tremendous

The definition of tremendous is something wonderful, or something large in size or scale.

(adjective)

An example of someone who would be described as a tremendous singer is a person who has just won an award for Singer of the Year.
An example of something that would be described as a tremendous mess is a gigantic mess.

See tremendous in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

Archaic such as to make one tremble; terrifying; dreadful
1. very large; great; enormous
2. Informal wonderful, amazing, extraordinary, etc.

Origin: L tremendus < tremere, to tremble

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See tremendous in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

a. Extremely large in amount, extent, or degree; enormous: a tremendous task. See Synonyms at enormous.
b. Informal Marvelous; wonderful: had a tremendous time at the theater last night.
Capable of making one tremble; terrible.

Origin:

Origin: From Latin tremendus

Origin: , gerundive of tremere, to tremble

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