Definitions for great
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Princeton's WordNet(3.14 / 7 votes)Rate this definition:

1. greatadjective

   a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field

   "he is one of the greats of American music"

2. greatadjective

   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. great, outstandingadjective

   of major significance or importance

   "a great work of art"; "Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th centurey"

4. greatadjective

   remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect

   "a great crisis"; "had a great stake in the outcome"

5. bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashingadjective

   very good

   "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"

6. capital, great, majusculeadjective

   uppercase

   "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"

7. big(p), enceinte, expectant, gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p), with child(p)adjective

   in an advanced stage of pregnancy

   "was big with child"; "was great with child"

Wiktionary(4.00 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. greatnoun

   A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.

   Newton and Einstein are two of the greats of the history of science.

2. greatadverb

   very well

   Those mechanical colored pencils work great because they don't have to be sharpened.

3. greatadjective

   Very big, large scale.

   A great storm is approaching our shores.

4. greatadjective

   Very good.

   Dinner was great.

5. greatadjective

   Important.

6. greatadjective

   Title referring to an important leader.

   Alexander the Great

7. greatinterjection

   Expression of gladness and content about something.

   Great! Thanks for the wonderful work.

8. greatinterjection

   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.

9. Etymology: From greet, from great, from grautaz, from ghrewə-. Cognate with great, grut, groot, groß, greot, Latin grandis, Albanian ngre. More at grit.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. GREATadjective

   Etymology: great, Saxon; groot, Dutch.

   1. Large in bulk or number.

   Judas one of the twelve came, and with a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people. Mat. xxvi. 47.

   All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates and bars, besides unwalled towns a great many. Deutr. iii. v.

   The idea of so much is positive and clear: the idea of greater is also clear, but it is but a comparative idea. John Locke.

   2. Having any quality in a high degree.

   There were they in great fear. Ps. xiv. 5.

   This is a great paradox. John Tillotson.

   3. Considerable in extent or duration.

   Thou hast spoken of thy servants house for a great while to come. 2 Sa. vii. 19.

   4. Important; weighty.

   Many
   Have broke their backs with laying manors on them,
   For this great journey. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

   And though this be a great truth, if it be impartially considered, yet it is also a great paradox to men of corrupt minds and vitious practices. John Tillotson, Sermon 6.

   5. Chief; principal.

   Hear the king’s pleasure, cardinal, who commands you
   To render up the great seal presently. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

   6. Of high rank; of large power.

   Such men as he be never at heart’s ease,
   Whilst they behold a greater than themselves. William Shakespeare, Jul. Cæs.

   Of all the great, how few
   Are just to heaven, and to their promise true! Alexander Pope, Odyss.

   Misfortune made the throne her seat,
   And none could be unhappy but the great. Nicholas Rowe.

   Despise the farce of state,
   The sober follies of the wise and great. Alexander Pope.

   7. Illustrious; eminent.

   O Lord, thou art great, and thy name is great in might. Jer. x. 6.

   8. Grand of aspect; of elevated mien.

   Such Dido was; with such becoming state,
   Amidst the crowd, she walks serenely great. John Dryden, Virgil.

   9. Noble; magnanimous.

   In her every thing was goodly and stately; yet so, that it might seem that great mindedness was but the ancient-bearer to the humbleness. Philip Sidney.

   10. Swelling; proud.

   Solyman perceived that Vienna was not to be won with words, nor the defendants to be discouraged with great looks; wherefore he begun to batter the walls. Richard Knolles.

   11. Familiar; much acquainted. A low word.

   Those that would not censure, or speak ill of a man immediately, will talk more boldly of those that are great with them, and thereby wound their honour. Francis Bacon, Essay 49.

   12. Pregnant; teeming.

   Their bellies great
   With swelling vanity, bring forth deceit. George Sandys.

   This fly, for most he stings in heat of day,
   From cattle great with young keep thou away. Thomas May, Virg.

   13. It is added in every step of ascending or descending consanguinity: as great grandson is the son of my grandson.

   I dare not yet affirm for the antiquity of our language, that our great-great-great grandsires tongue came out of Persia. William Camden, Remains.

   What we call great-great grandfather they called forthafader. William Camden, Remainder.

   Their holiday-cloaths go from father to son, and are seldom worn out ’till the second or third generation; so that ’tis common enough to see a countryman in the doublet and breeches of his great grandfather. Addison.

