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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.
Antonyms:
- 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/ É¡°ù±ðɪ³Ù /
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
- ˈ²µ°ù±ð²¹³Ù²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
- ˈ²µ°ù±ð²¹³Ù±ô²â, adverb
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²µ°ù±ð²¹³Ù·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
- half-great adjective
- ´Ç·±¹±ð°ù·²µ°ù±ð²¹³Ù adjective
- ´Ç·±¹±ð°ù·²µ°ù±ð²¹³Ù·ly adverb
- ±ç³Ü²¹Â·²õ¾±-²µ°ù±ð²¹³Ù adjective
- ±ç³Ü²¹Â·²õ¾±-²µ°ù±ð²¹³Ù·ly adverb
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of great1
˜yÐÄvlog 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
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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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