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tremendous

/tɹəˈmɛndəs/

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What does tremendous mean?

adjective

  1. Awe-inspiring; terrific.
  2. Notable for its size, power, or excellence.
  3. Extremely large (in amount, extent, degree, etc.) or great

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IPA pronunciation

/tɹəˈmɛndəs/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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/tɹɪˈmɛndəs/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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“Oh, thank you,” said Anne, as if Marilla had just conferred a tremendous favor, “I’ll make out the menu this very night.”
L. M. (Lucy Maud) MontgomeryAnne of AvonleaProject Gutenberg ebook #47
“There are tremendous sarcasms against a landlord not a hundred miles from Middlemarch, who receives his own rents, and makes no returns.”
George EliotMiddlemarchProject Gutenberg ebook #145
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Then she came down to the footlights and began to sing in a tremendous voice, hoarse and flat, almost like a man's.
Frank NorrisMcTeague: A Story of San FranciscoProject Gutenberg ebook #165
There are geniality, composure, humor, simple and homely jests--yet never does the audience forget that he is every moment in tremendous earnest.
Russell H. ConwellAcres of Diamonds: Our Every-day OpportunitiesProject Gutenberg ebook #368
A woman of magnificent presence, tremendous will, and good intelligence, she nevertheless was soon found to be absolutely unreliable in her statements.
William Healy; Mary Tenney HealyPathology of Lying, Accusation, and Swindling: A Study in Forensic PsychologyProject Gutenberg ebook #449