huge

[ hyooj or, often, yooj ]
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adjective,hug·er, hug·est.
  1. extraordinarily large in bulk, quantity, or extent: a huge ship; a huge portion of ice cream.

  2. of unbounded extent, scope, or character; limitless: the huge genius of Mozart.

  1. Slang. very important, successful, popular, etc.: The show is huge in Britain.

Origin of huge

1
First recorded in 1225–75; Middle English huge, hoge from Old French ahuge, ahoge “enormous,” equivalent to a- a-5 + hoge “height” from Germanic; compare Old Norse haugr “hill” (see high)

synonym study For huge

1. Huge, enormous, immense, tremendous imply great magnitude. Huge implies massiveness, bulkiness, or even shapelessness: a huge mass of rock; a huge collection of antiques. Enormous, literally out of the norm, applies to what exceeds in extent, magnitude, or degree, a norm or standard: an enormous iceberg. Tremendous, in informal use, applies to anything so huge as to be astonishing or to inspire awe: a tremendous amount of equipment. Immense, literally not measurable, is particularly applicable to what is exceedingly great, without reference to a standard: immense buildings. All are used figuratively: a huge success; enormous curiosity; tremendous effort; immense joy.

pronunciation note For huge

See human.

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Other words from huge

  • hugely, adverb
  • hugeness, noun
  • o·ver·huge, adjective
  • o·ver·huge·ly, adverb
  • o·ver·huge·ness, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for huge

huge

/ (hjuːdʒ) /


adjective
  1. extremely large in size, amount, or scope: Archaic form: hugeous

Origin of huge

1
C13: from Old French ahuge, of uncertain origin

Derived forms of huge

  • hugeness, noun

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