immense
Use Immense in a sentence
adjective
1.
vast; huge; very great: an immense territory.
2.
immeasurable; boundless.
3.
Informal. splendid: You did an immense job getting the project started.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | unusually large; huge; vast |
| 2. | without limits; immeasurable |
| 3. | informal very good; excellent |
| [C15: from Latin immensus, literally: unmeasured, from | |
| im'mensely | |
| —adv | |
| im'menseness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
immense
late 15c., from M.Fr. immense (1360), from L. immensus "immeasurable, boundless," from in- "not" + mensus "measured," pp. of metiri (see measure).
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Example sentences
The company will be able to draw on the immense volume of personal data it owns to create extremely targeted messages.
In earlier days such a plan would have generated immense interest and large political waves.
But that era was also one of rapid and immense change.
At first all you notice is the immense, menacing, and tremendously unsettling spider.
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