Learn How to Pronounce ENORMOUS – ENORMOUS in a Sentence
Learn How to Pronounce ENORMOUS – ENORMOUS in a Sentence
Learn how to pronounce ENORMOUS correctly by understanding the syllables. Then see ENORMOUS in a sentence along with an illustration as a memory aid.
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ENORMOUS – it’s an adjective with 3 syllables. Stress the 2nd syllable.
It’s pronounced: e-NOR-muss
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ENORMOUS
Definition:
very large in size, amount or extent
The clipart shows an elephant.
Here is an illustrated sentence example.
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The picture shows a member of the paparazzi with his camera and lens.
Sentence example: The paparazzi often use enormous lenses to get a real close-up of their subject.
Native speakers often pronounce the word with an elongated 2nd syllable, conveying the sense of the word in the pronunciation – as in ENORMOUS lenses.
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Examples of ENORMOUS from news items:
Last year, the association loosened some of those restrictions to allow athletes to earn money from endorsements and their social media accounts, but there is no revenue-sharing model in place for the enormous TV contracts.
Source: Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/08/18/big-ten-tv-rights/
Developing and maintaining it costs “tens of millions of dollars per year,” Whittaker said — and making up those costs without data collection will be an enormous challenge going forward.
Source: The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/6/23339064/signal-president-meredith-whittaker-tech-critic-google
The show, directed by Hal Prince and with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, has been an enormous success.
Source: New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/18/theater/phantom-broadway-cameron-mackintosh.html
Now a burgeoning industry, vertical farms are churning out enormous volumes of fresh and healthy leafy crops with a fraction of the water and nutrients that would be used in land-based farm systems.
Source: Salon
https://www.salon.com/2022/09/10/space-agriculture-boldly-grows-where-no-one-has-grown-before_partner/
He said she had deployed gestures that seemed small, but which had an enormous impact in promoting reconciliation.
Source: BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62905395
If you are interested in how to pronounce ENORMOUS, be sure to check other words in The Punctuation Guide such as:
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