awesome

[aliulhaq]

meaning of awesome
why we use this word main thing that i can understand

 

[sumon.]

Hi Pakistani brother.
Please provide the context...
WeLcome

 

[emsr2d2]

What is the meaning of "awesome"?
Why do we use this word? Please tell me the main [STRIKE]thing[/STRIKE] meaning so that I can understand it.

Hello aliulhaq, and welcome to the forum.

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The basic meaning of "awesome" is "something which inspires amazement or wonder". "Awe" is another word for amazement. Recently, "awesome" has come into more common use as an alternative to "fantastic".

Once upon a time, something like the Grand Canyon, or The Pyramids would have been described as awesome, because they genuinely are amazing and make a person stare at them in wonder. These days, just about anything can be described as awesome - a film, a meal, a pair of shoes. It has lost some of emphatic meaning and is used idiomatically just to mean "very, very good".

 

[Raymott]

Recently, "awesome" has come into more common use as an alternative to "fantastic".

Yes, but only if you're using "fantastic" to mean "awesome".
The basic meaning of "fantastic" is "something which relates to fantasy - ie. unreality. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" is fantastic. So is a story about a unicorn that a four year old child might write. But the child's story is unlikely to be "awesome" in any sense.
Something fantastic is 'unreal'. (By 'unreal', I mean "not real", not 'unreal' in the sense of 'awesome'.) ...

 

[emsr2d2]

Yes, but only if you're using "fantastic" to mean "awesome".
The basic meaning of "fantastic" is "something which relates to fantasy - ie. unreality. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" is fantastic. So is a story about a unicorn that a four year old child might write. But the child's story is unlikely to be "awesome" in any sense.
Something fantastic is 'unreal'. (By 'unreal', I mean "not real", not 'unreal' in the sense of 'awesome'.) ...

Fair point. "Fantastic" wasn't the best example! I should have stuck with "very, very good" as I said at the end.