ton
n. countablen. a very large amount of something. In everyday conversation, you use it to show that there is more than enough of what you are talking about.
n. a large quantity or high degree of something. Informal in register; used as a hyperbolic intensifier in spoken English.
I have a ton of work to do today.
The new restaurant has a ton of great reviews online, so we should probably book a table early.
While the technical report was dry, the presenter managed to inject a ton of personality into the summary, making the complex data accessible to the board.
Variant of tun (“cask”), influenced by Old French tonne (“ton”).
Borrowed from French ton (“manner”), from Latin tonus. Doublet of tone, tune, and tonus.
Commonly used in the plural ('tons of') or singular ('a ton of') to mean 'many' or 'much'.
I have ton of homeworkI have a ton of homeworkWhen used to mean 'a lot', the word requires the indefinite article 'a' before it.