1. (noun)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"
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