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 →

2) (informal) Very good; excellent: a tremendous goal, a tremendous time. tree →

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 →
• You've made tremendous progress in reading! tree →
• The elephant was a tremendous size. tree →
• We had a tremendous time at the beach. tree →
• A volcano gives out tremendous heat. tree →
• The crowd gave a tremendous cheer. tree →
• It was a tremendous goal from the halfway line. tree →
• The storm had already lasted many days when tremendous heat began to make itself felt. tree →

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».
• Say unto God: 'How tremendous is Thy work!
• And men shall speak of the might of Thy tremendous acts; and I will tell of Thy greatness.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «tremendous» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.