immense
/ɪˈmɛns/
immense adjective: huge, gigantic, very large.
Adjective
immense (comparative immenser, superlative immensest)
- Huge, gigantic, very large.
- Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- As Elon Musk returns his focus to his businesses, one of his most important companies just had another setback: A SpaceX Starship rocket exploded in an immense fireball Wednesday during a routine ground test.2025 June 19, Hadas Gold, Jackie Wattles, “Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets keep blowing up at the worst possible time”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 02 Jul 2025
- Supremely good.
- Major; to a great degree.
- The gallant young Indian dandies at home on furlough—immense dandies these—chained and moustached—driving in tearing cabs […]1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC
Noun
immense (plural immenses)
- 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
- The half of Asia is my prison-house,
immense meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
immense in Hindi
- immense, vast
- अतुल atul
immense in Tamil
- அளப்பரு, பரந்த, மிகப் பரந்த, மிகப் பெரிய, மிகப்பெரிய, அளவற்ற
immense in Marathi
- अफाट
immense in Urdu
- immense
- لامتناہی lāmutanāhī
More languagesFewer languages
- immense in Bengali
- বিশাল, প্রকাণ্ড, অপরিমেয়, অত্যন্ত বেশি
- immense in Telugu
- అమితము amitamu
- immense in Malayalam
- ധാരാളമായ, അതിരില്ലാത്ത, അത്യന്തം
- immense in Kannada
- ಬಾರೀ ದೊಡ್ಡ, ಅಳತೆಗೆ ಸಿಗದ, ತೀವ್ರ, ಅಗಾಧ
- immense in Sanskrit
- उत्कट utkaṭa
- immense in Arabic
- عِمْلاق ʕimlāq
- immense in Thai
- มหึมา má-hʉ̀-maa, มหาศาล máhăa săan
Examples of immense in a sentence
- Winning the championship brought the team immense accolade from sports analysts worldwide.
- He drew on his immense fund of knowledge.
- Although an operator presses the button, the actuation is done by an immense series of levers and cranks.
Forms of immense
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | immenser |
| superlative | immensest |
| Noun | |
| plural | immenses |
Origin of immense
From Middle English immens, inmens, from Old French immense, from Latin immensus, from in- (“not”) + mensus (“measured”). Compare incommensurable.
Words formed from immense
Words that rhyme with immense
Questions about immense
- What does immense mean?
- Immense means huge, gigantic, very large.
- What is immense in Hindi?
- Immense in Hindi is अतुल (atul). See Immense meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is immense?
- Immense can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce immense?
- Immense is pronounced /ɪˈmɛns/.
Words near immense in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: immense (page history and authors); अतुल (Hindi) (page history and authors); immense (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); immense (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); لامتناہی (Urdu) (page history and authors); Immense (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); అమితము (Telugu) (page history and authors); immense (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); immense (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); उत्कट (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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