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immense
[ ih-mens ]
/ ɪˈmɛns /
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adjective
Informal. splendid: You did an immense job getting the project started.
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Origin of immense
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin immēnsus “huge, boundless, immeasurable,” equivalent to im- “un-” + mēnsus, past participle of mētīrī “to measure”; see im-2
synonym study for immense
1. See huge.
OTHER WORDS FROM immense
im·mense·ly, adverbim·mense·ness, nounWords nearby immense
immediatism, immedicable, Immelmann, Immelmann turn, immemorial, immense, immensely, immensity, immensurable, immerge, immerse
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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, nounWord Origin for immense
C15: from Latin immensus, literally: unmeasured, from im- (not) + mensus measured, from mētīrī to measure
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