   14. Hard; difficult; grievous. A proverbial expression.

   It is no great matter to live lovingly with good natured and meek persons. Jeremy Taylor, Devotion.

2. Greatnoun

   Etymology: from the adjective.

   1. The whole; the gross; the whole in a lump.

   To let out thy harvest by great or by day,
   Let this by experience lead thee the way:
   By great will deceive thee with ling’ring it out,
   By day will dispatch. Thomas Tusser, Husbandry for August.

   It were behoveful, for the strength of the navy, that no ships should be builded by the great; for by daily experience they are found to be weak and imperfect. Walter Raleigh, Essays.

   He did at length so many slain forget,
   And lost the tale, and took them by the great. Dryden.

   Carpenters, for uniformity, generally make them so, unless they build an house by the great, and are agreed for the sum of money. Joseph Moxon, Mech. Exer.

   I set aside one day in a week for lovers, and interpret by the great for any gentlewoman who is turned of sixty. Addison.

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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

2. Great

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

3. Great

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

4. Great

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

5. Great

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

6. Great

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

7. Great

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

8. Great

   pregnant; big (with young)

9. Great

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

10. 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

11. Greatnoun

    the whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by the great

12. Etymology: [OE. gret, great, AS. gret; akin to OS. & LG. grt, D. groot, OHG. grz, G. gross. Cf. Groat the coin.]

Freebase(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. GReAT

   Graph Rewriting and Transformation is a Model Transformation Language for Model Integrated Computing available in the GME environment. GReAT has a rich pattern specification sublanguage, a graph transformation sublanguage and a high level control-flow sublanguage. It has been designed to address the specific needs of the model transformation area. The GME environment is an example of a Model Driven Engineering framework.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Great

   grāt, adj. large: long continued: superior: distinguished: highly gifted: noble: mighty: sublime: of high rank: chief: proud, arrogant: weighty: difficult: important: pregnant, teeming: indicating one degree more remote in the direct line of descent, as Great′-grand′father, Great′-grand′son.—adj. Great′-bel′lied (Shak.), pregnant.—n. Great′coat, an overcoat.—v.t. Great′en (Browning), to make great.—v.i. to become great.—ns. Great′-grand′child, the child of a grandchild; Great′-grand′mother, the mother of a grand-parent.—adj. Great′-heart′ed, having a great or noble heart: high-spirited: noble.—adv. Great′ly.—ns. Great′ness; Great′-prim′er (see Primer); Greats, the final examination in the Honours Schools at Oxford, &c.; Great′-un′cle, usually grand-uncle, a grandfather's or grandmother's brother.—Great Dane, one of a breed of large close-haired dogs from Denmark, a boar-hound; Great Powers, the chief countries of Europe—France, Germany, Russia, Great Britain, Austro-Hungary; Great schism, the division between the Latin and Greek Churches, begun in the 9th century, and culminating in 1054; Great Sea, the Mediterranean; Great unwashed, an absurd term sometimes applied to the working classes generally.—Greater Britain, the whole colonial empire of Great Britain.—The great, people of rank. [A.S. greát; Dut. groot, Ger. gross; perh. allied to grand, gross, grow.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'great' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #186

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'great' in Written Corpus Frequency: #290

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'great' in Adjectives Frequency: #5

Anagrams for great »

1. grate

2. Greta. targe

3. gater

4. greta

5. retag

6. targe

How to pronounce great?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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How to say great in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of great in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of great in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of great in a Sentence

1. Robert Greenblatt:

   We are holding out to be able to get this special done hopefully by the end of the summer. We do think there's a value to having a raucous live audience experience these six great friends coming back together, we didn't want to just do it suddenly on a web call, or six squares and people shooting from their kitchens and bedrooms.

2. Gudaf Tsegay:

   I think it is great to be able to run here, just being able to finish the 5K, for me, it is a blessing. I am learning and I am willing to learn even more. It was hot, I could not keep up with the pace, I tried to stick as much as I can. But it is a part of the game.

3. Mike Pence:

   As Donald Trump had me make clear, we have great concerns about issues of corruption. And, fortunately, President Zelensky was elected decisively on an anti-corruption message.

4. Miguel de Cervantes:

   Everyone is as God has made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse.

5. Sergei Bobrovsky:

   They have good offense and a good team, we have a good team, we have to forget this one and keep competing. We did some great things offensively. We have to put this behind us and move on.

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