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immense::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | brobdingnagian, huge, vast |
| Derivation | immenseness, immensity |
the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains.
immense numbers of birds.
at vast (or immense) expense.
Examples of immense
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Even if that was partly true, he remained an immense presence for us in defence.
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It was an immense performance and one that they will remember the 2009 tour for.
From the telegraph.co.uk
For your children, divorce is an immense issue they have had no preparation for.
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Genetic sequencing of tumors requires immense technological and human resources.
From the sciencedaily.com
The impact of its exploitation on renewables and indeed nuclear will be immense.
From the telegraph.co.uk
To his immense credit, he saw the wider, longer-term benefits of the 2012 Games.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The debris field was immense, like a giant lawnmower had moved through a forest.
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Floods happen on a regular basis resulting in immense loss of life and property.
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Strong when solid, the human ankle is the source of immense grief when impaired.
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- Huge: 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 ...
- (immensely) vastly: to an exceedingly great extent or degree; "He had vastly overestimated his resources"; "was immensely more important to the project as a scientist than as an administrator"
- (immenseness) enormousness: unusual largeness in size or extent or number
- Huge, gigantic, very large
- (immensely) Hugely; extremely; vastly
