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huge

adj.
A2 Elementary Oxford US //ˈhjudʒ// UK //hjˈuːdʒ// huge General-service Informal

adj. extremely large in size, amount, or degree. You use this to describe something much bigger than what is normal.

adj. extraordinarily large in bulk, quantity, or extent. Often used as an intensifier in informal speech to denote significant scale or importance.


SIMPLE

The new shopping mall is absolutely huge.

CONTEXTUAL

The company reported a huge increase in profits after the new product launch last summer.

COMPLEX

While the physical footprint of the library is modest, its digital archive contains a huge volume of historical data accessible to researchers worldwide.

Synonyms
Usage

Commonly used with absolute intensifiers like 'absolutely' or 'totally' rather than 'very'.

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