Definitions for hugehyudʒ or, often, yudʒ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

huge*hyudʒ or, often, yudʒ(adj.)hug•er, hug•est.

  1. extraordinarily large in bulk, quantity, or area:

    a huge ship.

  2. very great:

    The book was a huge success.

* Syn: huge, enormous, tremendous, immense imply great magnitude. huge , when used of concrete objects, usu. adds the idea of massiveness, bulkiness, or even lack of shape: a huge mass of rock. enormous applies to what exceeds a norm or standard in extent, magnitude, or degree: an enormous iceberg. tremendous suggests something so large as to be astonishing or to inspire awe: a tremendous amount of equipment. immense , literally not measurable, is particularly applicable to what is exceedingly great, without reference to a standard: immense buildings. All of these terms are used figuratively: a huge success; enormous curiosity; tremendous effort; immense joy.Pron: See human.

Origin of huge:

1225–75; ME huge, hoge < OF ahuge

huge′ness(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. huge, immense, vast, Brobdingnagian(adj)

    unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope

    "huge government spending"; "huge country estates"; "huge popular demand for higher education"; "a huge wave"; "the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains"; "immense numbers of birds"; "at vast (or immense) expense"; "the vast reaches of outer space"; "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. huge(adjective)ʒ or, often, yudʒ

    very large; = enormous

    a huge dog/truck/suitcase/tree; The crowd was huge.; huge amounts of money

  2. hugeʒ or, often, yudʒ

    very important or popular

    a huge scientific discovery; The movie was huge in Australia.

Wiktionary

  1. huge(Adjective)

    Very large

    The castle was huge.

  2. huge(Adjective)

    Distinctly interesting, significant, important, likeable, well regarded.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Huge(u)

    very large; enormous; immense; excessive; -- used esp. of material bulk, but often of qualities, extent, etc.; as, a huge ox; a huge space; a huge difference


Translations for huge

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

huge(adjective)

very large

a huge dog; a huge sum of money; Their new house is huge.

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