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

1. great(adj)

   a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field

   "he is one of the greats of American music"

2. 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"

3. great, outstanding(adj)

   of major significance or importance

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

4. great(adj)

   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, smashing(adj)

   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, majuscule(adj)

   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)(adj)

   in an advanced stage of pregnancy

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

Wiktionary(4.00 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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(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

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

2. 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.]

3. 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.]

4. 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.]

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

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

6. 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.]

7. 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.]

8. 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.]

9. 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.]

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

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

11. 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.]

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, Greta. targe

2. Greta

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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. Rick Reilly:

   This idea that Donald Trump is a great golfer - he's not, he's good. He's a 72-year-old man who's a 10 handicap. That's pretty good. But why isn't that good enough?

2. Erin Dempsey:

   There's a side of me that thinks it's great that candidates and political leaders seem so human, but then there's a side of me that's kind of frustrated, it can be kind of frustrating and kind of funny at the same time.

3. Russell Wilson:

   It's a huge game to win, on their turf it is pretty tough to do, one game at a time, we know there are a lot of great teams to play, NFC is not easy to win against, we are excited about the opportunity, championship mindset we'll see what happens.

4. Mandy Moore:

   It’s tough, life is not easy. I think it’s been great to be able to take all of the chapters of my life and pour it into a job like this because it all helps. It’s all fuel.

5. Donald Trump:

   One of the things I have is really good judgment, and I think I have really great temperament, it's a strong temperament, but you know when they chop heads off of Christians in the Middle East, and other people also. When they chop off heads, and when they treat people the way -- we're like Medieval times. Having a strong temperament is good.

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