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awesomeawe‧some /ˈɔːsəm $ ˈɒː-/ ●●○ adjective - The food was totally awesome.
- The view was awesome.
- Abruptly the ground fell away from our feet, an awesome void opened before us.
- Great areas of grass and woodland thus give way to mesquite desert, at an awesome economic loss to man.
- In the light of this awesome fact, how can we treat our membership of that body so lightly?
- It is this, as well as the awesome and terrifying vision at the time, which so disturbed him.
- It truly is awesome, even at this level; it can be terribly challenging and terribly exciting.
- It was an act that demonstrated how awesome are the power and prestige of the presidency.
- Their weariness was honorable, even awesome.
► excellent extremely good or of very high quality: · His English was excellent.· an excellent piece of work ► great spoken extremely good. Great is less formal than excellent, and is the usual word to use in everyday spoken English: · ‘Did you have a good holiday?’ ‘It was great!’· He did a great job as captain. ► fantastic/terrific/wonderful spoken extremely good. These words sound even more excited than great or excellent: · ‘I passed my exam.’ ‘That’s fantastic!’· Last year Jess had a terrific season, averaging eleven points a game.· The trip will be a wonderful opportunity for the children. ► amazing/incredible extremely good in a surprising and exciting way: · an amazing view of Tokyo· The trip was an incredible experience. ► superb extremely good – used especially when you are very impressed by something: · The acting was superb.· There is a superb range of cheeses. ► first-class of a high quality and much better than most others: · The service is first-class.· a first-class restaurant ► outstanding extremely good – used when saying how well someone does something: · He’s an outstanding player.· It was an outstanding performance by a talented young actor. ► exceptional unusually good – used when saying that someone or something is much better than any others: · She has an exceptional talent.· He writes good essays, but I wouldn’t say that his work is particularly exceptional.· Merits are given as an honour for exceptional achievement. ► out of this world [not before noun] spoken informal used when saying that something is so good that it is better than anything you could have imagined: · The food is out of this world. ► awesome especially American English very good: · It was an awesome concert. extremely good► excellent/superb extremely good: · Your English is excellent.· She’s a superb teacher. ► great/wonderful/terrific/fantastic especially spoken extremely good: · It’s a great film.· Her cooking is wonderful.· That’s a terrific idea! ► brilliant British English especially spoken extremely good: · The play was absolutely brilliant. ► amazing/incredible extremely good, in a surprising and exciting way: · New York is an amazing place.· The skating has been incredible in this competition. ► beautiful/glorious used about weather that is very pleasant and sunny: · It’s a beautiful day.· The weather was just glorious. ► outstanding/first-class/top-quality much better than other places, people etc: · an outstanding performance· The service is always first-class. ► exceptional unusually good: · Occasionally, we get a student with exceptional talent.· a woman of exceptional beauty ► awesome especially American English informal very good: · The movie was awesome. ► be out of this world spoken to be extremely good: · Their chocolate cake is just out of this world! ADVERB► as· Well, maybe not quite as awesome as in the past.· I was as awesome as an Arab raiding-party in a Yorkshire village.· But by the finish United had reorganised so successfully that their potential looked as awesome as ever.· Today Glascoed's external appearance is largely unchanged and its scale is as awesome as ever. ► most· The tiger is without doubt the most awesome and magnificent of the big cats.· Nature at her most awesome had been subdued.· To Mum, Joshua was a most awesome servant of the Lord.· He read hard from the beginning - everything from the most popular to the most awesome works. ► so· The hands remain outside the bodies, giving a sense that humans may not penetrate something so awesome as a spirit animal. NOUN► power· All of the Princes and Dukes of this realm are mages of awesome power.· Church had managed for the first time to capture the awesome power of the cataract.· Power of Sigmar Magnus the Pious is protected by the awesome power of Sigmar guarding over him.· It is also why the bureaucrats who staff such regulatory agencies have such awesome power.· Even in terms of his own quite awesome power he was nothing but an underling in relation to his superior.· This is an awesome power that, even when exercised arbitrarily, will be immune from judicial review.· The earthquake of October 1989 reminded San Franciscans of the awesome power of the thing.· Now blood itself, as an ideal has always had an awesome power to move us. ► sight· Gedanken had never seen such an awesome sight. 1extremely impressive, serious, or difficult so that you feel great respect, worry, or fear: an awesome responsibility the awesome sweep of the scenery2 especially American English informal very good: Their last concert was really awesome.—awesomely adverb |