adj

immense

ih-MEHNS

adj

Extremely large in size, degree, or amount.

"The company made an immense profit last quarter."

"She felt immense relief when the test results came back clear."

How to Use Immense

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishHuge — extremely large in size, amount, or degree.

Common pairings

immense pressure immense relief immense pride

immenser comparative, immenses plural, immensest superlative

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The company made an _____ profit last quarter.

From Latin immensus, meaning "unmeasured" or "too large to measure," from in- ("not") plus mensus ("measured").

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