adj. 1. Very great in size, extent, or amount: an immense cloud. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin immēnsus : in-, not; see IN-1 + mēnsus, past participle of mētīrī, to measure; see mē-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] im·mensely adv. im·menseness n. |
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