immense

«immense» in Mova's school dictionary: Extremely large or great in size, amount or degree — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (immense)

meaning for a pupil

Extremely large or great in size, amount or degree. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and science it shows huge size: an immense whale, an immense mountain, immense space. In feelings: immense joy, immense relief. It is a stronger word than «big». It does not give a number.

examples

• The blue whale is an immense animal. tree →
• We felt immense relief when the dog came home. tree →
• Space is immense. tree →
• The castle had an immense wooden door. tree →
• Building the bridge took an immense amount of work. tree →
• The giant's footprint was immense. tree →
• It seemed as if something immense had been thrown over him. tree →

note

Not usually used with «very» because it already means very big. Adverb: immensely. Noun: immensity. Spelling: double m, ends in -ense. In maths problems it describes size but you still need the number.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «immense» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.