Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - enormous
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Enormous
enormous
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Something that is enormous is extremely large in size or amount. The main bedroom is enormous... There is, of course, an enormous amount to see. ADJ 2. You can use enormous to emphasize the great degree or extent of something. It was an enormous disappointment. ADJ: usu ADJ n c darkgreen]emphasis • enormously This book was enormously influential... ADV: ADV adj, ADV with v
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1.
adjective Etymology: Latin enormis, from e, ex out of + norma rule Date: 1531 1. a. archaic abnormal, inordinate b. exceedingly wicked ; shocking an ~ sin 2. marked by extraordinarily great size, number, or degree; especially exceeding usual bounds or accepted notions • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun Synonyms: ~, immense, huge, vast, gigantic, colossal, mammoth mean exceedingly large. ~ and immense both suggest an exceeding of all ordinary bounds in size or amount or degree, but ~ often adds an implication of abnormality or monstrousness an ~ expense an immense shopping mall. huge commonly suggests an immensity of bulk or amount incurred a huge debt. vast usually suggests immensity of extent the vast Russian steppes. gigantic stresses the contrast with the size of others of the same kind a gigantic sports stadium. colossal applies especially to a human creation of stupendous or incredible dimensions a colossal statue of Lincoln. mammoth suggests both hugeness and ponderousness of bulk a mammoth boulder. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
adj. very large; huge (enormous animals; an enormous difference). Derivatives enormously adv. enormousness n. Etymology: L enormis (as E-, norma pattern, standard) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. громадный, огромный, грандиозный enormous changes —- огромные перемены enormous sum —- громадная сумма enormous appetite —- чудовищный аппетит enormous bliss —- беспредельное блаженство enormous woe —- безмерное горе 2. ужасный, чудовищный enormous crime —- ужасное злодеяние enormous offences —- тяжкие преступления ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
4.
changes огромные перемены ENORMOUS adj. 1) громадный; огромный - enormous changes 2) amer. чудовищный, ужасный Syn: see massive ...Англо-русский словарь
5.
~ adj extremely large in size or in amount (an enormous bouquet of flowers | The amount of paperwork involved is enormous.) - enormously adv (enormously fat) - enormousness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- 1531, from L. enormis "irregular, extraordinary, very large," from ex- "out of" + norma "rule, norm;" Eng. -ous substituted for L. -is. Meaning "extraordinary in size" is attested from 1544; original sense of "outrageous" is more clearly preserved in enormity (1475). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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