immense

Formsimmenser, immensest

1. 1
   adjective

   Very large in size or amount.

   Like something so big you cannot see where it ends.

   The mountain looked immense from the valley below.

   Workers built an immense wall around the old city.

   Similarhuge, enormous, vast, massive, colossal

   Oppositetiny, small, minute, minuscule

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2. 2
   adjectivecolloquial

   Very great in amount or importance.

   Winning the scholarship made an immense difference to her future.

   The new clinic was an immense help to the small town.

   Similargreat, enormous, tremendous, huge, considerable

   Oppositeslight, negligible, minor, little

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3. 3
   adjectivecolloquial

   Extremely good or impressive.

   The concert last night was immense.

   That last goal was absolutely immense.

   Similarsuperb, brilliant, outstanding, excellent, terrific

   Oppositepoor, awful, mediocre

4. 4
   nounliteraryuncountable

   A huge open space that seems to go on without end.

   Like the open sky that stretches farther than you could ever walk.

   The astronaut drifted alone in the immense of space.

   Standing on the shore, she felt tiny against the immense of the ocean.

   Similarvastness, void, infinity, expanse

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