huge

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.3.5 External links

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[edit] Etymology

From Old French ahuge (“‘high, lofty, great, large, huge, also as adv., in great quantity or number’”), from a hoge (“‘at height’”) from a- (from Latin ad (“‘at, on, in’”)) + hoge (“‘a hill, height’”) of Germanic origin akin to Old Norse haugr "hill" from Proto-Germanic *hauga- (“‘hill, mound’”) from Proto-Indo-European *koukos (“‘hill, mound’”). Akin to Icel haugr "mound", O.H.G. houg "mound" (Ger Hügel "hill"), Lithuanian kaukaras "hill", O.H.G. hōh "high", Old English hēah "high". More at high

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈhjuːdʒ/, SAMPA: /"hju:dZ/
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[edit] Adjective

huge (comparative huger, superlative hugest)

1. Very large

   The castle was huge.

2. (slang) Distinctly interesting, significant, important, likeable, well regarded.

   Our next album is going to be huge!.

   In our league our coach is huge!.

[edit] Synonyms

• (very large): colossal, enormous, giant, gigantic, immense, prodigious, vast
• See also Wikisaurus:gigantic

[edit] Antonyms

• (very large): tiny, small

[edit] Derived terms

• hugely
• hugeness

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• huge in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• huge in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911