Etymology: [ grAt, Southern also gre ] (adjective.) before 12th century. From Middle English greet (“great, large”), from Old English grēat (“big, thick, coarse, stour, massive”), from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“big in size, coarse, coarse grained”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghrewə- (“to fell, put down, fall in”). Cognate with Scots great (“coarse in grain or texture, thick, great”), West Frisian grut (“large, great”), Dutch groot (“large, stour”), German groß (“large”), Old English grēot (“earth, sand, grit”). More at grit.
Synonyms: abundant, ample, big, big league, bulky, bull, colossal, considerable, decided, enormous, excessive, extended, extensive, extravagant, extreme, fat, gigantic, grievous, high
Important, Very good, Title referring to an important leader, Expression of gladness and content about something, Very big, large scale, sarcastic inversion thereof, A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim, mega, maha, cracking, grete, gret, brilliant, greet, large; important; much; huge; immense; wonderful, The greats in a particular subject or field of activity are the people who have been most successful or famous in it. all the greats of Hollywood. cycling's all-time greats, The greats of popular modern music are records that have been successful and that continue to be popular. a medley of rock'n'roll greats, emphasis You use great in order to emphasize the size or degree of a characteristic or quality. a great big Italian wedding. her sense of colour and great eye for detail, feelings You say great in order to emphasize that you are pleased or enthusiastic about something. Oh great! That'll be good for Fergus, If you feel great, you feel very healthy, energetic, and enthusiastic. I feel just great, approval If you describe someone or something as great, you approve of them or admire them. Arturo has this great place in Cazadero They're a great bunch of guys I think she's great, You can describe someone who is successful and famous for their actions, knowledge, or skill as great. Wes Hall was once one of the West Indies' great cricketers. the great George Padmore. + greatness great·ness Abraham Lincoln achieved greatness, geet, dai, grit, super, feelings You say great in order to emphasize that you are angry or annoyed about something. `Oh great,' I thought. `Just what I need.', Great means large in amount or degree. I'll take great care of it Benjamin Britten did not live to a great age, You use great to describe something that is important, famous, or exciting. the great cultural achievements of the past America can be great again. + greatness great·ness A nation must take certain risks to achieve greatness, You use great to describe something that is very large. Great is more formal than big. The room had a great bay window. a great hall as long and high as a church, adj [important (He was a ~ man )] agung, Group for Research in Employment and Training,a research centre based at Charles Sturt University, Usually refers to the largest and most powerful division of an organ, particularly one of English origin, (adj ) para, pahrah, more than usual; "great expectations"; "great worry" relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind; "a great juicy steak"; "a great multitude"; "the great auk"; "a great old oak"; "a great ocean liner"; "a great delay" of major significance or importance; "a great work of art"; "Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th century" remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; "a great crisis"; "had a great stake in the outcome, relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind; "a great juicy steak"; "a great multitude"; "the great auk"; "a great old oak"; "a great ocean liner"; "a great delay", remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; "a great crisis"; "had a great stake in the outcome, extraordinary or outstanding, as in: You did a great job on your term paper, The rating you get on a step when you hit the arrow slightly before or after the beat Keeps your combo going, remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; "a great crisis"; "had a great stake in the outcome", (used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation; "our distinguished professor"; "an eminent scholar"; "a great statesman", Great is used as part of the name of a species of plant or animal when there is another species of the same plant or animal which is smaller and has different characteristics. the great white shark. see also greater. a very successful and famous person in a particular sport, profession etc. adj. Alfred the Great Carolus Magnus Charles the Great Great Learning Herod the Great Stephen the Great Theodoric the Great Abbas the Great Afonso the Great Alexander the Great Antiochus the Great Basil the Great Saint Canute the Great Casimir the Great the Great Condé Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution Cyrus the Great Darius the Great Great Dismal Swamp Frederick the Great the Great Elector Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. Great Attractor great auk Great Australian Bight Great Awakening Great Barrier Reef Great Basin National Park Great Bear Lake Great Britain Great Dane Great Depression Great Dividing Range Great Fear Great Fire of London Great Fish River Great Game great hall great horned owl Great Lakes Great Leap Forward Great Mosque of Esfahan Great Mother of the Gods Great Northern Railway Co. Great Plague of London Great Plains Great Red Spot Great Rift Valley Great Saint Bernard Pass Great Salt Lake Great Sand Dunes National Monument Great Sandy Desert Great Slave Lake Great Smoky Mountains Great Smoky Mountains National Park Great Society Great Trek Great Victoria Desert Great Wall of China great white shark Great Zimbabwe Gregory the Great Ivan the Great James the Great Kamehameha the Great Great Lakes trout Leo the Great Llywelyn the Great Great Greece Matilda the Great Countess Mithradates the Great Nerses I the Great Saint Great Northern War Otto the Great Great Ouse Peter the Great Peter the Great Bay Pompey the Great Ramses the Great Sancho the Great Great Schism great sea otter Simeon the Great