Meaning

3 senses
  1. Awe-inspiring; terrific.

    восхити́тельныйvosxitítelʹnyj

  2. Notable for its size, power, or excellence.

    Van Beethoven's ninth symphony is a tremendous piece of music.

    выдаю́щийсяvydajúščijsja

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

  3. Extremely large (in amount, extent, degree, etc.) or great

    There was a tremendous outpouring of support.

    beträchtlich, außerordentlich

    огромный громадныйogromnyj, неисчисляемыйneisčisljajemyj, неизмеряемыйneizmerjajemyj

    extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact

Examples

66 sentences
  1. I think we had a tremendous year.

  2. Tom did an absolutely tremendous job.

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  3. Tom is taking a tremendous chance.

    ruТом берёт на себя огромный риск. — odexed

  4. Tom's got a tremendous amount of work to do.

    deTom hat sehr viel Arbeit vor sich. — Jan_Schreiber

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  5. The pressure was tremendous.

    ruДавление было огромным. — Ivanovb

    deDer Druck war gewaltig. — bonny37

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
awe-inspiring:
notable for size, power or excellence:
extremely large (in amount, extent, degree etc.) or great; enormous; extraordinary:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
extremely large (in amount, extent, degree etc.) or great; enormous; extraordinary:

Origin

Adapted borrowing of Latin tremendus (“fearful, terrible”, gerundive of tremō (“to tremble

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

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Forms

more tremendous, most tremendous
Comparativemore tremendous Lesson
Superlativemost tremendous Lesson

regular

Synonyms

14 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

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