as in magnitude
the quality or state of being very large
the immensity of the mountain was awe-inspiring, especially up close
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Recent Examples of immensity
As bombs fell in the first months of the Blitz, an Australian sat in his London apartment drinking Calvados, reading accounts of early expeditions into his homeland, and likely experiencing for the first time an immensity of emptiness and a longing for the land of his childhood.
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Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 4 Dec. 2024
Given the immensity of many venues — and because the toilets are often buried deep in the bowels — this is a running joke.
—Will Noble, CNN, 23 Nov. 2024
Turns out nature is a surefire awe trigger—the vastness of the night sky, the immensity of the Grand Canyon, the tiny intricacies of a flower.
—Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
The immensity of a wide desert in Namibia.
—Felix Bischof, theweek, 30 Sep. 2024
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Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 4 Dec. 2024
Given the immensity of many venues — and because the toilets are often buried deep in the bowels — this is a running joke.
—Will Noble, CNN, 23 Nov. 2024
Turns out nature is a surefire awe trigger—the vastness of the night sky, the immensity of the Grand Canyon, the tiny intricacies of a flower.
—Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
The immensity of a wide desert in Namibia.
—Felix Bischof, theweek, 30 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immensity
Noun
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The lower the figure of magnitude, the brighter the star and Sirius is one of only four stars seen from our earthly perspective with a negative magnitude (-1.45).—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Those waves and factors related to the shifting ground determine an earthquake’s magnitude, as measured through 10 on the scale most commonly used to describe quakes.—
Gul Tuysuz and Nadeen Ebrahim CNN,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2025
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In terms of challenges regarding sustainability, one of the biggest has been breaking down the enormity of the task at hand to be more socially and environmentally aware.—
Christopher Marquis,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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But that adage doesn’t go nearly far enough to convey the enormity of the likely fallout from US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose a colossal set of new tariffs on America’s trading partners.—
Anna Cooban,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Immensity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immensity. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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