immense
[ ih-mens ]
/ ɪˈmɛns /
adjective
vast; huge; very great: an immense territory.
immeasurable; boundless.
Informal. splendid: You did an immense job getting the project started.
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Origin of immense
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin immēnsus, equivalent to im- im-2 + mēnsus past participle of mētīrī to measure
OTHER WORDS FROM immense
im·mense·ly, adverbim·mense·ness, nounWords nearby immense
immediatism, immedicable, immelmann, immelmann turn, immemorial, immense, immensity, immensurable, immerge, immerse, immersed
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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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