tremendous speed
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftremendousandspeed
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tremendous
adjective
uk/trɪˈmen.dəs/us/trɪˈmen.dəs/
very great in amount or level, or ...
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speed
noun
uk/spiːd/us/spiːd/
how fast ...
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This conversion to a stationary formulation, in addition to a whole set of numerical solutions, gives it itstremendousspeed.
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Therefore, there is need fortremendousspeed.
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It is developing withtremendousspeed.
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Science is moving ahead at suchtremendousspeed.
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It seemed to me to be speeded up at atremendousspeed.
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It requirestremendousspeed, and can only be guided by sensors from space.
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These trains travel at atremendousspeedevery night, and they are to be encouraged.
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It is not very difficult, and one can get up atremendousspeedif one wishes.
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They have moved attremendousspeedin order to catch up, and it has been very difficult for them.
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We should be rather more restrained in our demands fortremendousspeedand transformation, as some things simply take time.
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It hastremendousspeed—far quicker than anything else which moves over the surface of the water.
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I do not subscribe to the view that we must get on with the task at atremendousspeed.
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They go at atremendousspeed, and if the roads are wet they very often cannot pull up without skidding.
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But local government cannot be exempt from thetremendousspeedof change in which we are all today involved.
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Deep down, water seemed gushing forth attremendousspeed.
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It is those factors of distance andtremendousspeedwhich, to my mind, give the offence this great advantage over the defence.
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I venture to suggest that the procedure suggested will result in atremendousspeedup in the benefits paid to people.
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Many modem implements are worked from the tractor with a lethal power take-off shaft which whirls round attremendousspeed.
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The motor industry presents us with an object which travels attremendousspeedrequiring the driver's tremendous skill and in strident competition.
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Histremendousspeedin his first 10 yards was considered explosive.
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Then, the old ship gears up suddenly and shakes off the battleships attremendousspeed!
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The mouth is then closed withtremendousspeedand force, completing the ambush.
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During the past year there has been atremendousspeed-up in regard to the delivery of capital goods and other raw materials required for this development work.
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Matter falling onto the surface of a neutron star would be accelerated totremendousspeedby the star's gravity.
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That is that on the roads, as in the pits, the factories and the workshops, there is such atremendousspeedof life and such an intensification, of labour.
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