ENORMOUS


Meaning of ENORMOUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnɔ:(r)məs ]

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 [ emphasis ]

• enor‧mous‧ly

This book was enormously influential...

ADV : ADV adj , ADV with v

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