different between unbounded vs immense

English

Etymology

From un- +? bounded.

Adjective

unbounded (comparative more unbounded, superlative most unbounded)

1. Having no boundaries or limits.

   The universe is finite but unbounded.

   our everlasting, unbounded love

Synonyms

• bottomless, boundless, limitless, unbottomed; see also Thesaurus:infinite

Derived terms

English

Etymology

From Middle French immense, from Latin immensus, from in- (“not”) + mensus (“measured”). Compare incommensurable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m?ns/
• Rhymes: -?ns

Adjective

immense (comparative immenser, superlative immensest)

1. Huge, gigantic, very large.
2. (colloquial) Supremely good.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:gigantic

Related terms

• immensely
• immensity

Translations

Noun

immense (plural immenses)

1. (poetic) immense extent or expanse; immensity
   • 1882, James Thomson (B. V.), “Despotism Tempered by Dynamite”:

     The half of Asia is my prison-house,
     Myriads of convicts lost in its Immense—
     I look with terror to my crowning day.

Anagrams

• Eminems

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

immense

1. Inflected form of immens

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imm?nsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i(m).m??s/

Adjective

immense (plural immenses)

1. immense, huge

Related terms

• immensément
• immensifier
• immensité

Further reading

• “immense” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Adjective

immense f pl

1. feminine plural of immenso

Latin

Adjective

imm?nse

1. vocative masculine singular of imm?nsus