Definition of 'enormous'
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enormous in British English
adjective
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Derived forms
enormously (eˈnormously) adverb
enormousness (eˈnormousness)
noun
Word origin
C16: from Latin ēnormis, from ē- out of, away from + norma rule, pattern
Word Frequency
enormous in American English
adjective
SYNONYMY NOTE: enormous implies an exceeding by far what is normal in size, amount, or degree [an enormous nose, enormous expenses]; immense, basically implying immeasurability, suggests size beyond the regular run of measurements
but does not connote abnormality in that which is very large [redwoods are immense trees]; huge usually suggests an immense mass or bulk [a huge building, huge profits]; gigantic, colossal, mammoth basically imply a likeness to specific objects of great size (respectively, a giant,
the Colossus of Rhodes, and the huge, extinct elephant) and therefore emphasize the
idea of great magnitude, force, importance, etc., now often hyperbolically; tremendous, literally suggesting that which inspires awe or amazement because of its great size,
is also used loosely as an intensive termWebster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Derived forms
enormously (eˈnormously)
adverb
enormousness (eˈnormousness)
noun
Word Frequency
enormous in American English
(ɪˈnɔrməs)
adjective
SYNONYMS 1. vast, colossal, gigantic, mammoth, prodigious, stupendous. See huge.Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019
by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Derived forms
enormously adverb
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enormous
British English: enormous
/ɪˈnɔːməs/ ADJECTIVE
Enormous means extremely large in size, amount, or degree.
The main bedroom is enormous.
- American English: enormous /ɪˈnɔrməs/
- Arabic: ضَخْم
- Brazilian Portuguese: enorme
- Chinese: 巨大的
- Croatian: ogroman
- Czech: ohromný
- Danish: enorm
- Dutch: enorm
- European Spanish: enorme
- Finnish: valtava
- French: énorme
- German: enorm
- Greek: τεράστιος
- Italian: enorme
- Japanese: 巨大な
- Korean: 거대한
- Norwegian: enorm
- Polish: ogromny
- European Portuguese: enorme
- Romanian: enorm
- Russian: громадный
- Latin American Spanish: enorme
- Swedish: enorm
- Thai: ใหญ่โต, มหึมา
- Turkish: muazzam
- Ukrainian: величезний
- Vietnamese: to lớn
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