Great Indian Desert Theodosius the Great Valdemar the Great Vytautas the Great Albert prince consort of Great Britain and Ireland Catherine the Great Constantine the Great United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing", uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script", in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child", marked by active interest and enthusiasm; "an avid sports fan"; "a great walker"; "an eager beaver", of major significance or importance; "a great work of art"; "Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th century", Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length, Large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude, series, etc, Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval, Superior; admirable; commanding; applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings, Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, etc, More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree; as, to use great caution; to be in great pain, more than usual; "great expectations"; "great worry", Older, younger, or more remote, by single generation; often used before grand to indicate one degree more remote in the direct line of descent; as, great-grandfather (a grandfather's or a grandmother's father), great- grandson, etc, Pregnant; big (with young), Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent; distinguished; foremost; principal; as, great men; the great seal; the great marshal, etc, Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as, a great argument, truth, or principle, The whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by the great, massively, bostin, gr8, Comparative form of great: more great, Used in referring to a region or place together with the surrounding area; (of a city) metropolitan, Nobly; magnanimously, To a great extent or degree, : Pride; haughtiness, The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc, moreness, Literae Humaniores, study of Classics (philosophy, humanities and ancient history) at Oxford University and other universities, greater in size or importance or degree; "for the greater good of the community"; "the greater Antilles, Greater is used with the name of a country to refer to a larger area which includes that country and other land which used to belong to it, or which some people believe should belong to it. greater Syria. adj. Greater London Antilles Greater and Lesser Greater Manchester, Greater is used with the name of a large city to refer to the city together with the surrounding urban and suburban area. Greater London, comparative of great, Greater is the comparative of great, larger in size or space; of more importance, greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement; "our greatest statesmen"; "the country's leading poet"; "a preeminent archeologist", highest in quality, not to be surpassed; "his top effort", preeminent; leading; biggest; largest; not to be surpassed; maximal, superlative of great, greatest in size of those under consideration, very much, extremely, In a great degree; much, to a great extent or degree; "he improved greatly"; "greatly reduced, Nobly; illustriously; magnanimously, to a great extent or degree; "he improved greatly"; "greatly reduced", emphasis You use greatly to emphasize the degree or extent of something. People would benefit greatly from a pollution-free vehicle We were greatly honoured that Sheik Hasina took the trouble to visit us. extremely or very much greatly increased/reduced, Pride; haughtiness, unusual largeness in size or extent, largeness; hugeness; superiority; glory; splendor, the property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance, plural of great,
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Very good - "Dinner was great."
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Title referring to an important leader - "Alexander the Great"
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Expression of gladness and content about something - "Great! Thanks for the wonderful work."
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Very big, large scale - "A great storm is approaching our shores."
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sarcastic inversion thereof - "Oh, great! I just dumped all 500 sheets of the manuscript all over and now I have to put them back in order."
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A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim - "Newton and Einstein are two of the greats of the history of science."
The greats in a particular subject or field of activity are the people who have been most successful or famous in it. all the greats of Hollywood. cycling's all-time greats
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The greats of popular modern music are records that have been successful and that continue to be popular. a medley of rock'n'roll greats
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emphasis You use great in order to emphasize the size or degree of a characteristic or quality. a great big Italian wedding. her sense of colour and great eye for detail
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feelings You say great in order to emphasize that you are pleased or enthusiastic about something. Oh great! That'll be good for Fergus
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If you feel great, you feel very healthy, energetic, and enthusiastic. I feel just great
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approval If you describe someone or something as great, you approve of them or admire them. Arturo has this great place in Cazadero They're a great bunch of guys I think she's great
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You can describe someone who is successful and famous for their actions, knowledge, or skill as great. Wes Hall was once one of the West Indies' great cricketers. the great George Padmore. + greatness great·ness Abraham Lincoln achieved greatness
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feelings You say great in order to emphasize that you are angry or annoyed about something. `Oh great,' I thought. `Just what I need.'
