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immensity Definition

im·men·sity (i mensə tē)

noun pl. -·ties

the state or quality of being immense; specif.,

  1. great size or limitless extent
  2. infinite space or being

Etymology: Fr immensité < L immensitas

immensity Synonyms

immensity

n.

infinity, vastness, greatness, massiveness, hugeness, enormousness, immeasurableness, boundlessness, bulkiness, sizableness, immenseness, bigness, largeness, gigantism, tremendousness, stupendousness, monstrousness, enormity, magnitude; see also extent.

Antonyms tininess, minuteness, insignificance.

immensity Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • task: It also invites one to ponder on the immensity of the task that was undertaken.
  • space: I sat at the window and stared at the immensity of space.
  • problem: One lay in the immensity of the practical problems themselves.
  • universe: I read of the immensities of this universe and realize my life is only the flaring of a match against eternity's darkness.
  • time: It is almost impossible for the human mind to grasp such an immensity of time.
  • landscape: Sounds of crashing waves of the treacherous Bideford Bar in front of you. and one really appreciates the immensity of the landscape.

Converse of subject

  • overwhelm: I become so overwhelmed by the immensity and beauty of it all that I stare for hours.
  • dwarf: For the rest of the summer and the following winter the fort was dwarfed by the immensity of its solitude.

Converse of object

  • grasp: The key to a healthy view of yourself is to grasp the immensity of Christ's love for you.
  • realize: Few people realize the immensity of vacancy in which the dust of the material universe swims.
  • see: As the blind eye does not see the immensity of creation, so the blind spirit does not see the limitless power of God.
  • appreciate: Even with good visibility, it can be hard to appreciate the immensity of Scapa diving.
  • pound: Contents Palestrina in the gallery Pounding the immensities Spanning the gap A community of faith?
  • demonstrate: There are several ways of demonstrating the immensity of geological time.

Adjective modifier

  • sheer: That will never happen as we all know as the sheer immensity of the drop is too great.
  • awesome: L.S.D. - causes pleasure and a magnified appreciation of the awesome immensity of reality.
immensity Quotes

Immensity cloistered in thy dear womb.

—Donne,John

Our sun is one of100 billion stars in our galaxy.Our galaxy is one of billions of galaxies populating the universe.It would be the height of presumption to think that we are the only living things in that enormous immensity.

—Braun,Wernher von