great
∞
1.0
- adjective
- /ɡreɪt/
:
importante
- The discovery of penicillin was a great advancement in medicine.
- of great importance
- a great power
- a great success
See good CPI sell off, great CPI sell off.
- See good CPI sell off, great CPI sell off.
- So it's it's a long read, great historical novel.
- How do you prepare for being a great daughter or a great sister?
- have known that this time of great change was coming.
- So you need to be a great friend to them.
- We are people with great values, great traditions, a great history.
- She also teaches him the great spell of transforming.
- Just as songs is the last great song book and chick.
- He says the advantage of the great advantage of truth is this.
Examples
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Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered as a great leader who fought for civil rights.
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This painting is a great example of Impressionist art.
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So she was just a great person, tough girl.
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We all helped with one great aim in mind.
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The kid had a great college career, no doubt about it.
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Now, one of the great new features on the 2011 model...
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This policy might cost us a great deal of money.
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That is the stance from which all great art should proceed.
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She really had quite a great life for a cat.
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Sometimes students have the mistaken impression that a great performance is due to fate or luck.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A person or thing that matters a lot
∞
2.0
Important and having a strong effect
∞
1.0
Many people know them for something good or important
∞
1.0
Very good and better than most similar things
940
2.9
Very large and impressive in scale
815
3.3
Very strong and often causing great damage
794
3.0
Very large or impressive
718
1.0
Important and powerful in a field or group
626
1.9
Very good and impressive, making you feel pleased
501
3.9
Important in history and often remembered for a long time
419
3.7
Having high moral or intellectual aims
353
3.9
Easy to see or remember because it stands out
299
3.9
Very impressive and beautiful in appearance or style
257
3.4
Much better than most others in skill or quality
113
5.4
Very impressive and much better than normal
112
3.7
Worth attention because it is important or unusual
70
3.5
Well known and respected by many people
69
4.1
Well known and respected for being very good
55
4.7
So large in size or amount that it causes great surprise
51
5.7
Very important and impressive because of size or achievement
37
4.2
Worth paying attention to because it is important or interesting
31
7.4
Well known and respected for important work
30
3.2
Very impressive and grand in appearance or style
27
5.6
A person who is well known and respected in their field
19
7.5
Very large or impressive in a way that surprises people
19
6.7
Very large or impressive in a way that amazes people
17
8.0
The most respected and well known in a particular field
7
4.2
Is very large and impressive in size or purpose
1
7.0
Much greater than normal in size, skill or success
Antonyms
Idioms
- Offensive
3
8.8
Ordinary people who richer, more powerful people often talk about in a rude way
- Literature
1
7.5
People in society who are important, respected, and have power
A joking idea that deleted digital files are gone forever
Compounds
76
1.1
An island in northwest Europe that includes England, Scotland, and Wales often used to mean the United Kingdom
8
5.1
A very large room in a castle or large house where people eat and have large gatherings
5
4.4
A very large ancient Egyptian tomb for Pharaoh Khufu at Giza with a square base and four triangle-shaped sides
5
3.4
A large animal like a gorilla or orangutan with no tail and closely related to humans
2
6.8
A high mountain line that divides rivers flowing to the Pacific from those flowing to the Atlantic and Arctic oceans
- Literature
2
9.9
An ancient Phrygian goddess worshipped for nature and fertility, often shown with lions
1
4.6
A large bird with blue-grey feathers, long legs and a long neck that lives near water
1
4.0
A large owl with ear tufts and brown and white feathers found in North America
- Archaic
1
9.9
An old word for a person from the main group of people in the western part of Russia
1
3.6
A mountain range on the border between North Carolina and Tennessee with mist and many plants and animals
- Specialized
1
9.9
A very long period of about 25,800 years for Earth's axis to slowly turn once
- Specialized
1
5.8
A circle on a globe made when a flat surface passes through the center
1
4.0
A very large ancient Egyptian tomb in Giza built for the king Khufu about 2600 BC
1
3.5
A British TV show where amateur bakers compete in weekly baking challenges
- Specialized
1
9.9
A very large group of galaxies that pulls other galaxies with strong gravity
1
5.9
A long mountain range along Australia's east coast from Queensland to Victoria
1
9.9
A period from 1378 to 1417 when rival popes in Rome and Avignon split the Catholic Church
1
5.3
An official seal used to show a United States government document is real
A mass political movement led by Mao in China from 1966 to 1976 that attacks intellectuals and causes widespread violence
A national park in the southeastern United States covering Tennessee and North Carolina with high mountains and many wild animals
The official name of the country in northwest Europe made of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
- Archaic
A size of printed letters equal to 36 points used for large headings
A king who ruled Britain and Ireland from 1727 to 1760 and also ruled Hanover
- Specialized
A large inner thigh muscle that pulls the leg toward the middle of the body and moves it backward
A large furry animal from South America with a long snout and tongue that eats ants
A large shark with a blue back and white belly that lives in the open sea and can be dangerous
- Australian
A large bird from northern Australia that builds decorated structures with shells and shiny objects to attract a mate
A large plant with broad heart-shaped leaves that people use as food and medicine
A very large bird from Europe and Asia that is the heaviest flying bird in Europe
- Specialized
A large blood vessel in the brain that carries blood from deep parts to a channel called the straight sinus
A large seabird that could not fly and lived on rocky islands in the northern Atlantic and is now extinct
How Important
Surface Forms
Etymology
Great comes from Old English grēat, which meant 'large' or 'thick'. So when something was big or strong it stood out, and that's why great now often means 'very important' or 'remarkable'.