magnitude
noun /ˈmæɡnɪtjuːd/
/ˈmæɡnɪtuːd/
- We did not realize the magnitude of the problem.
- a discovery of the first magnitude
Extra Examples- The effects were substantial in magnitude.
- They appear to underestimate the magnitude of such influences.
- We will face challenges of a similar magnitude.
- We are talking about something of a different order of magnitude.
- a fall in costs of sufficient magnitude to enable us to reduce prices
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- considerable
- great
- unprecedented
- …
- appreciate
- comprehend
- grasp
- …
- in magnitude
- of the first magnitude
- of comparable magnitude
- of similar magnitude
- …
- [countable, uncountable] (astronomy) the degree to which a star is bright
- The star varies in brightness by about three magnitudes.
- Stars of the first magnitude are visible to the naked eye.
- [countable, uncountable] (geology) the size of an earthquake
- The quake reached a magnitude of 7.1 on the Richter scale.
Word Originlate Middle English (also in the sense ‘greatness of character’): from Latin magnitudo, from magnus ‘great’.