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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Immense \Im*mense"\, a. [L. immensus; pref. im- not + mensus, p.
     p. of metiri to measure: cf. F. immense. See Measure.]
     Immeasurable; unlimited. In commonest use: Very great; vast;
     huge. ``Immense the power'' --Pope. ``Immense and boundless
     ocean.'' --Daniel.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           O Goodness infinite! Goodness immense!   --Milton.
  
     Syn: Infinite; immeasurable; illimitable; unbounded;
          unlimited; interminable; vast; prodigious; enormous;
          monstrous. See Enormous.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Immense \Im*mense"\, a. [L. immensus; pref. im- not + mensus, p.
     p. of metiri to measure: cf. F. immense. See Measure.]
     Immeasurable; unlimited. In commonest use: Very great; vast;
     huge. ``Immense the power'' --Pope. ``Immense and boundless
     ocean.'' --Daniel.
  
           O Goodness infinite! Goodness immense!   --Milton.
  
     Syn: Infinite; immeasurable; illimitable; unbounded;
          unlimited; interminable; vast; prodigious; enormous;
          monstrous. See Enormous.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  immense
       adj : unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially
             extent or scope; "huge government spending"; "huge
             country estates"; "huge popular demand for higher
             education"; "a huge wave"; "the Los Angeles aqueduct
             winds like an immense snake along the base of the
             mountains"; "immense numbers of birds"; "at vast (or
             immense) expense"; "the vast reaches of outer space";
             "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call
             civilization"- W.R.Inge [syn: huge, vast, Brobdingnagian]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  immense
     Γαλλικά a.
     τεράστιος, απέραντος, πελώριος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  immense
     Dutch a.
     (infl of nl immens  infl)
     French a.
     (l en immense), huge
     Latin a.
     (inflection of la immēnsus  voc m s)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  immense
     a.
     1 huge, gigantic, very large.
     2 (lb en colloquial) supremely good.
     3 (lb en colloquial) Major; to a great degree.
     n.
     (lb en poetic) Immense extent or expanse; immensity.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  immense
     Dutch a.
     (infl of nl immens  infl)
     French a.
     (l en immense), huge
     Latin a.
     (inflection of la immēnsus  voc m s)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  immense
     Dutch a.
     (infl of nl immens  infl)
     French a.
     (l en immense), huge
     Latin a.
     (inflection of la immēnsus  voc m s)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  immense
     Ranska a.
     valtava, suunnaton
     Saksa a.
     (de-a-taivm immens e)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  immense
     Franska a.
     enorm, jättelik, ofantlig, hiskelig

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  immense /ɪmˈɛns/
  geweldig, enorm

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Immense /ɪmˈɛns/
  هائل

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  immense //ɪˈmɛns// 
  1. огромен, грамаден
  huge, gigantic, very large
  2. великолепен
  supremely good