"tremendous" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /tɹɪˈmɛndəs/, /tɹəˈmɛndəs/ (note: weak vowel merger) Audio: en-us-tremendous.ogg Forms: more tremendous [comparative], most tremendous [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛndəs Etymology: From Latin tremendus (“fearful, terrible”), gerundive of tremō (“to tremble”), + -ous. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|tremendus||fearful, terrible}} Latin tremendus (“fearful, terrible”), {{af|en|-ous}} -ous Head templates: {{en-adj}} tremendous (comparative more tremendous, superlative most tremendous)
  1. Awe-inspiring; terrific. Translations (awe-inspiring): страхотен (strahoten) (Bulgarian), tremend (Catalan), 令人敬畏的;令人惊叹 (Chinese Mandarin), 惊异的 (Chinese Mandarin), ontzagwekkend (Dutch), hämmästyttävä (Finnish), mahtava (Finnish), formidable (French), formidabile (Italian), tremendo (Italian), tremendo (Portuguese), formidável (Portuguese), восхити́тельный (vosxitítelʹnyj) (Russian), tremendo (Spanish), oerhörd (Swedish)
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  2. Notable for its size, power, or excellence. Categories (topical): Size Translations (notable for size, power or excellence): ահռելի (ahṙeli) (Armenian), впечатляващ (vpečatljavašt) (Bulgarian), obdivuhodný (Czech), valtava (Finnish), mahtava (Finnish), upea (Finnish), עָצוּם ('atzúm) [masculine] (Hebrew), eccellente (Italian), tremendo (Portuguese), formidável (Portuguese), выдаю́щийся (vydajúščijsja) (Russian), tremendo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tremendous-en-adj-fBfo4O9W Disambiguation of Size: 0 69 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 11 48 Disambiguation of 'notable for size, power or excellence': 4 93 3
  3. Extremely large (in amount, extent, degree, etc.) or great Translations (extremely large (in amount, extent, degree etc.) or great; enormous; extraordinary): ահռելի (ahṙeli) (Armenian), огромен (ogromen) (Bulgarian), грамаден (gramaden) (Bulgarian), geweldig (Dutch), valtava (Finnish), suunnaton (Finnish), loistava (Finnish), mahtava (Finnish), erinomainen (Finnish), énorme (French), beträchtlich (German), außerordentlich (German), straordinario (Italian), enorme (Italian), 莫大 (bakudai) (Japanese), tremendo (Portuguese), enorme (Portuguese), огромный громадный (ogromnyj) (english: large; large or great) (Russian), неисчисляемый (neisčisljajemyj) [uncountable] (Russian), неизмеряемый (neizmerjajemyj) (Russian), очень сильный (očenʹ silʹnyj) (alt: great = strong = having effect) (Russian), великий (velikij) (english: great; rare) (Russian), etc. - extremely large (Russian), огромный (ogromnyj) (Russian), высочайший (vysočajšij) (english: very high - speed, degree) [usually] [probability, mathematics, sciences] (Russian), экстраординарный (ekstraordinarnyj) (Russian), tremendo (Spanish), enorm (Swedish), oerhörd (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-tremendous-en-adj-aVY7rIcH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 11 48 Disambiguation of 'extremely large (in amount, extent, degree etc.) or great; enormous; extraordinary': 5 3 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tremendously, tremendousness
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      "sense": "awe-inspiring",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "extremely large (in amount, extent, degree etc.) or great; enormous; extraordinary",
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      "sense": "extremely large (in amount, extent, degree etc.) or great; enormous; extraordinary",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "extremely large (in amount, extent, degree etc.) or great; enormous; extraordinary",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "extremely large (in amount, extent, degree etc.) or great; enormous; extraordinary",
      "word": "erinomainen"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "extremely large (in amount, extent, degree etc.) or great; enormous; extraordinary",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "extremely large (in amount, extent, degree etc.) or great; enormous; extraordinary",
      "word": "beträchtlich"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "extremely large (in amount, extent, degree etc.) or great; enormous; extraordinary",
      "word": "außerordentlich"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "extremely large (in amount, extent, degree etc.) or great; enormous; extraordinary",
      "word": "straordinario"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "extremely large (in amount, extent, degree etc.) or great; enormous; extraordinary",
      "word": "enorme"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bakudai",
      "sense": "extremely large (in amount, extent, degree etc.) or great; enormous; extraordinary",
      "word": "莫大"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "extremely large (in amount, extent, degree etc.) or great; enormous; extraordinary",
      "word": "tremendo"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "extremely large (in amount, extent, degree etc.) or great; enormous; extraordinary",
      "word": "enorme"
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      "code": "ru",
      "english": "large; large or great",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ogromnyj",
      "sense": "extremely large (in amount, extent, degree etc.) or great; enormous; extraordinary",
      "word": "огромный громадный"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neisčisljajemyj",
      "sense": "extremely large (in amount, extent, degree etc.) or great; enormous; extraordinary",
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      "roman": "neizmerjajemyj",
      "sense": "extremely large (in amount, extent, degree etc.) or great; enormous; extraordinary",
      "word": "неизмеряемый"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "očenʹ silʹnyj",
      "sense": "extremely large (in amount, extent, degree etc.) or great; enormous; extraordinary",
      "word": "очень сильный"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "english": "great; rare",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "velikij",
      "sense": "extremely large (in amount, extent, degree etc.) or great; enormous; extraordinary",
      "word": "великий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "extremely large (in amount, extent, degree etc.) or great; enormous; extraordinary",
      "word": "etc. - extremely large"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ogromnyj",
      "sense": "extremely large (in amount, extent, degree etc.) or great; enormous; extraordinary",
      "word": "огромный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "very high - speed, degree",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vysočajšij",
      "sense": "extremely large (in amount, extent, degree etc.) or great; enormous; extraordinary",
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      "roman": "ekstraordinarnyj",
      "sense": "extremely large (in amount, extent, degree etc.) or great; enormous; extraordinary",
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "extremely large (in amount, extent, degree etc.) or great; enormous; extraordinary",
      "word": "tremendo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "extremely large (in amount, extent, degree etc.) or great; enormous; extraordinary",
      "word": "enorm"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "extremely large (in amount, extent, degree etc.) or great; enormous; extraordinary",
      "word": "oerhörd"
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}

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