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huge

(hyo͞oj)

adj. hug·er, hug·est

1. Of exceedingly great size, extent, or quantity. See Synonyms at enormous.

2. Of exceedingly great scope or nature: the huge influence of the Hellenic world.

3. Informal Contributing in a major way to success; very important: The defensive line was huge in the second half.

[Middle English, from Old French ahuge.]

huge′ly adv.

huge′ness n.

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huge

(hjuːdʒ)

adj

extremely large in size, amount, or scope

[C13: from Old French ahuge, of uncertain origin]

ˈhugeness n

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huge

(hyudʒ or, often, yudʒ)

adj. hug•er, hug•est.

1. extraordinarily large in bulk, quantity, or area: a huge ship.

2. very great: The book was a huge success.

[1225–75; Middle English huge, hoge < Old French ahuge]

huge′ly, adv.

huge′ness, n.

syn: huge, enormous, tremendous, immense imply great magnitude. huge, when used of concrete objects, usu. adds the idea of massiveness, bulkiness, or even lack of shape: a huge mass of rock. enormous applies to what exceeds a norm or standard in extent, magnitude, or degree: an enormous iceberg. tremendous suggests something so large 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 of these terms are used figuratively: a huge success; enormous curiosity; tremendous effort; immense joy.

pron: See human.

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Adj.

huge - unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; "huge government spending"; "huge country estates"; "huge popular demand for higher education"; "a huge wave"; "the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains"; "immense numbers of birds"; "at vast (or immense) expense"; "the vast reaches of outer space"; "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge

immense, vast, Brobdingnagian

big, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"

huge

adjective enormous, great, giant, large, massive, vast, extensive, tremendous, immense, mega (slang), titanic, jumbo (informal), gigantic, monumental, mammoth, bulky, colossal, mountainous, stellar (informal), prodigious, stupendous, gargantuan, elephantine, ginormous (informal), Brobdingnagian, humongous or humungous (U.S. slang) Several painters were working on a huge piece of canvas.
little, small, minute, tiny, petty, insignificant, microscopic, puny

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huge

adjective

Of extraordinary size and power:

Informal: walloping.

Slang: whopping.

Translations

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enorme formidable grandote inmenso descomunal

huge

[hjuːdʒ] (huger (compar) (hugest (superl))) ADJ [person, building, thing] → enorme, inmenso; [bill, sum of money, investment] → enorme, astronómico; [increase, problem, difference] → enorme, tremendo
huge amounts of → enormes cantidades de
huge numbers of → gran número de
they are making a huge profit → están sacando enormes beneficios or beneficios astronómicos
the result was human suffering on a huge scale → el resultado fue sufrimiento humano en proporciones gigantescas
to be a huge success → tener un éxito enorme, ser todo un éxito

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

huge

(hjuːdʒ) adjective

very large. a huge dog; a huge sum of money; Their new house is huge.enorme

ˈhugeness noun

enormidad; inmensidad

ˈhugely adverb

very much; greatly. enormemente

huge

→ inmenso

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

huge

a. inmenso-a; enorme.

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Shortly after this we came upon the hugest apt that we had seen.

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There lay a vast territory, and in that territory were the hugest deposits in the world of iron and coal--the backbone of industrial civilization.

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"Am I nothing?" said a voice in the middle of the vault; and Mowgli saw something white move till, little by little, there stood up the hugest cobra he had ever set eyes on--a creature nearly eight feet long, and bleached by being in darkness to an old ivory-white.

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But I did not have long to stand thus with lowered weapon, for as she came, I saw her cast an affrighted glance over her shoulder, and at the same moment there broke from the jungle at the same spot at which I had seen her, the hugest cat I had ever looked upon.