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View usage for: immensity in British English (ɪˈmɛnsɪtɪ) nounWord forms: plural -ties1. the state or quality of being immense; vastness; enormity 2. enormous expanse, distance, or volume the immensity of space 3. informal a huge amount an immensity of wealth immensity in American English (ɪˈmɛnsəti) nounWord forms: plural imˈmensities the state or quality of being immense ; specif.,a. great size or limitless extent b. infinite space or being Word origin Fr immensité < L immensitasExamples of 'immensity' in a sentenceimmensity It was twice the height of a man, and a foot or more thick, its immensity moved by a system of ropes and weights.News had gone around the immensity of the village pond and was set in the stone that surrounded it.On spring days, we sometimes drove west to the Mississippi just to look into the sheer immensity of the stream. Synonyms of 'immensity'size, extent, magnitude, sweep More Synonyms of immensity The immensity of the universe is difficult to grasp. Synonyms scope greatness vastness hugeness massiveness Additional synonymsDefinition volume or size, esp. when great the shadowy bulk of an ancient barn Synonyms size, volume, dimensions, magnitude, substance, vastness, amplitude, immensity, bigness, largeness, massiveness Definition the vastness or extent of a problem or difficulty I was appalled by the enormity of the task ahead of us. Synonyms hugeness, extent, magnitude, greatness, vastness, immensity, massiveness, enormousness, extensiveness Definition an uninterrupted wide area a vast expanse of grassland Synonyms area, range, field, space, stretch, sweep, extent, plain, tract, breadth- immemorial
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