great
Noun · AdjectiveOpen English WordNet
Adjective (6)greater
- 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”Opposite small, littleSimilar large, big
- of major significance or importance“a great work of art”“Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th century”Synonyms: outstandingOpposite unimportantSimilar important, of import
- remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect“a great crisis”“had a great stake in the outcome”Opposite ordinarySimilar extraordinary
- excellent“he did a bully job”“a neat sports car”“had a great time at the party”“you look simply smashing”“we had a grand old time”Synonyms: bang-upbullycorkingcrackingdandygroovykeenneatniftynot badpeachyslap-upswellsmashingoldOpposite badSimilar good
- uppercase“capital A”“great A”“many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script”Synonyms: capitalmajusculeOpposite lowercaseSimilar uppercase
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy“was big with child”“was great with child”Synonyms: bigenceinteexpectantgravidlargeheavywith childOpposite nonpregnantSimilar pregnant
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Translations
Adjective very big, large scale
- Spanish
- grande
- French
- grand
- German
- groß
- Italian
- grande
- Portuguese
- grande
- Turkish
- büyük
- Russian
- большо́й bolʹšój
- Arabic
- كَبِير kabīr
- Chinese
- 大 dà
- Japanese
- 大きい ōkii
24 more languages
- Dutch
- groot
- Polish
- wielki
- Swedish
- stor
- Greek
- μεγάλος megálos
- Korean
- 크다 keuda
- Indonesian
- besar
- Vietnamese
- Đại
- Hungarian
- nagy
- Portuguese (PT)
- grande
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 大 dà
- Albanian
- madh
- Breton
- meur
- Catalan
- gran
- Czech
- veliký
- Danish
- stor
- Esperanto
- ega
- Finnish
- mahtava
- Georgian
- დიდი didi
- Hebrew
- גָּדוֹל gadól
- Icelandic
- stór
- Norwegian
- stor
- Romanian
- mare
- Slovenian
- velik
- Welsh
- mawr
Adjective very good
- Spanish
- genial
- French
- excellent
- German
- großartig
- Italian
- magnifico
- Portuguese
- ótimo
- Turkish
- harika
- Russian
- отли́чный otlíčnyj
- Arabic
- رَائِع rāʔiʕ
- Dutch
- prachtig
- Polish
- świetny
19 more languages
- Greek
- εξαιρετικός exairetikós
- Korean
- 대단하다 daedanhada
- Indonesian
- hebat
- Vietnamese
- tuyệt
- Hungarian
- nagyszerű
- Portuguese (PT)
- ótimo
- Catalan
- genial
- Czech
- skvělý
- Danish
- alle tiders
- Esperanto
- bonega
- Estonian
- suurepärane
- Finnish
- erinomainen
- Georgian
- შესანიშნავი šesanišnavi
- Hebrew
- נהדר nehedɑr
- Icelandic
- frábær
- Latvian
- lielisks
- Norwegian
- kjempebra
- Serbo-Croatian
- odličan
- Welsh
- gwych
Interjection great!, excellent!
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OE. gret, great, AS. greát; akin to OS. & LG. grōt, D. groot, OHG. grōz, G. gross. Cf. Groat the coin.
1. Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; — opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length.
2. Large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude, series, etc.
3. Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval.
4. Superior; admirable; commanding; — applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings.
5. Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, etc.
6. Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent; distinguished; foremost; principal; as, great men; the great seal; the great marshal, etc.
He doth object I am too great of birth.— William Shakespeare
7. Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as, a great argument, truth, or principle.
8. Pregnant; big (with young).
The ewes great with young.— Ps. lxxviii. 71.
9. More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree; as, to use great caution; to be in great pain.
We have all Great cause to give great thanks.— William Shakespeare
10. Genealogy 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.
Great bear (Astronomy), the constellation Ursa Major. — Great cattle (Law), all manner of cattle except sheep and yearlings. Francis Wharton — Great charter English history, Magna Charta. — Great circle of a sphere, a circle the plane of which passes through the center of the sphere. — Great circle sailing, the process or art of conducting a ship on a great circle of the globe or on the shortest arc between two places. — Great go, the final examination for a degree at the University of Oxford, England; — called also greats. Thomas Hughes — Great guns. Nautical See under Gun. — The Great Lakes the large fresh-water lakes (Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario) which lie on the northern borders of the United States. — Great master. Same as Grand master, under Grand. — Great organ Music, the largest and loudest of the three parts of a grand organ (the others being the choir organ and the swell, and sometimes the pedal organ or foot keys), It is played upon by a separate keyboard, which has the middle position. — The great powers (of Europe), in modern diplomacy, Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria, Russia, and Italy. — Great primer. See under Type. — Great scale (Music), the complete scale; — employed to designate the entire series of musical sounds from lowest to highest. — Great sea, the Mediterranean sea. In Chaucer both the Black and the Mediterranean seas are so called. — Great seal. (a) The principal seal of a kingdom or state. (b) In Great Britain, the lord chancellor (who is custodian of this seal); also, his office. — Great tithes. See under Tithes. — The great, the eminent, distinguished, or powerful. — The Great Spirit, among the North American Indians, their chief or principal deity. — To be great (with one), to be intimate or familiar (with him). Francis, Baron Verulam Bacon
The whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by the great.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
The Devil's Dictionary
"I'm great," the Lion said -- "I reign The monarch of the wood and plain!"
The Elephant replied: "I'm great -- No quadruped can match my weight!"
"I'm great -- no animal has half So long a neck!" said the Giraffe.
"I'm great," the Kangaroo said -- "see My femoral muscularity!"
The 'Possum said: "I'm great -- behold, My tail is lithe and bald and cold!"
An Oyster fried was understood To say: "I'm great because I'm good!"
Each reckons greatness to consist In that in which he heads the list,
And Vierick thinks he tops his class Because he is the greatest ass. Arion Spurl Doke