immensity

[ ih-men-si-tee ]

noun

1. vastness; enormous extent:

   the immensity of the Roman empire.

2. the state or condition of being immense.

immensity

/ ɪˈmɛnsɪtɪ /

noun

1. the state or quality of being immense; vastness; enormity
2. enormous expanse, distance, or volume

   the immensity of space

3. informal.
   a huge amount

   an immensity of wealth

Word History and Origins

Origin of immensity¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Latin word immēnsitās. See immense, -ity

Example Sentences

The 1,252-square-mile southwest Texas expanse was stupefying in its beauty and immensity.

From Outside Online

The immensity of choice protected by the law of our land continues to evolve with us.

From The Daily Beast

Thus wanderingMy thought in this immensity is drowned;And sweet to me is shipwreck on this sea.

From Project Gutenberg

Everything relating to human affairs seemed dwarfed in such immensity.

From Project Gutenberg

Our people, separated from yours by the immensity of the seas and vast territories, could not harm your nation.

From Project Gutenberg

Such immensity is of night, and, added to solitude, weighed heavily on Gilliatt's mind.

From Project Gutenberg

One stands before it awed, stupefied by its immensity, its age, its strange manner of growing.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• bigness
• enormity
• vastness