What does enormous mean?
Definitions for enormous
ɪˈnɔr məsenor·mous
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Princeton's WordNet
enormous, tremendousadjective
extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree
"an enormous boulder"; "enormous expenses"; "tremendous sweeping plains"; "a tremendous fact in human experience; that a whole civilization should be dependent on technology"- Walter Lippman; "a plane took off with a tremendous noise"
Wiktionary
enormousadjective
Deviating from the norm; unusual, extraordinary.
enormousadjective
Exceedingly wicked; atrocious or outrageous.
enormousadjective
Extremely large; greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.
Etymology: From enormis.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
ENORMOUSadjective
Etymology: enormis, Latin.
Nature here
Wanton’d, as in her prime; and plaid at will
Her virgin fancies, pouring forth more sweets,
Wild above rule, or art, enormous bliss! John Milton, Par. Lost.The enormous part of the light in the circumference of every lucid point, ought to be less discernible in shorter telescopes than in longer, because the shorter transmit less light to the eye. Isaac Newton, Opt.
I shall find time
From this enormous state, and seek to give
Losses their remedies. William Shakespeare, King Lear.A giant-shepherd here his flock maintains,
Far from the rest, and solitary reigns,
A form enormous! far unlike the race
Of human birth, in stature, or in face. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.
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enormous
Enormous refers to something that is exceptionally large or huge in size, extent, amount or degree. It denotes something that is significantly bigger or more than an average or usual range.
Webster Dictionary
Enormousadjective
exceeding the usual rule, norm, or measure; out of due proportion; inordinate; abnormal
Enormousadjective
exceedingly wicked; outrageous; atrocious; monstrous; as, an enormous crime
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Enormous
e-nor′mus, adj. excessive: immense: atrocious—(obs.) Enorm′.—n. Enor′mity, state or quality of being enormous: that which is enormous: a great crime: great wickedness.—adv. Enor′mously.—n. Enor′mousness. [L. enormis—e, out of, norma, rule.]
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'enormous' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2535
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'enormous' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2016
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'enormous' in Adjectives Frequency: #321
Anagrams for enormous »
nemorous
unmorose
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of enormous in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of enormous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of enormous in a Sentence
There's the promise of creating enormous shareholder value if we could work it out.
It’s insane the amount of stuff we’re getting, the community we have here on the islands is enormous.
Intelsat Chief Executive Stephen Spengler:
Having the ability to add five years or more on any particular satellite … provides an enormous amount of fleet flexibility. The economic value of this is to enhance the revenue stream over longer periods.
Both Kathryn and Gregg have secured jobs in the local area, which would benefit the local economy and allow them to continue the enormous contribution that they have already made to life in the Highlands.
. The driver of the truck was shot dead by police, but some witnesses said they thought he was firing a gun as he drove. I saw this enormous white truck go past at top speed, it was shooting, shooting.
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- هائلArabic
- грамаден, огроменBulgarian
- enormeCatalan, Valencian
- obrovskýCzech
- enormaEsperanto
- enormeSpanish
- énormeFrench
- an-mhòrScottish Gaelic
- 巨大Japanese
- უზარმაზარიGeorgian
- gigantisks, milzīgsLatvian
- enorm, gigantischDutch
- gigante, enormePortuguese
- gigant, uriaș, enormRomanian
- огромный, громадный, гигантскийRussian
- enormSwedish
- மகத்தானTamil
- มหึมาThai
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