of immense wealth, a civil rights activist, and an art collector and patron.
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Two years ago, however, Nancy became ill with a post-surgical infection that caused her immense pain.
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This fact is hidden from the helpers, whose intercessions bring them immense satisfaction.
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Singer argues that eating meat is almost always wrong, due to the immense amount of suffering caused by factory farming.
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The physical, financial, and emotional toll of an unintended pregnancy can be immense.
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There was immense jubilation among the Army Boys when their idolized comrade resumed his place in the ranks.
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No; had I an enemy I could wish him no greater penance than success—success prompt, vertiginous, immense!
Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888|Various
You are acquainted with the immense amount of public property at Mound City and Cairo?
Reports of the Committee on the Conduct of the War|United States Senate
This man made money so easily that he despised the slow, gradual building up of an immense fortune.
The Golden Butterfly|Walter Besant
The atmosphere, charged with acid gases, which surrounded this primitive rock must have been of immense density.
The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science|John William Dawson

British Dictionary definitions for immense

immense

/ (ɪˈmɛns) /

adjective

unusually large; huge; vast

without limits; immeasurable

informal very good; excellent

Derived forms of immense

immensely, adverbimmenseness, noun

Word Origin for immense

C15: from Latin immensus, literally: unmeasured, from im- (not) + mensus measured, from mētīrī to measure

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immense

adjective

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Origin of immense

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British Dictionary definitions for immense

adjective

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Word Origin for immense