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Meanings of immense in English

Unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope.

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Examples for "huge"
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The authors agree with Japan's health ministry: finance is a huge problem.
The economist
2
Food poverty is a huge problem in Ireland and throughout the EU.
The Irish Times
3
She says the government has a huge responsibility to address the problem.
Radio NZ
4
In Europe, Britain paid for a huge army of occupation in Germany.
The Guardian
5
But the authorities' indiscriminate military response has put civilians at huge risk.
The Irish Times
1
Poultry slaughtering totals almost 900 million a year, the vast majority chickens.
Reuters
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Today, the vast majority of Singaporeans live in high quality public housing.
Reuters
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However, that is an unlikely scenario given Jobs's vast wealth, he said.
Reuters
4
Biofuels Bioenergy production in particular requires vast amounts of land and water.
The Guardian
5
Separately, vast guarantees were given regarding safeguarding national security interests, sites, jobs.
Reuters
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This brobdingnagian contraption is called, not surprisingly, the Giant Swiss Army Knife.
Wired
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The imperial sailors were distinguished by their uniforms of a large blue and white check, suggesting the pinafores of a brobdingnagian baby.
Rezanov
3
Brobdingnagian compression units sent a volley of solvitriol bombs into the air.
The last page
4
The fancy conjures up a Brobdingnagian wheat-field partially cut in the green stage.
In the Heart of the Vosges and Other Sketches by a "Devious Trav...
5
It's all heraldic crests and huge portals, especially on the Brobdingnagian main square.
The Guardian
Usage of immense in English
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We believe there is immense value creation to happen in the future.
The Guardian
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The political fallout in Spain, Europe and the world will be immense.
The Irish Times
3
From what he had seen, Syndic internal security forces wielded immense power.
Beyond The Frontier: Dreadnaught
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Over the years, I have seen immense change in my home parish.
The Irish Times
5
We returned to town with him leading; Main Street seemed particularly immense.
Anthropology of an american girl: a novel
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That was a mantle he carried with immense dignity and great courage.
The Guardian
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This technology has already helped, but its scope is immense, said Asfaw.
Reuters
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She closed the very short distance to the immense body of water.
Four dukes and a devil
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To feel the problem is so immense we cannot make significant strides.
Reuters
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We could hear the immense heart-beat of the world in the stillness.
Imaginations and Reveries
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But the immense wound disappeared in the immensity of the unconquered wall.
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 4 / France and the Net...
12
Destroying a satellite, however, poses immense risks for all space flight activities.
News.com.au
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With another immense effort she managed 'G... G', and then whispered, 'Go.'
The comfort of strangers
14
Lindiwe enjoyed immense success during her time as the Minister of Housing.
The South African
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Particularly in the south, the popularity of high school football is immense.
The Guardian
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It is for this reason that the government is under immense pressure.
The South African
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