extensiveness

noun

Definition of extensivenessnext
1
as in largeness

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2
as in comprehensiveness

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  1. immensity
  2. greatness
  3. enormity
  4. gigantism
Noun
  • So my mind sinks in this immensity: and foundering is sweet in such a sea.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 Dec. 2024
  • But with a play like Our Town — where its enduring miracle is both its granular mundanity and its immensity — the imagination is going to start firing.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of immensity
Noun
  • Here are the Christmas episodes of The Office, ranked in order of greatness. 7.
    Elizabeth Entenman, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Share stories of greatness and invite examples of excellence from others.
    Chip Bell, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of greatness
Noun
  • The chaos that followed in the hours after the capital’s fall gave a stark reminder of the enormity of that task.
    Mostafa Salem, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
  • This album is a call to wrap your deepest self around the enormity at hand.
    Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of enormity
Noun
  • According to the researchers, gigantism appears several times in the evolutionary history of anurans, but this is one of the few species known to have both giant frogs and tadpoles.
    Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
  • In evolution, gigantism is the result of species evolving large body sizes relative to their small-bodied ancestors.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of gigantism
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