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Huge Hjuːdʒ Crowd Amounts Data Adjective Bre Gazed

Word huge
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic BrE / hjuːdʒ / NAmE / hjuːdʒ /
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  • a huge crowd
  • he gazed up at her with huge brown eyes.
  • huge debts
  • huge amounts of data
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huge

(adjective)BrE / hjuːdʒ / NAmE / hjuːdʒ /
  1. extremely large in size or amount; great in degree
    • synonym enormous
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/enormous
    • a huge crowd
    • He gazed up at her with huge brown eyes.
    • huge debts
    • huge amounts of data
    • The sums of money involved are potentially huge.
    • The party was a huge success.
    • This is going to be a huge problem for us.
  2. very successful
    • I think this band is going to be huge.

    Extra Examples

    • Their house is absolutely huge!
    • There’s a potentially huge demand for this product.
    • This is a really huge amount of money.
    • A huge crowd had gathered in the square.
    • Huge amounts of data were lost.
    • The building is huge.
    • The company ran up huge debts.

    Word Origin

    • Middle English: shortening of Old French ahuge, of unknown origin.
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