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adjective vast; huge; very great: an immense territory.
immeasurable; boundless.
Informal . splendid: You did an immense job getting the project started.
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
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synonym study for immense 1 . See huge.
OTHER WORDS FROM immense im·mense·ly, adverb im·mense·ness, noun Words nearby immense immediatism, immedicable, Immelmann, Immelmann turn, immemorial, immense , immensely, immensity, immensurable, immerge, immerse
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No; had I an enemy I could wish him no greater penance than success—success prompt, vertiginous, immense !
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This man made money so easily that he despised the slow, gradual building up of an immense fortune.
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The atmosphere, charged with acid gases, which surrounded this primitive rock must have been of immense density.
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British Dictionary definitions for immense adjective unusually large; huge; vast
without limits; immeasurable
informal very good; excellent
Derived forms of immense immensely , adverb immenseness , noun Word Origin for immense C15: from Latin immensus, literally: unmeasured, from im- (not) + mensus measured, from mētīrī to measure
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