adjective
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unusually large; huge; vast
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without limits; immeasurable
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informal very good; excellent
Related Words
See huge.
Other Word Forms
- immensely adverb
- immenseness noun
Etymology
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”; im- 2
Example Sentences
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His immense popularity lined the pockets of nearly everyone associated with the PGA Tour.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
New research published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences explores how and when this immense current first developed.
From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026
The challenge of deploying these technologies was immense.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
"The days when a college degree guaranteed a good job are gone, and graduates now face immense employment pressure," says Xiang Biao, director of Germany-based Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
But her great-aunt forbade an immense, book-length list of things, and she couldn’t obey them all.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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