immensity Definition
im·men·sity (i men′sə tē)
noun pl. -·ties
the state or quality of being immense; specif.,
- great size or limitless extent
- infinite space or being
Etymology: Fr immensité < L immensitas
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immensity Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- task: It also invites one to ponder on the immensity of the task that was undertaken.
- space: I sat at the window and stared at the immensity of space.
- problem: One lay in the immensity of the practical problems themselves.
- universe: I read of the immensities of this universe and realize my life is only the flaring of a match against eternity's darkness.
- time: It is almost impossible for the human mind to grasp such an immensity of time.
- landscape: Sounds of crashing waves of the treacherous Bideford Bar in front of you. and one really appreciates the immensity of the landscape.
Converse of subject
- overwhelm: I become so overwhelmed by the immensity and beauty of it all that I stare for hours.
- dwarf: For the rest of the summer and the following winter the fort was dwarfed by the immensity of its solitude.
Converse of object
- grasp: The key to a healthy view of yourself is to grasp the immensity of Christ's love for you.
- realize: Few people realize the immensity of vacancy in which the dust of the material universe swims.
- see: As the blind eye does not see the immensity of creation, so the blind spirit does not see the limitless power of God.
- appreciate: Even with good visibility, it can be hard to appreciate the immensity of Scapa diving.
- pound: Contents Palestrina in the gallery Pounding the immensities Spanning the gap A community of faith?
- demonstrate: There are several ways of demonstrating the immensity of geological time.
Adjective modifier
Browse dictionary entries near immensity
- ‹ immense
- ‹ immemorial
- ‹ Immelmann (turn)
- ‹ immedicable
- ‹ immediately
- ‹ immediate constituent
- ‹ immediate cause
- ‹ immediate
- ‹ immediacy
- ‹ immeasurable
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- immesh ›
- immethodical ›
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