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tremendous

[ trih-men-duhs ]

adjective

  1. extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity:

    a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent.

  2. extraordinary in excellence:

    a tremendous movie.

  3. dreadful or awful, as in character or effect; exciting fear; frightening; terrifying.


tremendous

/ ٰɪˈɛԻə /

adjective

  1. vast; huge
  2. informal.
    very exciting or unusual
  3. informal.
    (intensifier)

    a tremendous help

  4. archaic.
    terrible or dreadful
“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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Derived Forms

  • ٰˈԻdzܲԱ, noun
  • ٰˈԻdzܲ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • ٰ··dzܲ· adverb
  • ٰ··dzܲ·Ա noun
  • ܲ·ٰ··dzܲ adjective
  • un·ٰ··dzܲ·Ա noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tremendous1

First recorded in 1625–35; from Latin tremendus “dreadful, to be shaken by,” equivalent to trem(ere) “to shake, quake” + -endus gerund suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tremendous1

C17: from Latin tremendus terrible, literally: that is to be trembled at, from tremere to quake
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Synonym Study

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Example Sentences

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“I know that many people in this room have been through tremendous losses in the last few months,” he said sharing that he lost handwritten drafts for three books in progress in the 1990 fire.

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The very brutality of Bull Connor, seen across the country and the world on the TV news, generated tremendous support for the civil rights movement.

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Ever since he was a rookie, Doncic has played with tremendous confidence when the moments were the toughest, Dorian Finney-Smith said.

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The IDF was clearing areas of "terrorist infrastructure" with "tremendous force", and then incorporating them into "security zones", the defence minister added.

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In a written statement to the Marshall Project and The Times Friday, Marshall thanked Trump for “this tremendous opportunity.”

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