GREAT
\ɡɹˈe͡ɪt], \ɡɹˈeɪt], \ɡ_ɹ_ˈeɪ_t]\
Definitions of GREAT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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marked by active interest and enthusiasm; "an avid sports fan"; "a great walker"; "an eager beaver"
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in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child"
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uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"
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more than usual; "great expectations"; "great worry"
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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"
By Princeton University
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marked by active interest and enthusiasm; "an avid sports fan"; "a great walker"; "an eager beaver"
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in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child"
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uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"
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more than usual; "great expectations"; "great worry"
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude, series, etc.
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Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval.
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Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, etc.
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Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent; distingushed; foremost; principal; as, great men; the great seal; the great marshal, etc.
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Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as, a great argument, truth, or principle.
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Pregnant; big (with young).
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More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree; as, to use great caution; to be in great pain.
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The whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by the great.
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Greatness.
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Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; - opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length.
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Superior; admirable; commanding; - applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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Large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude, series, etc.
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Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval.
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Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, etc.
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Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent; distingushed; foremost; principal; as, great men; the great seal; the great marshal, etc.
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Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as, a great argument, truth, or principle.
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Pregnant; big (with young).
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More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree; as, to use great caution; to be in great pain.
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The whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by the great.
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Greatness.
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Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; - opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length.
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Superior; admirable; commanding; - applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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Greatness.
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Large; chief; weighty; eminent; high in rank or position; noble; accomplished; long continued; showing a step of relationship by blood.
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Noble, or influential, people; with the.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Greatness.
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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.
By Daniel Lyons
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Greatness.
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Of large size, quantity, number, or duration; big; vast; numerous; prolonged.
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Important; mighty; eminent; distinguished; magnanimous; grand.
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More remote by one generation; as, great-grandfather, etc.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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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.
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The whole; the gross; the lump; people of rank or distinction.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Large in bulk or number; having any quality in a high degree; considerable in extent or duration; important, weighty; chief, principal; of high rank, of large power; illustrious, eminent; noble, magnanimous; familiar, much acquainted; pregnant, teeming; it is added in every step of ascending or descending consanguinity, as great grandson is the son of my grandson.
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The whole, the gross, the whole in a lump.
By Thomas Sheridan
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