immense (【Adjective】extremely large in size, amount, degree, etc. ) Meaning, Usage, and Readings

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"immense" Meaning

immense

/ɪˈmɛns/

Adjective

extremely large in size, amount, degree, etc.

"immense" Example Sentences

The submarine imploded under immense pressure at a depth of nearly 4,000 meters.

The residents of the town are still suffering from immense damage caused by the storm.

The positive social impact of this new law will be immense.

I have an immense amount of respect for our country's president.

I've been feeling an immense amount of pressure at work.

"immense" Related Lesson Material

The potential for commercial growth is immense.

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"But their potential to significantly reduce our carbon footprint is immense."

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“Immense human suffering is unfolding in front of our eyes... 7.3 million people do not know where their next meal is coming from.”

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The economies of the European Union and Japan combined make up for an immense 28 percent of global output, creating one of the largest trade pacts ever proposed.

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The World Bank initially approved a loan to the Indian government of $450 million toward the $6 billion project, but withdrew the funding in 1993 following immense criticism and protests.

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In Japan, food labeling has become an immense issue after some hotels and restaurants were detected to have mislabeled the items on their menus, which led EU to urge Japan to apply the EU certification on food labels as a component of an economic collaborative agreement that is presently under arrangement.

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Heaped upon the floor, to form a kind of throne, were turkeys, geese, game, brawn, great joints of meat, sucking pigs, long wreaths of sausages, mince-pies, plum-puddings, barrels of oysters, red-hot chestnuts, cherry-cheeked apples, juicy oranges, luscious pears, immense twelfth-cakes, and great bowls of punch.

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'Come, my head's free at last!' said Alice in a tone of delight, which changed into alarm in another moment, when she found that her shoulders were nowhere to be found: all she could see, when she looked down, was an immense length of neck, which seemed to rise like a stalk out of a sea of green leaves that lay far below her.

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Even though the public hadn't asked for one, four city officials made an apology “to the residents of Kobe,” describing the man’s actions as “immensely regrettable,” according to a Japanese news source.

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immensely

/ɪˈmɛnsli/

Adverb

to a great extent