immense en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ɪˈmɛns/
- (US) audio
Etymology
From Middle English immens, inmens, from Old French immense, from Latin immensus, from in- (“not”) + mensus (“measured”). Compare incommensurable.
Meanings
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Huge, gigantic, very large.
As Elon Musk returns his focus to his businesses, one of his most important companies just had another setback: A SpaceX Starship rocket exploded in an immense fireball Wednesday during a routine ground test.
2025 June 19, Hadas Gold, Jackie Wattles, “Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets keep blowing up at the worst possible time”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 02 Jul 2025:Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- (colloquial) Supremely good.
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(colloquial) Major; to a great degree.
The gallant young Indian dandies at home on furlough—immense dandies these—chained and moustached—driving in tearing cabs […]
1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| immensest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| immenser | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
immensive · immensity · superimmense · immenseness · immensely
Translations (53)
pt ótimo (supremely good) · ru потряса́ющий (supremely good) · lv milzīgs (huge, gigantic, very large) · pt maravilhoso (supremely good) · cs ohromný (huge, gigantic, very large) · lv gigantisks (huge, gigantic, very large) · rap nui nui (huge, gigantic, very large) · pl niezmierny (huge, gigantic, very large) · ru непоме́рный (huge, gigantic, very large) · ko 거대한 (huge, gigantic, very large) · ro imens (huge, gigantic, very large) · it immenso (huge, gigantic, very large) · ca immens (huge, gigantic, very large) · nb gigantisk (huge, gigantic, very large) · th มหาศาล (huge, gigantic, very large) · ja 広大 (huge, gigantic, very large) · ru гига́нтский (huge, gigantic, very large) · ru неизмери́мый (huge, gigantic, very large) · cmn 廣大 /广大 (huge, gigantic, very large) · bg огромен (huge, gigantic, very large) · ja 莫大 (huge, gigantic, very large) · eo grandega (huge, gigantic, very large) · ru сногсшиба́тельный (supremely good) · bg грамаден (huge, gigantic, very large) · fi valtava (huge, gigantic, very large) · lij grandìscimu (huge, gigantic, very large) · nl immens (huge, gigantic, very large) · de immens (huge, gigantic, very large) · fi suunnaton (huge, gigantic, very large) · hu roppant (huge, gigantic, very large) · it immenso (supremely good) · nrf înmense (huge, gigantic, very large) · ar عِمْلاق (huge, gigantic, very large) · cmn 巨大 (huge, gigantic, very large) · fi suunnattoman suuri (huge, gigantic, very large) · pl ogromny (huge, gigantic, very large) · bg великолепен (supremely good) · gl inmenso (huge, gigantic, very large) · grc παμμεγέθης (huge, gigantic, very large) · ro uriaș (huge, gigantic, very large) · pl przeogromny (huge, gigantic, very large) · gd an-mhòr (huge, gigantic, very large) · pt enorme (huge, gigantic, very large) · th มหึมา (huge, gigantic, very large) · pt imenso (huge, gigantic, very large) · es inmenso (huge, gigantic, very large) · ga ábhal (huge, gigantic, very large) · chr ᎤᎪᏗᏗ (huge, gigantic, very large) · ru огро́мный (huge, gigantic, very large) · la immensus (huge, gigantic, very large) · hu mérhetetlen (huge, gigantic, very large) · fr immense (huge, gigantic, very large) · tr kocaman (huge, gigantic, very large)