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huge

adjective US /hjuːdʒ/

unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope

How often you will meet it

Rank 1,332 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 13,760 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.007% of every word in the library.

What it means

adjective

  1. unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope also: immense, vast, Brobdingnagian huge government spendinghuge country estates

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

huge in real books

Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.

  • The good news flew like wind through the huge city.

    An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1

  • Agnes was frowning so that her whole forehead was like one huge wrinkle.

    Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1

  • The huge man must have been as old as Silas Blackburn, but he showed no touch of gray.

    The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1

  • The tall servant reappeared with a huge luncheon basket--all manner of delicacies were emptied out upon my table.

    The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1

  • You remember that landscape of mine, for which Agnew offered me such a huge price but which I would not part with?

    The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1

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