What does great mean in English? Meaning of great definition and abbreviation with examples.
Meaning of "great": a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field
Noun
Meaning: a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some fieldExample: he is one of the greats of American musicSynonyms: greatHypernyms: achiever
succeeder
success
winnerMeaning of "great": relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
Adjective
Meaning: relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kindExample: a great juicy steak
a great multitude
the great auk
a great old oak
a great ocean liner
a great delaySynonyms: greatSimilar: big
largeMeaning of "great": of major significance or importance
Adjective
Meaning: of major significance or importanceExample: a great work of art
Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th centureySynonyms: great
outstandingSimilar: important
of importMeaning of "great": remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect
Adjective
Meaning: remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effectExample: a great crisis
had a great stake in the outcomeSynonyms: greatSimilar: extraordinaryMeaning of "great": very good
Adjective
Meaning: very goodExample: he did a bully job
a neat sports car
had a great time at the party
you look simply smashingSynonyms: bang-up
bully
corking
cracking
dandy
great
groovy
keen
neat
nifty
not bad
peachy
slap-up
smashing
swellSimilar: goodMeaning of "great": uppercase
Adjective
Meaning: uppercaseExample: capital A
great A
many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule scriptSynonyms: capital
great
majusculeSimilar: uppercaseMeaning of "great": in an advanced stage of pregnancy
Adjective
Meaning: in an advanced stage of pregnancyExample: was big with child
was great with childSynonyms: big
enceinte
expectant
gravid
great
heavy
large
with childSimilar: pregnantAdjective: Very big, large scale. A great storm is approaching our shores. 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 1, A Cuckoo in the Nest[1]: “[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like // Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […]” 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 7, The China Governess[2]: ‘Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,’ he said. ‘The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw. Their faces looked as if snails had slimed on them and their mothers were like great sick beasts whose byres had never been cleared. […]’ 2013 July 19, Timothy Garton Ash, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 18: Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.1922, Ben Travers, chapter 1, A Cuckoo in the Nest[1]: “[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like // Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […]”1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 7, The China Governess[2]: ‘Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,’ he said. ‘The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw. Their faces looked as if snails had slimed on them and their mothers were like great sick beasts whose byres had never been cleared. […]’2013 July 19, Timothy Garton Ash, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 18: Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.Very good. Dinner was great. 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 5, The Mirror and the Lamp: He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 5, The Mirror and the Lamp: He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.Important. William Shakespeare (1564-1616) He doth object I am too great of birth. 1915, Emerson Hough, The Purchase Price, chapterI: “[…] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic? […]”William Shakespeare (1564-1616) He doth object I am too great of birth.1915, Emerson Hough, The Purchase Price, chapterI: “[…] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic? […]”Title referring to an important leader. Alexander the GreatSuperior; admirable; commanding; applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings. a great natureEndowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble. a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, etc.(obsolete) Pregnant; large with young. Bible, Psalms lxxviii. 71 the ewes great with youngBible, Psalms lxxviii. 71 the ewes great with youngMore than ordinary in degree; very considerable. to use great caution; to be in great pain William Shakespeare (1564-1616) We have all / Great cause to give great thanks. 1915, Mrs. Belloc Lowndes, The Lodger, chapter I: Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; […]. 2014 November 14, Blake Bailey, “'Tennessee Williams,' by John Lahr [print version: Theatrical victory of art over life, International New York Times, 18 November 2014, p. 13]”, The New York Times: [S]he [Edwina, mother of Tennessee Williams] was indeed Amanda [Wingfield, character in Williams' play The Glass Menagerie] in the flesh: a doughty chatterbox from Ohio who adopted the manner of a Southern belle and eschewed both drink and sex to the greatest extent possible.William Shakespeare (1564-1616) We have all / Great cause to give great thanks.1915, Mrs. Belloc Lowndes, The Lodger, chapter I: Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; […].2014 November 14, Blake Bailey, “'Tennessee Williams,' by John Lahr [print version: Theatrical victory of art over life, International New York Times, 18 November 2014, p. 13]”, The New York Times: [S]he [Edwina, mother of Tennessee Williams] was indeed Amanda [Wingfield, character in Williams' play The Glass Menagerie] in the flesh: a doughty chatterbox from Ohio who adopted the manner of a Southern belle and eschewed both drink and sex to the greatest extent possible.(obsolete, except with 'friend') Intimate; familiar. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) those that are so great with himFrancis Bacon (1561-1626) those that are so great with himSynonyms:
huge, enormous, tremendous, big, terrible, high, immense, strong, considerable, vast, extreme, husky, mammoth, fat, bull, abundant, ample, big league, bulky, colossal, decided, excessive, extended, extensive, extravagant, gigantic, grievous, humongous, inordinate, jumbo, lengthy, long, major league, numerous, prodigious, prolonged, pronounced, stupendous, titanic, towering, voluminous, protracted, mondo, oversize, major, impressive, remarkable, outstanding, grand, famous, glorious, excellent, fine, heroic, talented, superior, august, noble, royal, capital, notable, primary, chief, leading, superlative, main, principal, commanding, dignified, distinguished, eminent, exalted, famed, high-minded, honorable, idealistic, illustrious, lofty, magnanimous, noted, noteworthy, paramount, prominent, regal, renowned, stately, sublime, puissant, highly regarded, perfect, fantastic, good, tough, exceptional, tremendous, positive, awesome, admirable, terrific, marvelous, bad, wonderful, fine, best, absolute, heavy, expert, adept, crack, aces, cold, total, able, adroit, brutal, complete, consummate, downright, egregious, first-class, first-rate, masterly, number one, out of sight, out of this world, out-and-out, proficient, transcendent, unmitigated, unqualified, utter, dynamite, fab, hellacious, super-duper, surpassing,
Antonyms:
miniature, teeny, tiny, insignificant, unimportant, few, infamous, powerless, unknown, ignorant, menial, stupid, unskilled, little, minute, small, low, soft, weak, mild, moderate, limited, thin, short, uncelebrated, undignified, poor, insignificant, unimportant, unremarkable, inconspicuous, contemptible, minor, extra, nonessential, inessential, subordinate, unnecessary, auxiliary, few, miniature, infamous, powerless, unknown, ignorant, menial, stupid, unskilled, unimpressive, ordinary, bad, inferior, poor, undignified, secondary, little, minute, short, small, uncelebrated, weak, imperfect, usual, tiny, unpleasant, detestable, inconsiderable, OK, insignificant, unskilled, few, miniature, infamous, powerless, unimportant, unknown, ignorant, menial, stupid, flawed, inferior, common, conventional, ordinary, plain, little, small, poor, rotten, expected, minute, short, uncelebrated, undignified, weak, unamazing,
