Enormous
adjective
Very big in size or quantity.
The city had an enormous population.
Often appears as...
- enormous amount
- enormous size
adjective
Exceedingly or noticeably large.
He had an enormous appetite for adventure.
Often appears as...
- enormous appetite
- enormous ambition
Usage tips
Approving
adjective
Very great in degree or intensity.
He made an enormous effort to help those less fortunate.
Often appears as...
- enormous effort
- enormous impact
Usage tips
Approving
adjective
Very big in size or quantity.
The city had an enormous population.
Often appears as...
- enormous amount
- enormous size
adjective
Exceedingly or noticeably large.
He had an enormous appetite for adventure.
Often appears as...
- enormous appetite
- enormous ambition
Usage tips
Approving
adjective
Very great in degree or intensity.
He made an enormous effort to help those less fortunate.
Often appears as...
- enormous effort
- enormous impact
Usage tips
Approving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Expressing Surprise
Use 'enormous' when expressing astonishment at size or quantity.
The library's selection of books is enormous!
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
While often neutral, 'enormous' can imply a downside in certain contexts.
The project faced enormous difficulties.
Pro Tip 3/3Emphasizing Scale
Use 'enormous' to highlight extreme scales when comparing things.
Compared to the village, it was an enormous city.
Pro Tip 1/3Expressing Surprise
Use 'enormous' when expressing astonishment at size or quantity.
The library's selection of books is enormous!
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
While often neutral, 'enormous' can imply a downside in certain contexts.
The project faced enormous difficulties.
Pro Tip 3/3Emphasizing Scale
Use 'enormous' to highlight extreme scales when comparing things.
Compared to the village, it was an enormous city.
Pro Tip 1/3Expressing Surprise
Use 'enormous' when expressing astonishment at size or quantity.
The library's selection of books is enormous!
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
While often neutral, 'enormous' can imply a downside in certain contexts.
The project faced enormous difficulties.
Pro Tip 3/3Emphasizing Scale
Use 'enormous' to highlight extreme scales when comparing things.
Compared to the village, it was an enormous city.
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that we know that there are hundreds of behaviors that bacteria carry out in these collective fashions but the one that's probably the most important to you is virulence so it's not like a couple bacteria to get in you and then they start secreting some toxins you're enormous that would have no effect on
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How do animals see in...
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How exposing anonymous...
would help us cut down on corruption and illegal activity. It would also allow us, as the general public, to better understand the flow of enormous sums of money that impact politics, our daily lives, and the health of our world.
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Rare Video: Japan...
sends an enormous burst of energy up through the ocean displacing enormous quantities of water with the upward motion a series of waves expands in all directions in deep water these waves travel fast up to five hundred miles an
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Nature's Oddest Looking...
oldest patches of rainforests in the world growing to a height of one and a half meters and equipped with enormous dinosaur like claws cassowaries have been described as the planet's most dangerous birds but these feathered
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A whale saved my life PIPE...
He was getting frustrated. He was and so at that point, I think he said, OK, fine, I'm just going to put you on my face. I'm holding on like a little kid to the face of this enormous whale holding onto his tubercles
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Eduardo Sáenz de...
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Four sisters in Ancient...
Today, we're going to look at the world of Rome through the eyes of a young girl. Here she is, drawing a picture of herself in the atrium of her father's enormous house.
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What’s in the Trunk?...
in age during all those years its leaves were sucking carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in this enormous trunk this highlights the importance of the
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Macaques SLAP Squirrels...
enormous 10 kilogram hulks are the largest tree fruits in the world
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Quorum sensing: Bacteria...
that we know that there are hundreds of behaviors that bacteria carry out in these collective fashions but the one that's probably the most important to you is virulence so it's not like a couple bacteria to get in you and then they start secreting some toxins you're enormous that would have no effect on
Video examples
How do animals see in...
Whether eyes are slow, enormous, shiny, or coarse, it's the combination of these biological adaptations that gives nocturnal animals their unique visual powers. Imagine what it might be like to witness through their eyes the world that wakes up when the Sun goes down.
Video examples
How exposing anonymous...
would help us cut down on corruption and illegal activity. It would also allow us, as the general public, to better understand the flow of enormous sums of money that impact politics, our daily lives, and the health of our world.
Video examples
Rare Video: Japan...
sends an enormous burst of energy up through the ocean displacing enormous quantities of water with the upward motion a series of waves expands in all directions in deep water these waves travel fast up to five hundred miles an
Video examples
Nature's Oddest Looking...
oldest patches of rainforests in the world growing to a height of one and a half meters and equipped with enormous dinosaur like claws cassowaries have been described as the planet's most dangerous birds but these feathered
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A whale saved my life PIPE...
He was getting frustrated. He was and so at that point, I think he said, OK, fine, I'm just going to put you on my face. I'm holding on like a little kid to the face of this enormous whale holding onto his tubercles
Video examples
Eduardo Sáenz de...
Eternal truths. But it isn't always easy to know the difference between an eternal truth, or theorem, and a mere conjecture. You need proof. For example, let's say I have a big, enormous, infinite field.
Video examples
Four sisters in Ancient...
Today, we're going to look at the world of Rome through the eyes of a young girl. Here she is, drawing a picture of herself in the atrium of her father's enormous house.
Video examples
What’s in the Trunk?...
in age during all those years its leaves were sucking carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in this enormous trunk this highlights the importance of the
Video examples
Macaques SLAP Squirrels...
enormous 10 kilogram hulks are the largest tree fruits in the world
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Enda Kenny
Irish Politician
I don't take myself too seriously, but I take the job very seriously, and I expect people to do the job that they're given because this is about all our people, young and old, and it's an enormous responsibility.
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Chuck Palahniuk
American Novelist
So many of our enormous emotional crises are lived through the media. They're lived through movies; they're lived through what we watch on television - they're not actual events in our life.
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Soren Kierkegaard
Danish Philosopher
There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.
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Meryl Streep
American Actress
There's no road map on how to raise a family: it's always an enormous negotiation.
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Audrey Hepburn
British Actress
I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.
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Gillian Cross
British Author
Non-fiction books have helped me enormously with lots of my books.
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Condoleezza Rice
American Statesman
I have enormous respect for people who do run for office.
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Jonathan Kozol
American Writer
I have an enormous sense of having failed in life.
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Sharan Burrow
Welsh Activist
I've had an enormously privileged working life.
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Sharon Stone
American Actress
India has an enormous amount of AIDS awareness.
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Enda Kenny
Irish Politician
I don't take myself too seriously, but I take the job very seriously, and I expect people to do the job that they're given because this is about all our people, young and old, and it's an enormous responsibility.
Quote examples
Chuck Palahniuk
American Novelist
So many of our enormous emotional crises are lived through the media. They're lived through movies; they're lived through what we watch on television - they're not actual events in our life.
Quote examples
Soren Kierkegaard
Danish Philosopher
There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.
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Meryl Streep
American Actress
There's no road map on how to raise a family: it's always an enormous negotiation.
Quote examples
Audrey Hepburn
British Actress
I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.
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Gillian Cross
British Author
Non-fiction books have helped me enormously with lots of my books.
Quote examples
Condoleezza Rice
American Statesman
I have enormous respect for people who do run for office.
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Jonathan Kozol
American Writer
I have an enormous sense of having failed in life.
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Sharan Burrow
Welsh Activist
I've had an enormously privileged working life.
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Sharon Stone
American Actress
India has an enormous amount of AIDS awareness.
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