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great (grāt)

adjective

  1. of much more than ordinary size, extent, volume, etc.; esp.,
    1. designating a thing or group of things larger than others of the same kind the great cats are tigers, lions, etc.; the Great Lakes
    2. large in number, quantity, etc.; numerous a great company
    3. long in duration a great while
  2. much higher in some quality or degree; much above the ordinary or average; esp.,
    1. existing in a high degree; intense a great light, great pain
    2. very much of a; acting much as (something specified) a great reader
    3. eminent; distinguished; illustrious; superior a great playwright
    4. very impressive or imposing; remarkable great ceremony
    5. having or showing nobility of mind, purpose, etc.; grand a great man, great ideas
  3. of most importance; main; chief the great seal
  4. Informal clever; expert; skillful: usually with at great at tennis
  5. Informal excellent; splendid; fine
  6. Now Chiefly Dial. pregnant
    chiefly in great with child

Etymology: ME grete < OE great, akin to Ger gross, Du groot < IE base *ghrēu-, rub hard over, crumble > grit, Welsh gro, sand: basic sense “coarse, coarsegrained”

adverb

Informal very well

noun

a great or distinguished person: usually used in pl.

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great Idioms

great on

Informal enthusiastic about

the great

those who are great

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