Immense Meaning
/ɪˈmɛns/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjHuge, gigantic, very large.
adjSupremely good.
Sentence Examples
Technology has given us immense power.
An immense monument was erected in honor of the eminent philosopher.
There is still an immense amount of work to be done.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Jupiter is an ____ planet that could hold more than a thousand Earths.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The construction of the new massive dam required an ____ amount of concrete and many years of work.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English immens, inmens, from Old French immense, from Latin immensus, from in- (“not”) + mensus (“measured”). Compare incommensurable.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
"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:
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Jupiter is an ____ planet that could hold more than a thousand Earths.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The construction of the new massive dam required an ____ amount of concrete and many years of work.