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tremendousextremely large, great, or intense; extraordinarily good or impressive

Part of speech: ADJECTIVE

Definition: extremely large, great, or intense; extraordinarily good or impressive

Pronunciation (IPA): /trɪˈmendəs/

Korean meaning: 엄청난, 굉장한, 막대한

Korean pronunciation: 트리**멘**더스

Example Sentences

  • My mom's cooking skills are tremendous - she can burn water!
  • The team made a tremendous comeback in the final quarter.
  • There was a tremendous explosion of laughter when he slipped on the banana peel.

tremendous

ADJECTIVE

//trɪˈmendəs//

extremely large, great, or intense; extraordinarily good or impressive

tremendous concept
💡 Concept

The crowd gave a tremendous roar when the underdog scored the winning goal.

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/trɪˈmendəs/
🇬🇧 UK/trɪˈmendəs/

🌳Etymology

Roottrem
Suffix--endous

Origin

From Latin 'tremendus' meaning 'to be trembled at' or 'fearful,' derived from the verb 'tremere' meaning 'to tremble.' The word originally conveyed a sense of something awe-inspiring or fear-inducing before evolving to mean impressively great.

🎵Rhyme

horrendousstupendous
horrendous
stupendous

🔗Collocations

tremendous effort
tremendous pressure
tremendous impact
tremendous success
tremendous amount
tremendous growth

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My mom's cooking skills are tremendous - she can burn water!

The team made a tremendous comeback in the final quarter.

😄 Fun example

There was a tremendous explosion of laughter when he slipped on the banana peel.

The students showed tremendous improvement after the new teaching method was introduced.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

enormoushugeimmensemassiveextraordinary

Antonyms

tinysmallinsignificant

Related

trembletremortremendousstupendoushorrendous

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