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Definition of immense adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

immense

adjective
 
 
/ɪˈmens/
 
/ɪˈmens/
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  1. extremely large or great synonym enormous
    • There is still an immense amount of work to be done.
    • The benefits are immense.
    • a project of immense importance
    • To my immense relief, he didn’t notice my mistake.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryImmense is used with these nouns:
    • amount
    • benefit
    • charm
    • …
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    Word Originlate Middle English: via French from Latin immensus ‘immeasurable’, from in- ‘not’ + mensus ‘measured’, past participle of metiri.
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