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Great means large in amount or degree. I'll take great care of it Benjamin Britten did not live to a great age
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You use great to describe something that is important, famous, or exciting. the great cultural achievements of the past America can be great again. + greatness great·ness A nation must take certain risks to achieve greatness
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You use great to describe something that is very large. Great is more formal than big. The room had a great bay window. a great hall as long and high as a church
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adj [important (He was a ~ man )] agung
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Group for Research in Employment and Training,a research centre based at Charles Sturt University
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Usually refers to the largest and most powerful division of an organ, particularly one of English origin
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(adj ) para, pahrah
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more than usual; "great expectations"; "great worry" relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind; "a great juicy steak"; "a great multitude"; "the great auk"; "a great old oak"; "a great ocean liner"; "a great delay" of major significance or importance; "a great work of art"; "Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th century" remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; "a great crisis"; "had a great stake in the outcome
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relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind; "a great juicy steak"; "a great multitude"; "the great auk"; "a great old oak"; "a great ocean liner"; "a great delay"
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remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; "a great crisis"; "had a great stake in the outcome
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extraordinary or outstanding, as in: You did a great job on your term paper
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The rating you get on a step when you hit the arrow slightly before or after the beat Keeps your combo going
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remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; "a great crisis"; "had a great stake in the outcome"
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(used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation; "our distinguished professor"; "an eminent scholar"; "a great statesman"
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Great is used as part of the name of a species of plant or animal when there is another species of the same plant or animal which is smaller and has different characteristics. the great white shark. see also greater. a very successful and famous person in a particular sport, profession etc. adj. Alfred the Great Carolus Magnus Charles the Great Great Learning Herod the Great Stephen the Great Theodoric the Great Abbas the Great Afonso the Great Alexander the Great Antiochus the Great Basil the Great Saint Canute the Great Casimir the Great the Great Condé Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution Cyrus the Great Darius the Great Great Dismal Swamp Frederick the Great the Great Elector Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. Great Attractor great auk Great Australian Bight Great Awakening Great Barrier Reef Great Basin National Park Great Bear Lake Great Britain Great Dane Great Depression Great Dividing Range Great Fear Great Fire of London Great Fish River Great Game great hall great horned owl Great Lakes Great Leap Forward Great Mosque of Esfahan Great Mother of the Gods Great Northern Railway Co. Great Plague of London Great Plains Great Red Spot Great Rift Valley Great Saint Bernard Pass Great Salt Lake Great Sand Dunes National Monument Great Sandy Desert Great Slave Lake Great Smoky Mountains Great Smoky Mountains National Park Great Society Great Trek Great Victoria Desert Great Wall of China great white shark Great Zimbabwe Gregory the Great Ivan the Great James the Great Kamehameha the Great Great Lakes trout Leo the Great Llywelyn the Great Great Greece Matilda the Great Countess Mithradates the Great Nerses I the Great Saint Great Northern War Otto the Great Great Ouse Peter the Great Peter the Great Bay Pompey the Great Ramses the Great Sancho the Great Great Schism great sea otter Simeon the Great Great Indian Desert Theodosius the Great Valdemar the Great Vytautas the Great Albert prince consort of Great Britain and Ireland Catherine the Great Constantine the Great United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
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uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"
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in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child"
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marked by active interest and enthusiasm; "an avid sports fan"; "a great walker"; "an eager beaver"
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of major significance or importance; "a great work of art"; "Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th century"
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Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length
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Large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude, series, etc
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Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval
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Superior; admirable; commanding; applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings
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Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, etc
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More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree; as, to use great caution; to be in great pain
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more than usual; "great expectations"; "great worry"
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Older, younger, or more remote, by single generation; often used before grand to indicate one degree more remote in the direct line of descent; as, great-grandfather (a grandfather's or a grandmother's father), great- grandson, etc
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Pregnant; big (with young)
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Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent; distinguished; foremost; principal; as, great men; the great seal; the great marshal, etc
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Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as, a great argument, truth, or principle
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The whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by the great
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Greatly.
massively
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Comparative form of great: more great
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Used in referring to a region or place together with the surrounding area; (of a city) metropolitan - "The rate in isolated counties was about a third higher than in the greater metropolitan counties."
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Nobly; magnanimously
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To a great extent or degree - "He was more greatly beloved than anyone in living memory."
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: Pride; haughtiness - "It is not of pride or greatness that he cometh not aboard your ships. — Francis Bacon."
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The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc - "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em. — Shakespeare"
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greater in size or importance or degree; "for the greater good of the community"; "the greater Antilles
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Greater is used with the name of a country to refer to a larger area which includes that country and other land which used to belong to it, or which some people believe should belong to it. greater Syria. adj. Greater London Antilles Greater and Lesser Greater Manchester
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Greater is used with the name of a large city to refer to the city together with the surrounding urban and suburban area. Greater London
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larger in size or space; of more importance sıfat
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greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement; "our greatest statesmen"; "the country's leading poet"; "a preeminent archeologist"
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greatest
highest in quality
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not to be surpassed; "his top effort"
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preeminent; leading; biggest; largest; not to be surpassed; maximal sıfat
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greatest
greatest in size of those under consideration
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greatly
very much, extremely
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In a great degree; much
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to a great extent or degree; "he improved greatly"; "greatly reduced
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Nobly; illustriously; magnanimously
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to a great extent or degree; "he improved greatly"; "greatly reduced"
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emphasis You use greatly to emphasize the degree or extent of something. People would benefit greatly from a pollution-free vehicle We were greatly honoured that Sheik Hasina took the trouble to visit us. extremely or very much greatly increased/reduced
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Pride; haughtiness
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unusual largeness in size or extent
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the property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance
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