immense
[ ih-mens ]
/ ɪˈmɛns /
adjective
vast; huge; very great: an immense territory.
immeasurable; boundless.
Informal.
splendid: You did an immense job getting the project started.
Origin of immense
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin
immēnsus, equivalent to
im-
im-2 +
mēnsus past participle of
mētīrī to measure
OTHER WORDS FROM immense
im·mense·ly, adverb im·mense·ness, nounWords nearby immense
immediatism,
immedicable,
immelmann,
immelmann turn,
immemorial,
immense,
immensity,
immensurable,
immerge,
immerse,
immersed
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British Dictionary definitions for immense
immense
/ (ɪˈmɛns) /
adjective
unusually large; huge; vast
without limits; immeasurable
informal
very good; excellent
Derived forms of immense
immensely, adverb immenseness, nounWord Origin for immense
C15: from Latin
immensus, literally: unmeasured, from
im- (not) +
mensus measured, from
mētīrī to measure