magnitude

C1 Topic:General Vocabulary

US /ˈmæɡnɪtjuːd/ See IPA manual

Freq #14854

Meanings

1

noun
The great size, extent, or importance of something.

No one understood the magnitude of the disaster until days later.
2

noun
The size or extent of something measured on a scale.

Scientists measured the magnitude of the earthquake at seven.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the great size, extent, or... prominence

Word family

Forms magnitudes

Derived forms macromagnitudemagnitudinalmicromagnitudemillimagnitudepseudomagnitude

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absolute magnitude
a measure of how bright a star would appear from a standard distance of ten parsecs

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Latin magnitūdō (“greatness, size”), magnus + -tūdō.

magnitūdō Latin

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# magnitude

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈmæɡnɪtjuːd/
**Frequency rank:** 14854

## Meanings
1. The great size, extent, or importance of something.
2. The size or extent of something measured on a scale.

## Examples
- No one understood the magnitude of the disaster until days later.
- Scientists measured the magnitude of the earthquake at seven.

## Derived Forms
- macromagnitude
- magnitudinal
- micromagnitude
- millimagnitude
- pseudomagnitude

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: magnitūdō
- Affix: -tude - state

## Etymology
From Latin magnitūdō (“greatness, size”), magnus + -tūdō.

## AI Etymology
Magnitude comes from Latin magnitūdō (“greatness, size”), magnus + -tūdō. The historical chain includes magnitūdō (Latin). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as macromagnitude, magnitudinal, micromagnitude, and millimagnitude. In present use it covers the great size, extent, or importance of something and the size or extent of something measured on a scale.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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