What does enormous mean?
Definitions for enormous
ɪˈnɔr məsenor·mous
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Princeton's WordNet
enormous, tremendous(adj)
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
enormous(Adjective)
Deviating from the norm; unusual, extraordinary.
Etymology: From enormis.
enormous(Adjective)
Exceedingly wicked; atrocious or outrageous.
Etymology: From enormis.
enormous(Adjective)
Extremely large; greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.
Etymology: From enormis.
Webster Dictionary
Enormous(adj)
exceeding the usual rule, norm, or measure; out of due proportion; inordinate; abnormal
Enormous(adj)
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 »
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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
The amount of the rain was enormous. It was unprecedented.
I see little public value in issuing a liquor license to Taco Bell and enormous costs for the residents of Madison and our city government, in the meantime, the violence at downtown locations associated with liquor is only growing -- growing in terms of frequency, in terms of location, and in terms of severity.
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.
When I put my foot on English soil for the first time, it was like I had been reborn, because I left Nazi Germany and was received by the British people and I have an enormous debt of the thanks to the British people.
There’s an enormous amount of pain and an enormous amount of joy on the other side of it, the flipside of going through so much yearning and pain to get there is the feeling of ‘ Ahhhh ! ’ when Nicole Kidman have the child.
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- هائلArabic
- огромен, грамаденBulgarian
- enormeCatalan, Valencian
- obrovskýCzech
- enormaEsperanto
- enormeSpanish
- énormeFrench
- an-mhòrScottish Gaelic
- 巨大Japanese
- უზარმაზარიGeorgian
- gigantisks, milzīgsLatvian
- gigantisch, enormDutch
- gigante, enormePortuguese
- enorm, gigant, uriașRomanian
- гигантский, громадный, огромныйRussian
- enormSwedish
- மகத்தானTamil
- มหึมาThai
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