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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Iger acknowledged facing obstacles in his second stint as CEO, saying this week the company had “a tremendous amount that needed fixing.”
From Los Angeles Times
That was a tremendous relief, but there was a more pressing worry.
From Literature
“When I came back three years ago, I had a tremendous amount that needed fixing,” Iger acknowledged during a Monday earnings call with analysts.
From Los Angeles Times
Why pay a tremendous amount of money for software solutions when a company can now build its own far more easily?
Even the surface of the mountain was showing signs of the tremendous heat coming from within.
From Literature
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