What does great mean?
Definitions for great
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Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word great.
Princeton's WordNet
great(adj)
a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field
"he is one of the greats of American music"
great(adj)
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"
great, outstanding(adj)
of major significance or importance
"a great work of art"; "Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th centurey"
great(adj)
remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect
"a great crisis"; "had a great stake in the outcome"
bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing(adj)
very good
"he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
capital, great, majuscule(adj)
uppercase
"capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"
big(p), enceinte, expectant, gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p), with child(p)(adj)
in an advanced stage of pregnancy
"was big with child"; "was great with child"
Wiktionary
great(Noun)
A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.
Newton and Einstein are two of the greats of the history of science.
Etymology: From greet, from great, from grautaz, from ghrewə-. Cognate with great, grut, groot, groß, greot, Latin grandis, Albanian ngre. More at grit.
great(Adverb)
very well
Those mechanical colored pencils work great because they don't have to be sharpened.
Etymology: From greet, from great, from grautaz, from ghrewə-. Cognate with great, grut, groot, groß, greot, Latin grandis, Albanian ngre. More at grit.
great(Adjective)
Very big, large scale.
A great storm is approaching our shores.
Etymology: From greet, from great, from grautaz, from ghrewə-. Cognate with great, grut, groot, groß, greot, Latin grandis, Albanian ngre. More at grit.
great(Adjective)
Very good.
Dinner was great.
Etymology: From greet, from great, from grautaz, from ghrewə-. Cognate with great, grut, groot, groß, greot, Latin grandis, Albanian ngre. More at grit.
great(Adjective)
Important.
Etymology: From greet, from great, from grautaz, from ghrewə-. Cognate with great, grut, groot, groß, greot, Latin grandis, Albanian ngre. More at grit.
great(Adjective)
Title referring to an important leader.
Alexander the Great
Etymology: From greet, from great, from grautaz, from ghrewə-. Cognate with great, grut, groot, groß, greot, Latin grandis, Albanian ngre. More at grit.
great(Interjection)
Expression of gladness and content about something.
Great! Thanks for the wonderful work.
Etymology: From greet, from great, from grautaz, from ghrewə-. Cognate with great, grut, groot, groß, greot, Latin grandis, Albanian ngre. More at grit.
great(Interjection)
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.
Etymology: From greet, from great, from grautaz, from ghrewə-. Cognate with great, grut, groot, groß, greot, Latin grandis, Albanian ngre. More at grit.
Webster Dictionary
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
Etymology: [OE. gret, great, AS. gret; akin to OS. & LG. grt, D. groot, OHG. grz, G. gross. Cf. Groat the coin.]
Great
large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude, series, etc
Etymology: [OE. gret, great, AS. gret; akin to OS. & LG. grt, D. groot, OHG. grz, G. gross. Cf. Groat the coin.]
Great
long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval
Etymology: [OE. gret, great, AS. gret; akin to OS. & LG. grt, D. groot, OHG. grz, G. gross. Cf. Groat the coin.]
Great
superior; admirable; commanding; -- applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings
Etymology: [OE. gret, great, AS. gret; akin to OS. & LG. grt, D. groot, OHG. grz, G. gross. Cf. Groat the coin.]
Great
endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, etc
Etymology: [OE. gret, great, AS. gret; akin to OS. & LG. grt, D. groot, OHG. grz, G. gross. Cf. Groat the coin.]
Great
holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent; distingushed; foremost; principal; as, great men; the great seal; the great marshal, etc
Etymology: [OE. gret, great, AS. gret; akin to OS. & LG. grt, D. groot, OHG. grz, G. gross. Cf. Groat the coin.]
Great
entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as, a great argument, truth, or principle
Etymology: [OE. gret, great, AS. gret; akin to OS. & LG. grt, D. groot, OHG. grz, G. gross. Cf. Groat the coin.]
Great
pregnant; big (with young)
Etymology: [OE. gret, great, AS. gret; akin to OS. & LG. grt, D. groot, OHG. grz, G. gross. Cf. Groat the coin.]
