huge, immense, vast, Brobdingnagian(adj)
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
"huge government spending"; "huge country estates"; "huge popular demand for higher education"; "a huge wave"; "the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains"; "immense numbers of birds"; "at vast (or immense) expense"; "the vast reaches of outer space"; "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge
huge, gigantic, very large
Origin: From immensus, from im- not + mensus measured
immeasurable; unlimited. In commonest use: Very great; vast; huge
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
im-mens′, adj. that cannot be measured: vast in extent: very large.—adv. Immense′ly.—ns. Immense′ness; Immens′ity, an extent not to be measured: infinity: greatness. [Fr.,—L. immensus—in, not, mensus, pa.p,. of metīri, to measure.]
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Rank popularity for the word 'immense' in Adjectives Frequency: #798
The numerical value of immense in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
The numerical value of immense in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Sample Sentences & Example Usage
The shock is immense.
Text messaging has immense potential in healthcare.
We have immense respect for him, and he has always been fair.
It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense.
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- immensCatalan, Valencian
- suunnattoman suuri, valtava, suunnatonFinnish
- an-mhòrScottish Gaelic
- roppant, mérhetetlenHungarian
- 莫大, 広大Japanese
- gigantisks, milzīgsLatvian
- niezmierny, przeogromny, ogromnyPolish
- ótimo, maravilhoso, enorme, imensoPortuguese
- uriaș, imensRomanian
- гигантский, огромный, потрясающий, сногсшибательныйRussian
- มหาศาล, มหึมา, เวิ้งว้างThai
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