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Definition of 'Great'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) great
unusually or comparatively large in size or dimensions; big.

2.  great
large in number; numerous:
great herds of buffalo.

3.  great
unusual or considerable in degree, power, intensity, etc.:
great pain.

4.  great
first-rate; excellent:
to have a great time.

5.  great
being such in an extreme or notable degree:
great friends.

6.  great
notable; remarkable:
a great occasion.

7.  great
important; highly significant:
the great issues in American history.

8.  great
distinguished; famous:
a great inventor.

9.  great
of noble or lofty character:
great thoughts.

10.  great
chief or principal:
the great hall.

11.  great
of high rank or social standing:
a great lady.

12.  great
much in use or favor:
“Humor” was a great word with the old physiologists.

13.  great
of extraordinary powers; having unusual merit:
a great statesman.

14.  great
of marked duration or length:
to wait a great while.

15.  great
Informal.

16.  great
enthusiastic about some specified activity (usu. fol. by on or for):
He's great on poetry.

17.  great
skillful; expert (usu. fol. by at):
She's great at golf.

18.  great
being of one generation more remote from the family relative specified (used in combination):
a great-grandson.

19. (adv.) great
Informal. very well:
Things have been going great for him.

20. (n.) great
a person who has achieved importance or distinction in a field:
She is one of the theater's greats.

21.  great
great persons, collectively:
England's literary great.

22. (interj.) great
(used to express acceptance, appreciation, approval, admiration, etc.).

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME greet, OE grēat, c. OFris grāt, OS grōt, OHG grōz)

Definition of 'Great'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) great
a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field
"he is one of the greats of American music"

2. (adj) great
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"

3. (adj) great, outstanding
of major significance or importance
"a great work of art"; "Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th centurey"

4. (adj) great
remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect
"a great crisis"; "had a great stake in the outcome"

5. (adj) bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing
very good
"he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"

6. (adj) capital, great, majuscule
uppercase
"capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"

7. (adj) big(p), enceinte, expectant, gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p), with child(p)
in an advanced stage of pregnancy
"was big with child"; "was great with child"

Definition of 'Great'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) great
very good; = excellent
"We're getting married!" "That's great!"; It'd be great if you could come to the party.; It's a great movie.; a great deal; Great job, you guys!

2. great
important or significant
a great leader; a great moment in the country's history

3. great
a large or extreme amount, level, etc.
a great number of people; We had great difficulty finding the place.

Definition of 'Great'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Great
the whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by the great

2.  Great
large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; -- opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length

3.  Great
large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude, series, etc

4.  Great
long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval

5.  Great
superior; admirable; commanding; -- applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings

6.  Great
endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, etc

7.  Great
holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent; distingushed; foremost; principal; as, great men; the great seal; the great marshal, etc

8.  Great
entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as, a great argument, truth, or principle

9.  Great
pregnant; big (with young)

10.  Great
more than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree; as, to use great caution; to be in great pain

11.  Great
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

Translation of 'Great'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: of a better quality than average; important a great writer; Churchill was a great man.
Afrikaans: beroemde	Arabic: عَظيم	Bulgarian: велик
Brazilian: grande	Czech: velký; významný	German: bedeutend
Danish: stor; vigtig; betydningsf	Greek: μεγάλος, σπουδαίος	Spanish: grande, gran (antes del n
Estonian: suur	Farsi: بزرگ؛ عظیم	Finnish: suuri
French: grand	Hebrew: גָדוֹל, חָשוב, דגוּל	Hindi: बेहतर गुणवत्ता वाली चीज
Croatian: velik, znamenit	Hungarian: nagy	Indonesian: besar
Icelandic: mikill, stórkostlegur	Italian: grande	Japanese: 偉大な
Korean: 대단한	Lithuanian: didis, didelis	Latvian: izcils; dižs
Malay: hebat	Dutch: groot, groots	Norwegian: stor, fremragende
Polish: wielki	Persian: بزرگ؛ عظیم	Pashto: ستر، لوى، غټ: ډير: غوره ز
Portuguese: grande	Romanian: mare, grandios	Russian: великий
Slovak: veľký	Slovenian: velik	Serbian: sjajan
Swedish: stor, framstående	Thai: ยอดเยี่ยม	Turkish: büyük, önemli
Taiwanese: 偉大的	Ukrainian: великий	Urdu: اوسط یا معمول سے بڑھ کر،
Vietnamese: lớn; vĩ đại	Chinese: 伟大的
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