Meaning & use

immense

adjective·Everyday

Extremely large in size, extent, degree, or intensity; far beyond the ordinary or expected.

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The explorers were amazed by the immense canyon stretching for miles ahead of them.

She felt immense relief when the test results finally came back normal.

A note on using this word

Immense can describe both physical size and abstract qualities, such as immense pride or immense pressure.

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