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# terrific

«terrific» in Mova's school dictionary: **very great or very large; in everyday talk, wonderful** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (more terrific, most terrific)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Terrific means very great or very large; in everyday talk, wonderful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terrific/#m1)

2) (old use) Terrific means terrifying, causing great fear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terrific/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

a terrific cry is a dreadful sound; a terrific pace is very fast

### examples

- We had a terrific time at the fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terrific/#x1)
- The lion gave a terrific roar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terrific/#x2)
- The great bird flew off at a terrific pace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terrific/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «terrific» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terrific/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.