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tons

/ ʌԳ /

plural noun

  1. a large amount or number:

    tons of money

    I have tons of shoes

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adverb

  1. (intensifier)

    I looked and felt tons better

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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The court heard that the intensity of the water that day "was the equivalent of two tons of water crossing the 1m of the weir crest every second".

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The human in me says, look, there’s tons of loss in in our lives and humans go through loss every day.

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With more than 1 million tons of concrete, steel, earth and plants already removed from the burn areas, two colonels overseeing the operation reached for superlatives to describe the scope of the work.

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After a heavy spring storm in the Northern California village in 1982, tons of snow roared down the mountain, trapping eight people at a ski resort.

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As Mr Garvanovic puts it, "there's tons of subtle stuff going on in the background" in a well thought-out theme park.

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