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I used to do my Nelson Mandela voice to blag restaurant tables in Cape Town. It rarely worked. Now what a great city that is.
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Meaning of "great" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GREAT

Old English grēat; related to Old Frisian grāt, Old High German grōz.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GREAT

great  [ɡreɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GREAT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Great can act as a noun, an adjective and an adverb.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES GREAT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Great

Great may refer to: ▪ Greatness, being superior, majestic, transcendent, or divine ▪ Gang Resistance Education and Training, a school-based, police officer instructed program ▪ GReAT, Graph Rewriting and Transformation, a Model Transformation Language ▪ Great, a British animated short about Isambard Kingdom Brunel ▪ Great, a German short film ▪ Great, a supermarket in Hong Kong...

Definition of great in the English dictionary

The first definition of great in the dictionary is relatively large in size or extent; big. Other definition of great is relatively large in number; having many parts or members. Great is also of relatively long duration.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GREAT


accelerate
ækˈsɛləˌreɪt
celebrate
ˈsɛlɪˌbreɪt
collaborate
kəˈlæbəˌreɪt
concentrate
ˈkɒnsənˌtreɪt
crate
kreɪt
decorate
ˈdɛkəˌreɪt
demonstrate
ˈdɛmənˌstreɪt
freight
freɪt
generate
ˈdʒɛnəˌreɪt
hydrate
ˈhaɪdreɪt
illustrate
ˈɪləˌstreɪt
incorporate
ɪnˈkɔːpəˌreɪt
integrate
ˈɪntɪˌɡreɪt
operate
ˈɒpəˌreɪt
proliferate
prəˈlɪfəˌreɪt
rate
reɪt
separate
ˈsɛpəˌreɪt
straight
streɪt
substrate
ˈsʌbstreɪt
trait
treɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GREAT

greasiness
greasy
greasy pole
greasy spoon
greasy wool
great ape
Great Attractor
great auk
Great Australian Bight
Great Barrier Reef
Great Basin
Great Bear
Great Bear Lake
Great Belt
great black-backed gull
Great Britain
great bustard
great circle
great council
great crested grebe

WORDS THAT END LIKE GREAT

Alexander the Great
Alfred the Great
beat a retreat
Charles the Great
death threat
Dutch treat
Dutch-treat
heat-treat
hereat
ill-treat
mistreat
overeat
Peter the Great
pretreat
retreat
security threat
threat
treat
trick or treat
whereat

Synonyms and antonyms of great in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GREAT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «great» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of great
able · absolute · active · adept · admirable · adroit · arrant · august · awesome · awfully · barrie · beaut · belting · big · big-time · bitchin´ · boffo · booshit · brill · bulky · capital · celebrated · chief · chivalrous · colossal · complete · consequential · considerable · consummate · crack · cracking · critical · crucial · decided · def · devoted · dignified · distinguished · dope · downright · egregious · elephantine · eminent · enormous · enthusiastic · exalted · exceedingly · excellent · excessive · exo · expert · extended · extensive · extravagant · extreme · extremely · famed · famous · fantastic · fine · first-rate · flagrant · gigantic · ginormous · glorious · good · GR8 · grand · grave · heavy · heroic · high · high-minded · huge · idealistic · illustrious · immense · important · impressive · inordinate · keen · large · lead · leading · lengthy · lofty · long · magnanimous · main · major · major league · mammoth · marvellous · masterly · mean · mega · momentous · noble · notable · noteworthy · out-and-out · outstanding · paramount · particularly · pearler · perfect · phat · positive · primary · princely · principal · prodigious · proficient · prolonged · prominent · pronounced · protracted · rad · really · remarkable · renowned · schmick · serious · significant · sik · skilful · skilled · sovereign · stellar · stupendous · sublime · superb · superior · superlative · supersize · talented · terrific · thoroughgoing · topping · total · tremendous · truly · unmitigated · unqualified · utter · vast · very · voluminous · weighty · wonderful · world-class · zealous

Translation of «great» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GREAT

Find out the translation of great to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of great from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «great» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

伟大的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gran
570 millions of speakers

English

great
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

महान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عَظِيم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

огромный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

grande
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মহান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

super
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hebat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

groß
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

大きな
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gedhe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

to lớn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெரிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

महान
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

harika
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

grande
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wielki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

великий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

imens
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εξέχων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

groot
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stor
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of great

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GREAT»

The term «great» is very widely used and occupies the 448 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of great
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GREAT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «great» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «great» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about great

