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immensity

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im·men·si·ty  (-mns-t)
n. pl. im·men·si·ties
1. The quality or state of being immense.
2. Something immense: "the empty immensity of earth, sky, and water" (Joseph Conrad).

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.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"

immensity
noun size, extent, magnitude, sweep, bulk, scope, greatness, expanse, enormity, vastness, hugeness, massiveness The immensity of the universe is difficult to grasp.
Translations
immensity [ɪˈmensɪtɪ] N [of size] → inmensidad f; [of difference, problem etc] → enormidad f, inmensidad f
immensity [ɪˈmɛnsɪti] nimmensité f
immensity
nungeheure Größe, Unermesslichkeit f; the immensity of this taskdas gewaltige Ausmaß dieser Aufgabe; the immensity of spacedie Unendlichkeit des (Welt)alls
immensity [ɪˈmɛnsɪtɪ] n (of size, difference, problem) → vastità; (of space) → immensità
immensity [ɪˈmɛnsɪtɪ] n (of size, difference, problem) → vastità; (of space) → immensità


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There is an immensity of promenading, on crutches and off, with sticks and without, and a great deal of conversation, and liveliness, and pleasantry.
They could not believe it indeed, for they could not take in the immensity of all they habitually enjoyed, and so could not conceive that what they were destroying was the very thing they lived by.
The water shone pacifically; the sky, without a speck, was a benign immensity of unstained light; the very mist on the Essex marshes was like a gauzy and radiant fabric, hung from the wooded rises inland, and draping the low shores in diaphanous folds.
 
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