"immense" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪˈmɛns/ Audio: en-us-immense.ogg [US] Forms: immenser [comparative], immensest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛns Etymology: From Middle French immense, from Latin immensus, from in- (“not”) + mensus (“measured”). Compare incommensurable. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*meh₁-}}, {{uder|en|frm|immense}} Middle French immense, {{uder|en|la|immensus}} Latin immensus, {{m|la|in-||not}} in- (“not”), {{m|la|mensus||measured}} mensus (“measured”), {{m|en|incommensurable}} incommensurable Head templates: {{en-adj|immenser}} immense (comparative immenser, superlative immensest)
  1. Huge, gigantic, very large. Translations (huge, gigantic, very large): παμμεγέθης (pammegéthēs) (Ancient Greek), عِمْلاق (ʕimlāq) (Arabic), грамаден (gramaden) (Bulgarian), огромен (ogromen) (Bulgarian), immens (Catalan), ᎤᎪᏗᏗ (ugodidi) (Cherokee), 廣大 (Chinese Mandarin), 广大 (guǎngdà) (Chinese Mandarin), 巨大 (jùdà) (Chinese Mandarin), ohromný (Czech), immens (Dutch), grandega (Esperanto), suunnaton (Finnish), suunnattoman suuri (Finnish), valtava (Finnish), immense (French), inmenso [masculine] (Galician), immens (German), mérhetetlen (Hungarian), roppant (Hungarian), ábhal (Irish), immenso (Italian), 広大 (kōdai) (alt: こうだい) (Japanese), 莫大 (bakudai) (alt: ばくだい) (Japanese), 거대한 (geodaehan) (Korean), immensus (Latin), milzīgs (Latvian), gigantisks (Latvian), grandìscimu (Ligurian), înmense (Norman), gigantisk (Norwegian), ogromny (Polish), przeogromny (Polish), niezmierny (Polish), imenso (Portuguese), enorme (Portuguese), nui nui (Rapa Nui), imens (Romanian), uriaș (Romanian), огро́мный (ogrómnyj) (Russian), гига́нтский (gigántskij) (Russian), непоме́рный (nepomérnyj) [masculine] (Russian), неизмери́мый (neizmerímyj) (Russian), an-mhòr (Scottish Gaelic), inmenso (Spanish), มหึมา (má-hʉ̀-maa) (Thai), มหาศาล (máhăa săan) (Thai), kocaman (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-immense-en-adj-3nyBLooQ Disambiguation of 'huge, gigantic, very large': 98 1 2
  2. (colloquial) Supremely good. Tags: colloquial Translations (supremely good): великолепен (velikolepen) (Bulgarian), immenso (Italian), maravilhoso (Portuguese), ótimo (Portuguese), потряса́ющий (potrjasájuščij) (Russian), сногсшиба́тельный (snogsšibátelʹnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-immense-en-adj-FJ50K0ja Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 77 7 14 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 2 71 11 15 Disambiguation of 'supremely good': 1 99 0
  3. (colloquial) Major; to a great degree. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-immense-en-adj-nwmEfdKr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: immensely, immensity

Noun

IPA: /ɪˈmɛns/ Audio: en-us-immense.ogg [US] Forms: immenses [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛns Etymology: From Middle French immense, from Latin immensus, from in- (“not”) + mensus (“measured”). Compare incommensurable. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*meh₁-}}, {{uder|en|frm|immense}} Middle French immense, {{uder|en|la|immensus}} Latin immensus, {{m|la|in-||not}} in- (“not”), {{m|la|mensus||measured}} mensus (“measured”), {{m|en|incommensurable}} incommensurable Head templates: {{en-noun}} immense (plural immenses)
  1. (poetic) Immense extent or expanse; immensity. Tags: poetic
    Sense id: en-immense-en-noun-i-mXnqHb

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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕimlāq",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "عِمْلاق"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gramaden",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "грамаден"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "огромен"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "immens"
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    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "ugodidi",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "ᎤᎪᏗᏗ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "廣大"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guǎngdà",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "广大"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jùdà",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "巨大"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "ohromný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "immens"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "grandega"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "suunnaton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "suunnattoman suuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "valtava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "immense"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inmenso"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "immens"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "pammegéthēs",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "παμμεγέθης"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "mérhetetlen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "roppant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "ábhal"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "immenso"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こうだい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōdai",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "広大"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ばくだい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bakudai",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "莫大"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "geodaehan",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "거대한"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "immensus"
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    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "milzīgs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "gigantisks"
    },
    {
      "code": "lij",
      "lang": "Ligurian",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "grandìscimu"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "înmense"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "gigantisk"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "ogromny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "przeogromny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "niezmierny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "imenso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "enorme"
    },
    {
      "code": "rap",
      "lang": "Rapa Nui",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "nui nui"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "imens"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "uriaș"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ogrómnyj",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "огро́мный"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gigántskij",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nepomérnyj",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
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      "word": "непоме́рный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neizmerímyj",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "неизмери́мый"
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    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "an-mhòr"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "inmenso"
    },
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "má-hʉ̀-maa",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "มหึมา"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "máhăa săan",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "มหาศาล"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "huge, gigantic, very large",
      "word": "kocaman"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "velikolepen",
      "sense": "supremely good",
      "word": "великолепен"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "supremely good",
      "word": "immenso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "supremely good",
      "word": "maravilhoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "supremely good",
      "word": "ótimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "potrjasájuščij",
      "sense": "supremely good",
      "word": "потряса́ющий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "snogsšibátelʹnyj",
      "sense": "supremely good",
      "word": "сногсшиба́тельный"
    }
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}

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          "text": "The half of Asia is my prison-house,\nMyriads of convicts lost in its Immense—\nI look with terror to my crowning day.",
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