immense

Etymology

From Middle French immense, from Latin immensus, from in- (“not”) + mensus (“measured”). Compare incommensurable.

adj

  1. Huge, gigantic, very large.
  2. (colloquial) Supremely good.
  3. (colloquial) Major; to a great degree.

noun

  1. (poetic) Immense extent or expanse; immensity.
    The half of Asia is my prison-house, Myriads of convicts lost in its Immense— I look with terror to my crowning day. 1882, James Thomson (B. V.), Despotism Tempered by Dynamite
    The events that took place in the immenses of the former USSR three years ago remind one about ancient rule of everyday life which is equally applicable both to daily routine and to politics: […] 1994, New Times International, numbers 1-8, page 9

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