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Synonyms for immense


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ih-mens
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈmɛns

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Définition of immense

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Middle French immense (mid-14c.), from Latin immensus "immeasurable, boundless," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + mensus "measured," past participle of metiri (see measure).
  • adj extremely large
Example sentences :
  • Hence, our architecture and statuary is massive and of immense proportions.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • The immense pools in the Phillips were as salt as sea water.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • We have just had one of our men killed, a young sculptor of immense promise.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • The immense majority of us prefer a God at second or third hand.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • The price is immense, and much beyond what I can ever attempt to pay.
  • Extract from : « Lady Susan » by Jane Austen
  • From an immense discouraging distance, they towered imminent.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • We captured an immense amount of these stores, a portion of which we carried away.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • And now after their immense exertions it grew fiercer than ever.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • He saw with immense relief that the sun was already very low.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • There was an immense crowd in the square and about the neighbourhood of the prison.
  • Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)

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