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great
[ greyt ]
adjective
- unusually or comparatively large in size or dimensions:
A great fire destroyed nearly half the city.
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- large in number; numerous:
Great hordes of tourists descend on Europe each summer.
- unusual or considerable in degree, power, intensity, etc.:
great pain.
- wonderful; very good; first-rate:
We had a great time.
That's great!
- being such in an extreme or notable degree:
great friends;
a great talker.
- exceptionally outstanding; notable; remarkable:
a great occasion.
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- highly significant or consequential; important:
the great issues in American history.
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a great inventor.
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- of noble or lofty character:
great thoughts.
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- chief or principal:
the great hall;
his greatest novel.
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- of high rank, official position, or social standing:
a great noble.
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- much in use or favor:
“Humor” was a great word with the old physiologists.
- of extraordinary powers; having unusual merit; very admirable:
a great statesman.
- of considerable duration or length:
We waited a great while for the train.
- Informal.
- enthusiastic about some specified activity (usually followed by at, for, or on ):
He's great on reading poetry aloud.
- being of one generation more remote from the family relative specified (used in combination):
a great-grandson.
adverb
- Informal. very well:
Things have been going great for him.
noun
- a person who has achieved importance or distinction in a field:
She is one of the theater's greats.
- great persons, collectively:
England's literary great.
- (often initial capital letter) greats, (used with a singular verb) Also called great go. British Informal.
- the final examination for the bachelor's degree in the classics and mathematics, or Literae Humaniores, especially at Oxford University and usually for honors.
- the course of study.
- the subject studied.
interjection
- (used to express acceptance, appreciation, approval, admiration, etc.)
- (used ironically or facetiously to express disappointment, annoyance, distress, etc.):
Great! We just missed the last train home.
great-
1prefix
- being the parent of a person's grandparent (in the combinations great-grandfather, great-grandmother, great-grandparent )
- being the child of a person's grandchild (in the combinations great-grandson, great-granddaughter, great-grandchild )
great
2/ ɡɪ /
adjective
- relatively large in size or extent; big
- relatively large in number; having many parts or members
a great assembly
- of relatively long duration
a great wait
- of larger size or more importance than others of its kind
the great auk
- extreme or more than usual
great worry
- of significant importance or consequence
a great decision
- of exceptional talents or achievements; remarkable
a great writer
- ( as noun )
the great
one of the greats
- arising from or possessing idealism in thought, action, etc; heroic
great deeds
- illustrious or eminent
a great history
- impressive or striking
a great show of wealth
- much in use; favoured
poetry was a great convention of the Romantic era
- active or enthusiastic
a great walker
- doing or exemplifying (a characteristic or pursuit) on a large scale
he's not a great one for reading
what a great buffoon
- often foll by at skilful or adroit
you are great at singing
a great carpenter
- informal.excellent; fantastic
- informal.(intensifier)
a dirty great smack in the face
- archaic.postpositivefoll bywith
- pregnant
great with child
- full (of)
great with hope
- (intensifier, used in mild oaths)
Great Scott!
- be great on informal.
- to be informed about
- to be enthusiastic about or for
adverb
- informal.very well; excellently
it was working great
Derived Forms
- ˈٲԱ, noun
- ˈٱ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·Ա noun
- half-great adjective
- ·· adjective
- ···ly adverb
- ܲ·- adjective
- ܲ·-·ly adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of great1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of great1
Idioms and Phrases
- great with child, being in the late stages of pregnancy.
More idioms and phrases containing great
- good (great) deal
- good (great) many
- go to any length (great lengths)
- have a good (great) mind to
- make great strides
- no great shakes
- set (great) store by
Example Sentences
But he relapsed last year, and in the last few months has been taking greater quantities of drugs than he had for years.
"It's almost a cliche that everybody remembers a great teacher, but it's cliche for a reason because you only need one in your life and it's transformative," he said.
Mr Srinivas said in a post on X that he was ready to invest $1m and five hours of his time per week to "make India great again in the context of AI".
"Not only did he have great acting chops, but he was funny as hell."
“So I’m like, great, now I’m going to die, he’s going to be 6 years old, he’s only going to know a crippled father,” he said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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