immense
immense
Definition
im·mense (i mens′)
adjective
- Obsolete unmeasured; limitless; infinite
- very large; vast; huge
- Slang very good; excellent
Etymology: Fr < L immensus < in-, not + mensus, pp. of metiri, to measure
im·mense′ly adverb
im·mense′·ness noun
immense
Synonyms
immense
modif.
immense
Usage Examples
Preposition: on
- stage: Storm and Whizzkid were immense on this mighty stage.
Preposition: in
- size: Particularly, as some of these colonies could be immense in size and with little existing infrastructure.
- term: But the consequences of this crisis are immense in terms of wasted opportunities for economic growth and social justice.
Modifies a noun
- popularity: Due to immense popularity all available spaces for September 2006 have been taken.
- suffering: The bravery of the hospital workers, surrounded by immense suffering, was great.
- pleasure: I recently had the immense pleasure of attending a seminar with Master Jeff Bolt.
- satisfaction: What price do you put on sheer quality and immense satisfaction?
- wealth: He chose to use the immense private wealth of the Temple rather than raise money for civil projects by taxation.
- pride: Helping us to move forward with immense pride knowing where we came from.
Modifying Another Word
- absolutely: This site is absolutely immense and beautifully layed out.
- potentially: The eEurope statement looks too much inwards and neglects the potentially immense strength of this diaspora.
- truly: For revenge, Archimedes devised a fiendish computational problem that involved truly immense numbers.
- so: He had ambition so immense as to dream of being supreme, both in the field of action and in the realms of thought.
- too: The rate and scale of change has simply proved too immense for much of Surrey's biodiversity to adapt and respond to.
- still: In Ethiopia the demand for anesthetists is still immense.
Used with adjective complement
- seem: From the use of macro focusing, the worlds seem immense with potential; Gottelier is telling stories using scraps of familiarity.
- remain: Today, twelve years after their imposition, the burden of sanctions remains immense.
- become: The number of models that could be considered, and thus compared, have become immense.
- look: Once upon a time, our planet looked immense.
- prove: The rate and scale of change has simply proved too immense for much of Surrey's biodiversity to adapt and respond to.
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