tremendous
Americanadjective
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extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity.
a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent.
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extraordinary in excellence.
a tremendous movie.
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dreadful or awful, as in character or effect; exciting fear; frightening; terrifying.
adjective
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vast; huge
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informal very exciting or unusual
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informal (intensifier)
a tremendous help
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archaic terrible or dreadful
Related Words
See huge.
Other Word Forms
- tremendously adverb
- tremendousness noun
- untremendous adjective
- untremendousness noun
Etymology
Origin of tremendous
First recorded in 1625–35; from Latin tremendus “dreadful, to be shaken by,” equivalent to trem(ere) “to shake, quake” + -endus gerund suffix
Example Sentences
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“Even for a tropical area, that is a tremendous amount of rain,” he said.
Such flexibility, he said, represents a “tremendous strength of our system.”
"WTO is under tremendous pressure," a Western diplomat told AFP, asking not to be named.
From Barron's
Ben Snider: I have learned a tremendous amount from him.
From Barron's
Ben Snider: I have learned a tremendous amount from him.
From Barron's
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