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Huge has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

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"

2

Very large.

"The storm left a huge pile of debris blocking the entire road."

In plain English: Huge means extremely big or very large.

"The huge storm caused power outages across the entire city."

Usage: Use huge to describe something that is extremely big in size, amount, or degree. It often carries a stronger sense of impressiveness than simply saying something is large.

Example Sentences
"The huge storm caused power outages across the entire city." adj
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Origin

The word huge entered Middle English from Old French, where it originally meant "high" or "lofty." Linguists believe its ultimate roots lie in a Germanic term for hill or mound that is related to the modern English word high.

Rhyming Words
suge luge gauge vouge rouge gouge bouge kluge zhuge hauge maruge spouge deluge refuge 1 gauge 2 gauge scrouge regauge vacufuge aquifuge
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