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im⋅mense

  [i-mens]
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–adjective
1. vast; huge; very great: an immense territory.
2. immeasurable; boundless.
3. Informal. splendid: You did an immense job getting the project started.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L immēnsus, equiv. to im- im- 2 + mēnsus ptp. of mētīrī to measure

Related forms:
im⋅mense⋅ly, adverb
im⋅mense⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. extensive. See huge.
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im·mense   (ĭ-měns')   
adj.  

  1. Extremely large; huge.

  2. Of boundless or immeasurable size or extent. See Synonyms at enormous.

  3. Informal Surpassingly good; excellent.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin immēnsus : in-, not; see in-1 + mēnsus, past participle of mētīrī, to measure; see mē-2 in Indo-European roots.]
im·mense'ly adv., im·mense'ness n.
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Word Origin & History

immense 
1490, from M.Fr. immense (1360), from L. immensus "immeasurable, boundless," from in- "not" + mensus "measured," pp. of metiri (see measure).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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