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# tremendous

«tremendous» in Mova's school dictionary: **Very great in size, amount or strength; huge: a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (tremendous)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Very great in size, amount or strength; huge: a tremendous noise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tremendous/#m1)

2) (informal) Very good; excellent: a tremendous goal, a tremendous time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tremendous/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A strong describing word in stories and speech. Toad in The Wind in the Willows loves big words and calls his own adventures tremendous. In science, volcanoes release tremendous energy; in sport, a tremendous effort. In maths it never gives an exact number — it only says «very big».

### examples

- There was a tremendous crash of thunder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tremendous/#x1)
- You've made tremendous progress in reading! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tremendous/#x2)
- The elephant was a tremendous size. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tremendous/#x3)
- We had a tremendous time at the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tremendous/#x4)
- A volcano gives out tremendous heat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tremendous/#x5)
- The crowd gave a tremendous cheer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tremendous/#x6)
- It was a tremendous goal from the halfway line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tremendous/#x7)
- The storm had already lasted many days when tremendous heat began to make itself felt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tremendous/#x8)

### note

Adjective; adverb «tremendously». Spelling: tremend-ous (not -ious). It is a feeling word, not a number word.

### In the corpora

- [Hedgehog says «scales are a tremendous improvement on prickles».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo/21/)
- [Say unto God: 'How tremendous is Thy work!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1061/)
- [And men shall speak of the might of Thy tremendous acts; and I will tell of Thy greatness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2621/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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