Immense
adjective
Extremely large or great.
The immense buildings touch the sky.
Often appears as...
- immense pleasure
- immense pressure
adjective
Great in degree or extent.
She has immense talent.
Often appears as...
- immense joy
- immense pride
adjective
Extremely large or great.
The immense buildings touch the sky.
Often appears as...
- immense pleasure
- immense pressure
adjective
Great in degree or extent.
She has immense talent.
Often appears as...
- immense joy
- immense pride
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Size
Use 'immense' to describe something that is impressively large or vast in physical space.
The immense forest was visible for miles.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
'Immense' can be used in negative contexts where the size or extent of something is overwhelming.
The city faced immense challenges after the storm.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
Sometimes 'immense' is used figuratively to emphasize the great impact or importance of non-physical things.
Her decision had an immense impact on the project's success.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Size
Use 'immense' to describe something that is impressively large or vast in physical space.
The immense forest was visible for miles.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
'Immense' can be used in negative contexts where the size or extent of something is overwhelming.
The city faced immense challenges after the storm.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
Sometimes 'immense' is used figuratively to emphasize the great impact or importance of non-physical things.
Her decision had an immense impact on the project's success.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Size
Use 'immense' to describe something that is impressively large or vast in physical space.
The immense forest was visible for miles.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
'Immense' can be used in negative contexts where the size or extent of something is overwhelming.
The city faced immense challenges after the storm.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
Sometimes 'immense' is used figuratively to emphasize the great impact or importance of non-physical things.
Her decision had an immense impact on the project's success.
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Killer whale society PIPE...
seemed learning how to hunt blues in this footage are actually experienced adults taking on an even larger blue in the later piece regardless any observation of a group of killer whales successfully overcoming a challenges significant under the blue whale is both incredibly rare and immensely inspiring
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and the glaciers that cloaked the Earth's surface began their slow retreat. These immense ice sheets carved out a series of basins. Those basins filled with water as the ice began to melt, creating the world's largest area of freshwater lakes. Over time, channels developed between these basins,
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The otherworldly...
allows them to withstand immense pressure. But they're the exception. Most deep-sea creatures are confined to a narrow range in the water column where nutrients are scarce since the food drifting downwards from the surface rapidly sinks to the sea floor.
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The incredible...
allowing scientists to study the long-term physical and psychological effects of being in space, which would prove useful for increasingly ambitious space travel, like trips to Mars. Over its lifetime, we've learned an immense amount scientifically,
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The tale of the doctor...
In an instant, the palace dissolved around them. The doctor found himself in an immense cave lined with countless quivering candles, each representing the duration of a life. As punishment for his Godson’s foolish attempt to master mortality,
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Floods 101 PIPE National...
communities further downriver were hit with the full brunt of the Mississippi two-thirds of all the levees were breached though towns rallied to protect their lives and livelihoods the damage was still immense over ten billion
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Best Of Frogs PIPE Top 5 PIPE...
it's the roger brooks bird wing it's got the most impressive wingspan these are incredibly rare here the simple fact that they're so beautiful that collectors will pay immense prices for them apparently if you can get a live
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Filming Antarctica's...
numb your face and sting your face it takes your breath away but also the knowledge there is this immense plate that goes on forever and ever and ever of eight feet thick ice above you and there is just one tiny tiny little
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Thoughts on humanity,...
Really. I'm an actor, like I told you, a modern expression of human creativity. The land I come from is the source of inexplicable but very simple spirituality. In its immense generosity, India decided somehow
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Are Red Pandas Friendly?...
as well as the sun hitting these colours will help them blend in immensely, especially up in the tree canopies. So why do red pandas stand up? So you tend to see this with cubs,
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Killer whale society PIPE...
seemed learning how to hunt blues in this footage are actually experienced adults taking on an even larger blue in the later piece regardless any observation of a group of killer whales successfully overcoming a challenges significant under the blue whale is both incredibly rare and immensely inspiring
Video examples
What’s so great about...
and the glaciers that cloaked the Earth's surface began their slow retreat. These immense ice sheets carved out a series of basins. Those basins filled with water as the ice began to melt, creating the world's largest area of freshwater lakes. Over time, channels developed between these basins,
Video examples
The otherworldly...
allows them to withstand immense pressure. But they're the exception. Most deep-sea creatures are confined to a narrow range in the water column where nutrients are scarce since the food drifting downwards from the surface rapidly sinks to the sea floor.
