different between huge vs expansive
huge
English
Etymology
From Middle English huge, from Old French ahuge (“high, lofty, great, large, huge”), from a hoge (“at height”), from a (“at, to”) + hoge (“a hill, height”), from Frankish *haug, *houg (“height, hill”) or Old Norse haugr (“hill”); both from Proto-Germanic *haugaz (“hill, mound”), from Proto-Indo-European *kowkós (“hill, mound”), from the root Proto-Indo-European *kewk-. Akin to Old High German houg (“mound”) (compare related German Hügel (“hill”)), Old Norse haugr (“mound”), Lithuanian ka?karas (“hill”), Old High German h?h (“high”) (whence German hoch), Old English h?ah (“high”). More at high.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /hju?d??/, [çu??d??]
- (US)
- (NYC, some other US dialects) IPA(key): /ju?d?/
- (Norfolk) IPA(key): [h?ud?]
Adjective
huge (comparative huger, superlative hugest)
- Very large.
- “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, […] the chlorotic squatters on huge yachts, […] the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!”
- (slang) Distinctly interesting, significant, important, likeable, well regarded.
Synonyms
- (very large): colossal, elephantine, enormous, giant, gigantic, immense, prodigious, vast.
- See also Thesaurus:gigantic
Antonyms
- (very large): tiny, small, minuscule, midget, dwarf
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- huge in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- huge in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- e-hug, eugh, gehu
Middle English
Alternative forms
- hoige, houge, hugge, hoge, hogge, hoege, heug, heuge, hogh
Etymology
From Old French ahuge, a form of ahoge.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?hiu?d?(?)/
Adjective
huge
- huge, large, enormous
- great, severe, excessive, prominent
- numerous, plentiful
Descendants
- English: huge
- Scots: huge, hudge
References
- “h??e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.
Adverb
huge
- hugely, greatly
References
- “h??e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.
Middle French
Noun
huge f (plural huges)
- market stall
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expansive
English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?spæns?v/
- Rhymes: -?v
Adjective
expansive (comparative more expansive, superlative most expansive)
- Comprehensive in scope or extent.
- an expansive research work
- Talkative and sociable.
- Able to be expanded. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (mathematics) Exhibiting expansivity.
Translations
French
Adjective
expansive
- feminine singular of expansif
Latin
Adjective
exp?ns?ve
- vocative masculine singular of exp?ns?vus
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