Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or constituting phenomena or a phenomenon.
- adjective Extraordinary; outstanding.
- adjective Philosophy Known or derived through the senses rather than through the mind.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of phenomena, or the appearances of things, as distinguished from the things in themselves; pertaining to the occurrences or changing phases of matter or mind.
- Of the nature of a phenomenon, or extraordinary fact in nature; so surprising or extraordinary as to arrest the attention or excite wonder; impressively notable or important; beyond what is common or usual; remarkable: as, the phenomenal growth of the United States; a brain of phenomenal size.
- noun That which is in the nature of a phenomenon.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Relating to, or of the nature of, a phenomenon; hence, extraordinary; wonderful.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective colloquial
Very remarkable ;highly extraordinary ;amazing . - adjective sciences
Perceptible by thesenses through immediate experience. - adjective philosophy Of or pertaining to the
appearance of theworld , as opposed to theultimate nature of the world as it is in itself.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective exceedingly or unbelievably great
- adjective of or relating to a phenomenon
Etymologies
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Examples
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Apple said it owed its blockbuster quarter to what it called phenomenal holiday sales.
Financial, Tech Earnings Mark Tough Week MarketNewsVideo.com 2011
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Apple said it owed its blockbuster quarter to what it called phenomenal holiday sales.
Financial, Tech Earnings Mark Tough Week MarketNewsVideo.com 2011
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Apple said it owed its blockbuster quarter to what it called phenomenal holiday sales.
Big Blue, Apple Both Belt The Ball Out Of The Park MarketNewsVideo.com 2011
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Apple said it owed its blockbuster quarter to what it called phenomenal holiday sales.
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Mormons are masters of proselytizing--the increase in numbers "shows that a church group can produce a short-term phenomenal growth rate by committing resources to missionary activity," according to Professor James W. Dow in his 2003 scholarly paper "The Growth of Protestant Religions In Mexico and Central America."
Gustavo Arellano: ¡ASK A MEXICAN!: Special Mormon Edition Gustavo Arellano 2012
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What's phenomenal is how more and more are coming together out of a unshakable sense of hope and a clarifying sense of vision to help contribute to a greater level of unity.
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` ` Brodeur was again phenomenal, '' Penguins coach Michel Therrien said.
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Astral events are absolutely phenomenal from the country views.
Archive 2004-08-01 M-mv 2004
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Astral events are absolutely phenomenal from the country views.
No consternation (and no DSL)... yet. M-mv 2004
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"Jeff Hackett was again phenomenal, especially in the first five minutes," Canadiens coach Michel Therrien.
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