immense
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,076 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,577 times across 175,112 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope also: huge, vast, Brobdingnagian huge government spendinghuge country estates
immense 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.
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He is an intelligent, hard-working man, destined, everybody says, to make an immense fortune.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Another leaflet stated the terms on which they were prepared to take this immense trouble on my behalf.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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You know there are immense amounts of vegetables and other provender brought to London from the Continent every day.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1
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Father Philemy filled the seat of honor at the head of the table, with his back to an immense fire.
The Station · William Carleton · Chapter 1
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When he awoke, he found that the boat was floating on the black, glassy surface of an immense underground ocean.
The Firelight Fairy Book · Henry Beston · Chapter 1