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Great

adjective

(compar. greater; superl. greatest)

Relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind. "A great multitude" , "The great auk" , "A great old oak" , "A great ocean liner" , "A great delay"

Of major significance or importance. Synonym: outstanding. "Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th centurey"

Remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect. "Had a great stake in the outcome"

Very good. Synonyms: bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell. "A neat sports car" , "Had a great time at the party" , "You look simply smashing"

Uppercase. Synonyms: capital, majuscule. "Great A" , "Many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"

In an advanced stage of pregnancy. Synonyms: big, enceinte, expectant, gravid, heavy, large, with child. "Was great with child"

noun

A person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field.

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... Dousterswivel being pretty generally known, which was in his case equivalent to being pretty generally detested, there were many speculations upon the probability of the accusation being malicious. But all agreed, that if Edie Ochiltree behoved in all events to suffer upon this occasion, it was a great pity he had not better merited his ...

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... hearken thou unto this task, and show If worthily thou art reputed mine. Now is time to prove thee. My great father Forewarned me long ago that I should die By none who lived and breathed, but from the will Of one now dwelling in the house of death. And so this Centaur, as the voice Divine Then prophesied, in death hath slain me living. And in agreement ...

— The Seven Plays in English Verse • Sophocles

... by this time, that the Author had a great end in view. He has lived to see Scepticism and Infidelity openly avowed, and even endeavoured to be propagated from the Press: The great doctrines of the Gospel brought into question: Those of self-denial and mortification blotted out of the catalogue of ...

— Clarissa: Preface, Hints of Prefaces, and Postscript • Samuel Richardson

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