Great
more than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree; as, to use great caution; to be in great pain
Etymology: [OE. gret, great, AS. gret; akin to OS. & LG. grt, D. groot, OHG. grz, G. gross. Cf. Groat the coin.]
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
Etymology: [OE. gret, great, AS. gret; akin to OS. & LG. grt, D. groot, OHG. grz, G. gross. Cf. Groat the coin.]
Great(noun)
the whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by the great
Etymology: [OE. gret, great, AS. gret; akin to OS. & LG. grt, D. groot, OHG. grz, G. gross. Cf. Groat the coin.]
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Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'great' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #186
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'great' in Written Corpus Frequency: #290
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'great' in Adjectives Frequency: #5
Anagrams for great »
grate, Greta. targe
Greta
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of great in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of great in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of great in a Sentence
Great, you know how much I love doing interviews.
I don't want people to make it seem like it's a great comeback story, i don't want that. I'm actually going to use this bad experience to make people better.
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
Mankind has one great habit, a bad habit: To create rules on behalf of God! Unless A God appears on the sky and says ‘Here are the rules,’ do not take any rule serious! Remember that in this universe, there is no port that you can take refuge apart from the reason and the science!
Instagram Sunny has always been a great champion of surfing, both in and out of the water.
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Translations for great
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- عظيم, رائع, كبيرArabic
- цудо́ўны, вялі́кі, выда́тныBelarusian
- чуде́сен, отли́чен, голя́мBulgarian
- fabulós, enorme, genial, granCatalan, Valencian
- skvělý, velikýCzech
- вєликъOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- grêt, mawr, gwychWelsh
- nice, super, fedt, storDanish
- wundervoll, schön, groß, Große, fein, großartigGerman
- εξαιρετικός, περίφημος, μεγάλος, θαυμάσιαGreek
- egaEsperanto
- bien, Grande, Magno, formidable, gran, grandioso, [[muy]] [[bueno]]Spanish
- بزرگ, عظیم, عالی, سترگPersian
- mahtavaa, suuri, valtava, jättimäinen, erinomainen, mahtavaFinnish
- mikil, stórurFaroese
- grand, super, grande, formidable, excellent, génial, très bienFrench
- grutWestern Frisian
- mórIrish
- נפלאה, נהדרת, גדול, נפלא, נהדר, טוב מאוד, מעולהHebrew
- महानHindi
- nagy, nagyszerűHungarian
- հոյակապ, մեծArmenian
- besarIndonesian
- grandaIdo
- mikill, stórIcelandic
- grandioso, bene, grande, magna, magnoItalian
- גדולHebrew
- すばらしい, 偉大, 素敵, すごい, 偉い, 大王Japanese
- საუცხოო, დიდი, შესანიშნავი, ვაშა, შესანიშნავადGeorgian
- ព្រះមហាវីរក្សត្រKhmer
- 위대하다, 크다, 대단하다Korean
- زۆر چاک, مهزنKurdish
- brâsCornish
- magnaLatin
- didysis, puikus, nuostabus, didelisLithuanian
- izcils, varens, lielisks, liels, dižsLatvian
- mokorahiMāori
- одличен, одлично, супер, велик, голем, велика́нMacedonian
- fijn, heerlijk, fantastisch, prachtig, grootDutch
- tsohNavajo, Navaho
- formidableOccitan
- wspaniały, super, wielki, świetny, świetnie, fajnie, fajnoPolish
- لوی, غوره, سترPashto, Pushto
- grandioso, ótimo, distinto, grande, enorme, magnífico, bemPortuguese
- hatunQuechua
- mare, superb, minunat, [[foarte]] [[bun]]Romanian
- вели́кий, великоле́пный, отли́чный, чуде́сный, замеча́тельный, прекра́сный, класс, отли́чно, здо́рово, большойRussian
- odličan, izvrstan, вѐлик, одличан, vèlik, голем, изврстан, golemSerbo-Croatian
- veľký, skvelýSlovak
- odličen, velikSlovene
- stor, jättebraSwedish
- бузургTajik
- ยอดเยี่ยมThai
- ünlüTurkish
- чудо́вий, вели́кий, чуде́сний, прекра́снийUkrainian
- زبردستUrdu
- tuyệtVietnamese
- 大Chinese
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