immensity
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im·men·si·ty
(ĭ-mĕn′sĭ-tē)n. pl. im·men·si·ties
1. The quality or state of being immense.
2. Something that is immense, such as an immense expanse: "huddled against the white immensities of land and sky, one of those lonely New England farm houses that make the landscape lonelier" (Edith Wharton).
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immensity
(ɪˈmɛnsɪtɪ)n, pl -ties
1. the state or quality of being immense; vastness; enormity
2. enormous expanse, distance, or volume: the immensity of space.
3. informal a huge amount: an immensity of wealth.
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im•men•si•ty
(ɪˈmɛn sɪ ti)n.
1. enormous extent; vastness.
2. the state or condition of being immense.
[1400–50; late Middle English < Latin]
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Noun | 1. | immensity - unusual largeness in size or extent or number enormity - vastness of size or extent; "in careful usage the noun enormity is not used to express the idea of great size"; "universities recognized the enormity of their task" |
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immensity
noun size, extent, magnitude, sweep, bulk, scope, greatness, expanse, enormity, vastness, hugeness, massiveness The immensity of the universe is difficult to grasp.
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immensity
nounThe quality of being enormous:
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Translations
ضَخامَه، إتِّساع، إمتِداد
nesmírnost
enorm i omfang
víîátta; óendanleiki
nezmerateľnosť
immensity
[ɪˈmensɪtɪ] N [of size] → inmensidad f; [of difference, problem etc] → enormidad f, inmensidad fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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immensity
n → ungeheure Größe, Unermesslichkeit f; the immensity of this task → das gewaltige Ausmaß dieser Aufgabe; the immensity of space → die Unendlichkeit des (Welt)alls
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immense
(iˈmens) adjective very large or very great. an immense forest; immense amounts of money.
imˈmensely adverbimˈmensity noun
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