enormous

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree; ; ; ; - Walter Lippman

From Latin ēnormis. An assimilated form of ex- (“out of”) + norma (“rule, norm”) + -ous.

An enormous rock barred our path. — The Big Four, Agatha Christie
Cotton industry, its enormous expansion, 30. — William Pitt and national revival, J. Holland (John Holland) Rose
Many of the farms are of enormous size. — A School History of the United States, John Bach McMaster

tremendous

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