magnitude

noun

ˈmag-nə-ˌtüd How to pronounce magnitude (audio)
Definition of magnitudenext
1
as in significance
the quality or state of being important the magnitude of the issue can scarcely be overstated

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2
as in vastness
the quality or state of being very large the mountain's sheer magnitude usually leaves tourists speechless

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3
as in size
the total amount of measurable space or surface occupied by something the magnitude of the planned skyscraper is totally disproportionate with that of the other buildings on the block

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Recent Examples of magnitude For a wedding of this magnitude, planning has to go beyond the venue itself. — Bryan West, USA Today, 1 July 2026 If a similar capitulation plays out today, a retracement of that magnitude would drag the digital asset back into the $22,000 neighborhood. — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 1 July 2026 Mercedes’ last big upgrade came in Montreal at the end of May, and for Red Bull before Austria, its last of that magnitude was in Miami at the beginning of May. — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 1 July 2026 The speed and magnitude of these transformations is breathtaking. — Dipesh Navsaria, The Conversation, 29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for magnitude
Recent Examples of Synonyms for magnitude
  1. significance
  2. vastness
  3. size
  4. importance
  5. immensity
  6. dimension
  7. import
  8. hugeness
Noun
  • Bryan West Madison Square Garden does hold personal significance for Swift.
    — Bryan West, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • Second lady Usha Vance mocking The New York Times for reading political significance into her Old Navy maternity dress and the New York Knicks celebrating their NBA title were featured in last week's News Quiz.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of significance
Noun
  • The reef itself becomes the subject, inviting viewers to imagine its vastness from the perspective of one of its smallest inhabitants.
    — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • In Alaska, bush pilots often brave cruel November weather to carry ballots from the vastness of America's largest state, with some arriving after polls close.
    — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 18 June 2026
Definition of vastness
Noun
  • The size of the frozen zone in which crews are working to stabilize a building in Midtown Manhattan was decreased late Tuesday, but some roads remain blocked.
    — Kelly McCleary, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
  • To set up indirect grilling, preheat the grill, clean the grates, and adjust burners based on grill size.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 July 2026
Definition of size
Noun
  • There is no public address system reminding some fans the importance of a looming third down.
    — Sam McDowell Updated July 3, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026
  • The importance of falling well has only grown as players have adapted movement patterns from clay and hard courts to grass.
    — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 3 July 2026
Definition of importance
Noun
  • But Supergirl doesn’t quite want to deal with the immensity of its protagonist’s feelings; her drunken stupor is often played for laughs, defined by disheveled hair, big sunglasses, and plenty of slurred speech.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 26 June 2026
  • The immensity of the body of water, which resembles an 186-mile vericose vein snaking across southern Utah, is difficult to comprehend or convey.
    — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 7 June 2026
Definition of immensity
Noun
  • Standard container dimensions also enable civilian transportation infrastructure to move military assets with relative ease, improving operational flexibility, reported SCMP.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, Dyrholm focused on exploring the different dimensions of Vibeke.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2026
Definition of dimension
Noun
  • The sheer fact of filming fills a frame, even one composed with quasi-documentary plainness, with a plethora of details of narrative, expressive, aesthetic, intellectual, and historical import.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 July 2026
  • Trucks were held up in hours of queues in 2021 when Saudi Arabia imposed new restrictions on imports from the UAE, as relations between the leaders of the two countries deteriorated over a dispute about oil production and rising economic rivalry.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 9 July 2026
Definition of import
Noun
  • Nowhere in the vestiges of what was once the sprawl of corporate hugeness known as The General Electric Company are there signs that Katharine Blodgett's laboratory notebooks still exist.
    — Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Like Phish or Taylor Swift or The Dead, 21P have created a universe for their fans that is a self-sustaining mechanism, even if the hugeness of it doesn’t always translate into huge chart success.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2025
Definition of hugeness

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