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# terrific

adjective (more terrific, most terrific)

«terrific» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Terrific means very great or very large; in everyday talk, wonderful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terrific/#m1)
2. (old use) Terrific means terrifying, causing great fear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terrific/#m2)

### In the lessons

a terrific cry is a dreadful sound; a terrific pace is very fast

### Examples

- We had a terrific time at the fair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terrific/#x1)
- The lion gave a terrific roar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terrific/#x2)
- The great bird flew off at a terrific pace. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terrific/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «terrific» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terrific/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«terrific» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/terrific.html) on Mova free.