marked by active interest and enthusiasm; " an avid sports fan"; " a great walker"; " an eager beaver"

in an advanced stage of pregnancy; " was big with child"; " was great with child"

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

( used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation; " our distinguished professor"; " an eminent scholar"; " a great statesman"

remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; " a great crisis"; " had a great stake in the outcome"

more than usual; " great expectations"; " great worry"

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"

of major significance or importance; " a great work of art"; " Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th century"

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

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

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

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

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

Pregnant; big ( with young).

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

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

Greatness.

Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; - opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length.

Superior; admirable; commanding; - applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings.

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.

Large; chief; weighty; eminent; high in rank or position; noble; accomplished; long continued; showing a step of relationship by blood.

Noble, or influential, people; with the.

Greatly.

Large: long- continued: superior: distinguished: highly gifted: noble: mighty: sublime: of high rank: chief: proud: weighty: indicating one degree more remote in the direct line of descent, as GREAT- GRANDFATHER, GREAT- GRANDSON.

Large; numerous; chief; important; distinguished.

Of large size, quantity, number, or duration; big; vast; numerous; prolonged.

Important; mighty; eminent; distinguished; magnanimous; grand.

More remote by one generation; as, great- grandfather, etc.

Large; of large amount; long- continued; weighty; chief; of vast power and excellence; supreme; vast; wonderful; able; accomplished; distinguished; eminent; dignitied; magnanimous; magnificent; sublime; noble; proud; pregnant; difficult; distant by one more generation, in the ascending or descending line; pre- eminent.

The whole; the gross; the lump; people of rank or distinction.

An' there's better things nor bein' a great man, efter a'. – David Elginbrod by George MacDonald

He had no great Father, as we have. – A Tramp's Sketches by Stephen Graham

Never have I, poor woman, had such great need of this. – The Nibelungenlied by Unknown

" Because I know what great trouble you are in. – The King of Ireland's Son by Padraic Colum

She wanted to be the wife of a great man. – The Gay Cockade by Temple Bailey

He is in a great hurry, I think. – The Hour and the Man An Historical Romance by Harriet Martineau

My husband, the great Mukaukas? – The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers by Georg Ebers

Man who alone is really great . – Maxim Gorki by Hans Ostwald

He did so, for a great part of the day. – The Art of the Story-Teller by Marie L. Shedlock

" Before I met my wife, I did see a great deal of Mrs. Masterson. – A Man's Hearth by Eleanor M. Ingram

" There is a lady who is a great friend of mine; she doesn'twant to go; I always talk to her about it. – Four Meetings by Henry James

But about the great lady? – Fair Margaret by H. Rider Haggard

Nothing very great so far, I'm sorry to say. – The Golden Silence by C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson

She took a great fancy to you. – The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray

You are a great man. – O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 by Various

Been doin' anything great? – The Dark Flower by John Galsworthy

Now, we have no great use for talking. – The Cattle-Baron's Daughter by Harold Bindloss

" Yes; she did tell me this, and a great deal more. – The Midnight Queen by May Agnes Fleming

A young man of great promise. – The Jervaise Comedy by J. D. Beresford