Definitions for enormous
ɪˈnɔr məsenor·mous

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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"

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1. enormousadjective

   Deviating from the norm; unusual, extraordinary.

2. enormousadjective

   Exceedingly wicked; atrocious or outrageous.

3. enormousadjective

   Extremely large; greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.

4. Etymology: From enormis.

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1. Enormousadjective

   exceeding the usual rule, norm, or measure; out of due proportion; inordinate; abnormal

2. Enormousadjective

   exceedingly wicked; outrageous; atrocious; monstrous; as, an enormous crime

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'enormous' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2535

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'enormous' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2016

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'enormous' in Adjectives Frequency: #321

Anagrams for enormous »

1. nemorous

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of enormous in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of enormous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of enormous in a Sentence

1. Dan Coats:

   It has been a privilege serving with Sue Gordon to lead the ODNI and Intelligence Community over these past two years. Sue Gordon is a visionary leader who has made an enormous impact on the IC over the more than three decades Sue Gordon has served, i have had the pleasure of working with Joseph Maguire as part of my leadership team at ODNI, and I am pleased that the President has announced that Joe will serve as Acting DNI. Joe has had a long, distinguished career serving the nation and will lead the men and women in the IC with distinction.

2. Ron Wyden:

   This is a dramatic expansion of the government’s hacking and surveillance authority, such a substantive change with an enormous impact on Americans’ constitutional rights should be debated by Congress, not maneuvered through an obscure bureaucratic process.

3. Phil Horton:

   The one thing I'm sure about is they wouldn't be spending what are clearly enormous sums on the case if they didn't believe there was money to be collected at the end of the day.

4. Tyler Ralston:

   This is enormous for the entire country, all across the US. I'm so proud, the numbers reflect how we all feel. It's a win for labor rights and workers' rights. And I'm so excited.

5. Mitchell Garabedian:

   Historically, this is the first time ever in the United States that a Cardinal has been criminally charged with a sexual crime against a minor, it takes an enormous amount of courage for a sexual abuse victim to report having been sexually abused to investigators and proceed through the criminal process.

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