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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IMMENSE, a. immens'. [L. immensus; in and mensus,metior, to measure.]
1. Unlimited; unbounded; infinite.
O goodness infinite! goodness immense!
2. Vast in extent; very great; as an immense distance.
3. Huge in bulk; very large; as the immense body of Jupiter.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; "huge government spending"; "huge country estates"; "huge popular demand for higher education"; "a huge wave"; "the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains"; "immense numbers of birds"; "at vast (or immense) expense"; "the vast reaches of outer space"; "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge [syn: huge, immense, vast, Brobdingnagian]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin immensus immeasurable, from in- + mensus, past participle of metiri to measure — more at measure Date: 15th century 1. marked by greatness especially in size or degree; especially transcending ordinary means of measurement <the immense and boundless universe> 2. supremely good ; excellent Synonyms: see enormous • immensely adverb • immenseness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 immeasurably large or great; huge. 2 very great; considerable (made an immense difference). 3 colloq. very good. Derivatives: immenseness n. immensity n. Etymology: ME f. F f. L immensus immeasurable (as IN-(1), mensus past part. of metiri measure)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Immense Im*mense", a. [L. immensus; pref. im- not + mensus, p. p. of metiri to measure: cf. F. immense. See Measure.] Immeasurable; unlimited. In commonest use: Very great; vast; huge. ``Immense the power'' --Pope. ``Immense and boundless ocean.'' --Daniel. O Goodness infinite! Goodness immense! --Milton. Syn: Infinite; immeasurable; illimitable; unbounded; unlimited; interminable; vast; prodigious; enormous; monstrous. See Enormous.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you describe something as immense, you mean that it is extremely large or great. ...an immense cloud of smoke... With immense relief I stopped running. = enormous ADJ: usu ADJ n • immensity The immensity of the universe is difficult to grasp. N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Illimitable, boundless, unbounded, unlimited, interminable, measureless, infinite. 2. Vast, enormous, prodigious, stupendous, huge, gigantic, colossal, Cyclopean, Herculean, very great.

Moby Thesaurus

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