Great
[greɪt] or [ɡret]
Definition
(noun.) a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field; 'he is one of the greats of American music'.
(adj.) of major significance or importance; 'a great work of art'; 'Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th centurey' .
(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' .
(adj.) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; 'a great crisis'; 'had a great stake in the outcome' .
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Definition
(superl.) Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; -- opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length.
(superl.) Large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude, series, etc.
(superl.) Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval.
(superl.) Superior; admirable; commanding; -- applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings.
(superl.) Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, etc.
(superl.) Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent; distingushed; foremost; principal; as, great men; the great seal; the great marshal, etc.
(superl.) Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as, a great argument, truth, or principle.
(superl.) Pregnant; big (with young).
(superl.) More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree; as, to use great caution; to be in great pain.
(superl.) 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.
(n.) The whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by the great.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Large, big, vast, huge, bulky, ample, immense, gigantic, Herculean, Cyclopean, enormous.[2]. Much, excessive, high.[3]. Numerous, countless.[4]. Considerable, important, weighty.[5]. Distinguished, eminent, prominent, exalted, elevated, excellent, noted, illustrious, celebrated, famous, famed, renowned, far-famed.[6]. Grand, august, dignified, noble, majestic, sublime.[7]. Magnanimous, generous, chivalrous, high-minded.[8]. Sumptuous, rich, magnificent.[9]. Hard, difficult, onerous, burdensome, grievous.[10]. Chief, principal.[11]. Superior, pre-eminent.
n. [With The prefixed.] Great persons, persons of rank, people of distinction.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Big, wide, huge, numerous, protracted, excellent, large, immense, bulky,majestic, gigantic, vast, grand, sublime, august, eminent, magnanimous, noble,powerful, exalted, noticeable
ANT:Little, narrow, puny, scanty, few, short, mean, ignoble, weak, unimportant
Typist: Melville
Definition
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.
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Examples
- She came speeding over the sea like a great bird. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- You have now a--hum--a great position to support. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The duties of her married life, contemplated as so great beforehand, seemed to be shrinking with the furniture and the white vapor-walled landscape. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He, the noble, the warlike, the great in every quality that can adorn the mind and person of man; he is fitted to be the Protector of England. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- So old an art, and so great and continuous a need for its products necessarily must have resulted in much development and progress. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The reactions were all varied in various people, but they followed a few great laws, and intrinsically there was no difference. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I believe I could make an independent fortune in a few years if I devoted myself exclusively to portraits, so great is the desire for good portraits in the different country towns. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Let it suffice h ere to state that Rutherford assumes that the greater mass of the atom consis ts o f negatively charged particles rotating about a positive nucle us. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Such companies, therefore, commonly draw to themselves much greater stocks, than any private copartnery can boast of. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The enemy's loss was probably greater. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This, in turn, has opened up possibilities of much higher speed and greater efficiency in the machine. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The coach-tax and plate tax are examples of the former method of imposing; the greater part of the other duties of excise and customs, of the latter. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Perhaps they did, but it is of infinitely greater importance to mention that at this point also I lost my patience, opened my eyes, and interfered. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Servants, labourers, and workmen of different kinds, make up the far greater part of every great political society. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Without it the engine would have been too clumsy and slow for practical use, but with it the greatest possibilities of use appeared. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He lost the genial suavity of manner which is one of his greatest charMs. A noble indignation inspired his reply. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Seizing the professor by the arm, Mr. Philander set off in the direction that would put the greatest distance between themselves and the lion. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The marriages of either were discussed; and their prospects in life canvassed with the greatest frankness and interest on both sides. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- An undue love of Self leads to the most monstrous crimes and occasions the greatest misfortunes both in States and Families. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- To one of the most generous and kindest men in the world, as he is one of the greatest--to my excellent friend, the Marquis of Steyne. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I shall have the greatest pleasure in receiving him in a lower room. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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