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10 QUOTES WITH «GREAT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word great.
1
Grant Achatz
Alinea is not the type of restaurant where you go if you're in a hurry. Really, it's about enjoying that three-hour block of time and reflecting on the food, having great conversation with your dining companion.
2
Dante Alighieri
Small projects need much more help than great.
3
Anita Baker
I think there's no sacrifice too great for family, whether it's career, singing, whatever.
4
Tony Blair
The great advantage of the Lib Dems is precisely that no-one knows what they stand for.
5
George Borrow
Two great talkers will not travel far together.
6
Anthony Bourdain
Anyone who doesn't have a great time in San Francisco is pretty much dead to me.
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Lara Flynn Boyle
I had such a great mom and I know that I'd never be that mom. I wouldn't want to bring a child into this world unless I could be.
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Rory Bremner
I used to do my Nelson Mandela voice to blag restaurant tables in Cape Town. It rarely worked. Now what a great city that is.
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Kim Campbell
We Canadians are not given as a people to great patriotic displays.
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Adan Canto
Music, in Mexico, just wasn't working out. So, I fell into acting and I just fell in love with it. It was amazing! It was a great safe place to just vent.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GREAT»

Discover the use of great in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to great and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Summer We Read Gatsby: A Novel
From the author of Lulu Meets God and Doubts Him, Danielle Ganek's The Summer We Read Gatsby, a perfect beach read, captures the spirit of New York's most glamorous resort town, and will captivate readers with its spellbinding blend of ...
Danielle Ganek, 2010
2
Great Books
Explores the current debate about what constitutes a classic and the revolutionary power great works of literature contain
David Denby, 1997
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The Great Book of Chocolate: The Chocolate Lover's Guide ...
The Great book every chocophile has been waiting for, pastry chef David Lebovitz's guide is a jam-packed snapshot of the global chocolate picture.
David Lebovitz, 2011
4
The Great Gatsby
The exemplary novel of the Jazz Age, F. Scott Fitzgeralds' third book, The Great Gatsby (1925), stands as the supreme achievement of his career.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, 2003
5
Great Expectations
Great Expectations is the story of the orphan Pip, writing his life from his early days of childhood until adulthood and trying to be a gentleman along the way.
Charles Dickens, 2009
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The Great Book of Hemp: The Complete Guide to the ...
With new technology it is possible to make anything from hemp that we now make from petroleum--including paint, plastic, and biomass energy. In this illustrated, comprehensive guide, Rowan Robinson reveals hemp's hidden history.
Rowan Robinson, 1996
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The Great Code: The Bible and Literature
In this new edition of The Great Code, Alvin A. Lee presents a corrected and fully annotated version of Frye's text, as well as a comprehensive introduction to help contextualize this important work and guide readers through its allusive ...
Northrop Frye, Alvin A. Lee, 2006
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Six Great Ideas
At the 1981 seminar, leaders from the worlds of business, literature, education, and the arts joined him in an in-depth consideration of the six great ideas that are the subject of this book: Truth, Goodness, and Beauty - the ideas we judge ...
Mortimer J. Adler, 1997
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Write Great Essays!
This book is essential reading for students embarking on writing an essay or report for the first time, or returning to study after a break. It will be an invaluable tool for students of any discipline.
Peter Levin, 2009
10
Great Expectations
The heartwarming story of Pip, a poor boy who gets an unexpected chance to move up in society.
Charles Dickens, Laurel and Associates, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GREAT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term great is used in the context of the following news items.
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The 10x rule for great startup ideas
But how do you find a great startup idea? The problem is that most of your business ideas are probably pretty good. It's hard to spot the great ... «The Next Web, Jul 15»
2
Severe Weather Outbreak Hits Great Lakes, Ohio Valley: 150000 …
Day two of a multi-day severe weather outbreak slammed into the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley Monday, and meteorologists warned another ... «The Weather Channel, Jul 15»
3
The Great Baseball Road Trip: On our level, on the level
And the Great Baseball Road Trip, a four-day sprint, offers me in retrospect a chance to think a little bit more about the national pastime and life ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»
4
Great white shark stranded on Chatham beach
The shark, a 7-foot juvenile, beached itself trying to get a seagull, a witness said. Photos sent to WCVB.com show that the shark was kept wet ... «WCVB Boston, Jul 15»
5
Scott Walker Had a Great Starting Position but Not a Great Start
Scott Walker's rapid but unsurprising rise to the top of the Republican pack was perhaps the clearest example during the first half of the primary ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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The one thing that all great cities have in common
You might think great cities are great because they're big, both in population and geography. You would be wrong. "The fundamental unit that ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
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Kourtney Kardashian Made 'Great Move' Splitting With Scott Disick …
Kourtney Kardashian made a “great move” in breaking up with Scott Disick, according to family friend Andre Leon Talley, who said the breakup ... «RadarOnline, Jul 15»
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All-Star Home Run Derby: Longest homer in Great American Ball …
CINCINNATI - APRIL 4: Adam Dunn #44 of the Cincinnati Reds hits his second home run of the game off of New York Mets pitcher Braden ... «WCPO, Jul 15»
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5-star Battle: UM great, but I'm going to Syracuse
... hands a lot," Battle said. "Michigan is a great school, and I love the people, the staff and coach (John) Beilein. But the key was the distance." ... «Detroit Free Press, Jul 15»
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Pete Rose: Baseball Great and Baseball's Great Villain
Pete Rose is one of the great villains in baseball history. It doesn't matter where on the Top Ten list of villains he falls, or whether he falls ... «Forbes, Jul 15»

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