Meaning of 'great' (Webster Dictionary)
- The whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by the
great.
- Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous;
expanded; -- opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship,
farm, plain, distance, length.
- 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.
- Superior; admirable; commanding; -- applied to
thoughts, actions, and feelings.
- 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.
- 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.
Meaning of 'great' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field
Example in sentence:- he is one of the greats of American music
Meaning (2):
- remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect
Example in sentence:- a great crisis;
- had a great stake in the outcome
Meaning (3):
- relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
Example in sentence:- a great delay;
- a great juicy steak;
- a great multitude;
- a great ocean liner;
- a great old oak;
- the great auk
Meaning (4):
- of major significance or importance
Example in sentence:- a great work of art;
- Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th centurey
Meaning (5):
- very good
Example in sentence:- a neat sports car;
- had a great time at the party;
- he did a bully job;
- we had a grand old time;
- you look simply smashing
Meaning (6):
- uppercase
Example in sentence:- capital A;
- great A;
- many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script
Meaning (7):
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
Example in sentence:- was big with child;
- was great with child
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