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# immense

adjective (immense)

«immense» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Extremely large or great in size, amount or degree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immense/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immense/#x1)
- We felt immense relief when the dog came home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immense/#x2)
- Space is immense. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immense/#x3)
- The castle had an immense wooden door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immense/#x4)
- Building the bridge took an immense amount of work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immense/#x5)
- The giant's footprint was immense. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immense/#x6)
- It seemed as if something immense had been thrown over him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immense/#x7)

### 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.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: The Sefer Yetzirah describes God as carving out huge pillars from empty air, and the tradition reads this as creation of the world from nothing. In the primary 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

- He hewed, as it were, immense column or colossal pillars, out of the intangible air, and from the empty space. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/immense/#x1)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «immense» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immense/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«immense» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/immense.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «immense» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/immense/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«immense» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/immense.html) on Mova free.