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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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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. immensity - unusual largeness in size or extent or number
bigness, largeness - the property of having a relatively great size
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

noun
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Translations
ضَخامَه، إتِّساع، إمتِداد
nesmírnost
enorm i omfang
víîátta; óendanleiki
nezmerateľnosť
büyüklük genişlik sınırsızlık

immensity

[ɪˈmensɪtɪ] N [of size] → inmensidad f; [of difference, problem etc] → enormidad f, inmensidad f
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immensity

[ɪˈmɛnsɪti] n → immensité f
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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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immensity

[ɪˈmɛnsɪtɪ] n (of size, difference, problem) → vastità ; (of space) → immensità
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immense

(iˈmens) adjective
very large or very great. an immense forest; immense amounts of money. ontsaglik واسِع، شاسِع، لا حدَّ له необхватен imenso nesmírný unermeßlich enorm απέραντος, τεράστιος inmenso tohutu عظیم suunnaton immense עצום अमित ogroman óriási sangat besar geysistór, gríðarlegur immenso 広大な 거대한 didžiulis milzīgs; neaptverams sangat besar immens enorm, uhyre, veldig ogromny ډير غټ، ستر، ډيرپراخ imenso imens огромный obrovský ogromen ogroman ofantlig, enorm, oerhörd มโหฬาร çok büyük, muazzam 巨大的 неосяжний, величезний لامحدود rộng lớn 巨大的
imˈmensely adverb
ontsaglik بِصورَة شاسِعه، بِصورَة ضَخْمَه необхватно imensamente nesmírně unermeßlich enormt εξαιρετικά inmensamente tohutult بسیار suunnattoman immensément בְּמִידָה עֲצוּמָה अत्यधिक golemo, sjajno mérhetetlenül besar-besaran gríðarlega immensamente 広大に 거대하게 labai, be galo milzīgi; neaptverami dengan sangat besar immens enormt, veldig niezmiernie په زياته اندازه imensamente imens чрезвычайно nesmierne brezmejno ogromno ofantligt, enormt, oerhört อย่างมโหฬาร son derece, pek çok 非常地,極大地 надзвичайно, безмірно بہت زيادہ vô cùng 非常地,极大地
imˈmensity noun
ontsaglikheid ضَخامَه، إتِّساع، إمتِداد необятност imensidão nesmírnost die Unermeßlichkeit enorm i omfang τεράστιο μέγεθος inmensidad mõõtmatus عظمت suunnattomuus immensité גוֹדֶל עֲצוּם अनंतता beskrajnost, neizmjernost végtelenség keluasan víðátta; óendanleiki immensità 広大さ 거대함 didumas milzīgums; neaptveramība sangat besar onmetelijkheid kolossal størrelse, uendelighet bezmiar غټ والى، ستروالى imensidade imensitate необъят��ость nesmiernosť, ohromnosť; nekonečnosť brezmejnost ogromnost ofantlighet, väldig omfattning ความกว้างใหญ่มาก büyüklük, genişlik, sınırsızlık 巨大 безмірність شدت sự rộng lớn 巨大
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