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tremendous

tre·men·dous

UK/tɹɪˈmɛndəs/ US/tɹəˈmɛndəs/ fairly common

adjective

1.

extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree

  • “an enormous boulder”
  • “enormous expenses”
  • “tremendous sweeping plains”
  • “a tremendous fact in human experience; that a whole civilization should be dependent on technology” Walter Lippman
  • “a plane took off with a tremendous noise”
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2.

extraordinarily good; used especially as intensifiers

  • “a fantastic trip to the Orient”
  • “the film was fantastic!”
  • “a howling success”
  • “a marvelous collection of rare books”
  • “had a rattling conversation about politics”
  • “a tremendous achievement”

Origin

Adapted borrowing of Latin tremendus (“fearful, terrible”, gerundive of tremō (“to tremble”)) + -ous. Doublet of tremend.

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