Video examples
The incredible...
allowing scientists to study the long-term physical and psychological effects of being in space, which would prove useful for increasingly ambitious space travel, like trips to Mars. Over its lifetime, we've learned an immense amount scientifically,
Video examples
The tale of the doctor...
In an instant, the palace dissolved around them. The doctor found himself in an immense cave lined with countless quivering candles, each representing the duration of a life. As punishment for his Godson’s foolish attempt to master mortality,
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Floods 101 PIPE National...
communities further downriver were hit with the full brunt of the Mississippi two-thirds of all the levees were breached though towns rallied to protect their lives and livelihoods the damage was still immense over ten billion
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Best Of Frogs PIPE Top 5 PIPE...
it's the roger brooks bird wing it's got the most impressive wingspan these are incredibly rare here the simple fact that they're so beautiful that collectors will pay immense prices for them apparently if you can get a live
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Filming Antarctica's...
numb your face and sting your face it takes your breath away but also the knowledge there is this immense plate that goes on forever and ever and ever of eight feet thick ice above you and there is just one tiny tiny little
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Thoughts on humanity,...
Really. I'm an actor, like I told you, a modern expression of human creativity. The land I come from is the source of inexplicable but very simple spirituality. In its immense generosity, India decided somehow
Video examples
Are Red Pandas Friendly?...
as well as the sun hitting these colours will help them blend in immensely, especially up in the tree canopies. So why do red pandas stand up? So you tend to see this with cubs,
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Roger Federer
Swiss Athlete
I used to get nervous, you know if my parents would come watch. And then I would get nervous if my friends came and watched. Today it's not a problem anymore actually, because now I enjoy it. I see that they, you know, respect me immensely, and I try to put on a good show and show that I can still play very good tennis.
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Margaret Thatcher
English Leader
I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.
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Dwayne Johnson
American Actor
I have an immense amount of respect for acting. I've always loved movies and was always fascinated by movie-making. But to become an actor, I wanted to commit myself.
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Michael Giacchino
American Composer
Music helps immensely with math skills, and math skills help immensely with music skills.
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Baron Corbin
American Athlete
Football and boxing helped me immensely. Those sports helped me become dangerous.
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Roger Allam
English Actor
Getting a good education was of immense importance to my parents.
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Vishnu Vishal
Indian Actor
When I help people around me. It gives me immense happiness.
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Katherine Mansfield
New Zealander Author
It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.
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Matthew Stewart
American Philosopher
We're just one rock surrounded by this immense universe.
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Parvathy
Indian Actress
I have nothing but immense respect for my peers.
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Roger Federer
Swiss Athlete
I used to get nervous, you know if my parents would come watch. And then I would get nervous if my friends came and watched. Today it's not a problem anymore actually, because now I enjoy it. I see that they, you know, respect me immensely, and I try to put on a good show and show that I can still play very good tennis.
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Margaret Thatcher
English Leader
I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.
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Dwayne Johnson
American Actor
I have an immense amount of respect for acting. I've always loved movies and was always fascinated by movie-making. But to become an actor, I wanted to commit myself.
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Michael Giacchino
American Composer
Music helps immensely with math skills, and math skills help immensely with music skills.
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Baron Corbin
American Athlete
Football and boxing helped me immensely. Those sports helped me become dangerous.
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Roger Allam
English Actor
Getting a good education was of immense importance to my parents.
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Vishnu Vishal
Indian Actor
When I help people around me. It gives me immense happiness.
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Katherine Mansfield
New Zealander Author
It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.
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Matthew Stewart
American Philosopher
We're just one rock surrounded by this immense universe.
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Parvathy
Indian Actress
I have nothing but immense respect for my peers.
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