splendid
adjective/ˈsplendɪd/
/ˈsplendɪd/
(especially British English)- very impressive; very beautiful
- splendid scenery
- The hotel stands in splendid isolation, surrounded by moorland.
- He made a lot of money and had a splendid house built.
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- (old-fashioned) excellent; very good synonym great
- What a splendid idea!
- We've all had a splendid time.
- It will be a splendid opportunity to practise your Spanish.
- The meal was simply splendid.
- a really splendid evening
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- really
- absolutely
- most
- …
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French splendide or Latin splendidus, from splendere ‘shine, be bright’.
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