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HUGE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
Example:
the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization
Synonyms:
Brobdingnagian; huge; immense; vast
Classified under:
Similar:
big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
Context examples:
The storm had evidently broken during the night, though a huge sea was still running and a stiff wind blowing.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
"European, US, Australian, Japanese, etc. shows a forecast skill for predicting some of these events at a two-week timescale. However, there is a huge scope for improvement," McPhaden adds.
(Global disasters linked to warming Indo-Pacific seas, SciDev.Net)
There is one other huge aspect that will be in your favor.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
In the left pocket we saw a huge silver chest, with a cover of the same metal, which we, the searchers, were not able to lift.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
Would it not be a paying investment to put stamps on the huge pile of manuscripts under the table and start them on their travels again?
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
It was a giant dog, as large as a calf, tawny tinted, with hanging jowl, black muzzle, and huge projecting bones.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
In build and coat and brush he was a huge timber-wolf; but the lie was given to his wolfhood by his color and marking.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
The United Nations agency says rising temperatures are ushering in more extreme weather with huge socioeconomic impact.
(World Meteorological Org.: Arctic Warming Appears Irreversible, VOA)
Environmental tobacco smoke consists of a huge variety of chemicals that are produced during the burning of tobacco.
(Environmental tobacco smoke, NCI Thesaurus)
Scientists had been regularly tracking the star, called NGC 2547-ID8, when it surged with a huge amount of fresh dust between August 2012 and January 2013.
(Spitzer Telescope Witnesses Asteroid Smashup, NASA)
