enormous
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məs adjective
1.
greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.; huge; immense: an enormous fortune.
2.
outrageous or atrocious: enormous wickedness; enormous crimes.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | unusually large in size, extent, or degree; immense; vast |
| 2. | archaic extremely wicked; heinous |
| [C16: from Latin ēnormis, from ē- out of, away from + norma rule, pattern] | |
| e'normously | |
| —adv | |
| e'normousness | |
| —n | |
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Enormous
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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Example sentences
But, the statistical benefits to a large database of health information are enormous.
Because large areas of the cortex interpret signals from the palms and fingers, the hands of the homunculus are enormous.
In a final flourish, with people gathered around to watch, he dropped to one knee and proposed with an enormous ring.
The potential impact of this research could be enormous.
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