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Meaning of "great primer" in the English dictionary

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GREAT PRIMER

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Great primer is a noun.
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WHAT DOES GREAT PRIMER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Great primer

Great primer is a large font size that was used in the printing of English Bibles and other large-format books, leading to its other name of Bible Text. The largest size ever used in England for printing books, it was several sizes larger than English but smaller than paragon. It was known in Italian as testo. Other synonyms include Double Bourgeois, 18-point, Gros Romain, Text and Tertia. Great-primer size fonts have been in use since William Caxton, around 1488.

Definition of great primer in the English dictionary

The definition of great primer in the dictionary is a size of printer's type approximately equal to 18 point.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GREAT PRIMER

great mountain buttercup
great northern diver
great organ
Great Ouse
Great Plains
great plantain
Great Power
Great Powers
Great Pyrenees
Great Rebellion
Great Red Spot
Great Rift Valley
Great Roll of the Exchequer
Great Russian
Great Salt Lake
Great Sandy Desert
Great Sark
Great Satan
Great Schism
great seal

WORDS THAT END LIKE GREAT PRIMER

aimer
claimer
dendrimer
dimer
disclaimer
egg timer
first-timer
Hochheimer
Horkheimer
Latimer
long primer
lorimer
Mortimer
Oppenheimer
pilgrimer
primer
proclaimer
rimer
timer
trimer

Synonyms and antonyms of great primer in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «great primer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GREAT PRIMER

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The translations of great primer 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 primer» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

大底
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gran imprimación
570 millions of speakers

English

great primer
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

महान प्राइमर
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

التمهيدي العظيم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отличный грунт
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cartilha grande
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মহান প্রাইমার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

introduction idéale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Buku asas yang hebat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

große Primer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

偉大なプライマー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

좋은 프라이머
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Apik banget
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mồi lớn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெரிய அறிமுகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

महान धर्मशिक्षणाचे पहिले पुस्तक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

onsekiz puntoluk harf
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

grande fondo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

świetny podkład
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відмінний грунт
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mare grund
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μεγάλη αστάρι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

groot primer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stor primer
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stor primer
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GREAT PRIMER»

The term «great primer» is regularly used and occupies the 72.517 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about great primer

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GREAT PRIMER»

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1
A Primer on Postmodernism
Scholarly yet accessible to all, this volume is an indispensable guide for understanding contemporary Western culture."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Stanley James Grenz, 1996
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Proposals for establishing a graduated scale of sizes for ...
Great Primer and an 8 to Pica lead Three Lines n quadrat. BODY 28.— DOUBLE SMALL PICA. Two Small Picas. Four Rubies. Pica and Long Primer. English and Brevier. Primer and Nonpareil. Great Primer and Pearl, Paragon and a 4 to Pica ...
Bower brothers, 1841
3
The Palaeotypography of the French Renaissance: Selected ...
Gryphius's Titling on Two-line Great Primer [R 9.5] or Lettres de deux points de Gros-romain (1533) 4. The 'Budé' Two-line Double Pica [R 290] or Gros-canon ( 1535) 5. The 'Finé' Two-line Double Pica [R 280] or Gros-canon (1536) 6.
Hendrik D. L. Vervliet, 2008
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Specimens of Printing Types Made at Bruce's New York ...
TWO-LINE COLUMBIAN ORNAMENTED, No. 1. TWO-LINE COLUMBIAN ORNAMENTED, No. 2. ,5fb. TWO-LINE COLUMBIAN ORNAMENTED, No. 3. TWO-LINE GREAT-PRIMER ORNAMENTED, No. 1. ioib*í« TWO-LINE GREAT- PRIMER ...
Bruce's New York Type Foundry, 1869
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The Printers' Guide: Or, An Introduction to the Art of ...
Long Primer Antique... . . 1 2'5 Double Great Primer . . . . . . 0 32 Brevier Antique. .. . . . . . . . 1 50 Double English . .. . . .. . . . . 0 32 Two lines Pearl Italian. . . 0 64 Real Double Pica. . . . . .. . 0 34 Four lines Pica Tuscan. . . 0 (38 Double Small Pica .
Cornelius S. Van Winkle, 1836
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A specimen of printing types, and ornaments: cast in the ...
Antiques. perlbi Ten line Pica, $0 38 Six line Pica, 0 за Four line Pica, 0 50 Two line Great Primer, 0 60 Pica, 0 63 Long Primer, 0 75 Brevier, i 05 Old type received in exchange at 12 cents per lb. Orders for Presses, Chases, Composing Slicks, ...
George Bruce & Co, 1828
7
John Baskerville: A Bibliography
[9 lines, Great Primer italic solid]... | ces you reque/t. | TO THE PUBLIC. | ] [2-line] OHN BASKERVILLE pr0pofes,. . .[12 lines, Small Pica roman solid] . . .MDCGLIV. Note: The text of the specimen is taken from William Melmoth's translation of ...
Philip Gaskell, 2011
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The practical printers' assistant: containing numerous ...
containing numerous schemes of imposition, definite directions for making composition rollers, and many useful tables Theodore Gazlay. Great Primer Condensed, (per lb.) 1 00 Two line Brevier Double, - 1 25 Two line Brevier Single , - 1 00 ...
Theodore Gazlay, 1836
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Universal Technological Dictionary
Typographia, Ars Artium English. Paragon. French. Le Petit Paragon. German. Paragon. Typographia, Ars Artium 0 English. Great Primer. French. German. Le Gros Romain. Tertia. Typographia, Ars Artium omnium English. French. German.
George Crabb, 1833
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History of Oxford University Press: Volume I: Beginnings to 1780
Shipments of great primer, English, and pica, with consignments of small pica and brevier, duly arrived during 1758–9.105 In 1759–60 the University's matrices for the double pica (or 'paragon') Greek that Fell had bought from the Netherlands  ...
Ian Gadd, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GREAT PRIMER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term great primer is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sedona Arts Center Presents Guerilla Filmmaking with Bryan Reinhart
The course is also a great primer for a college-bound student who may be interested in exploring filmmaking as a career. In this environment ... «GatewayToSedona.com, Jul 15»
2
Drone Analyst provides comprehensive look at UAS industry
“This report is a great primer for those who want to take advantage of the coming boom in this extremely lucrative industry,” said Colin Snow, ... «UAS Magazine, Jul 15»
3
IPv4 Depletion - The Well is Dry
For a great primer for this article I suggest you read my previous blog on IPv4s. When the Internet was developed the engineers and scientists ... «Web Host Industry Review, Jul 15»
4
Berko: Checkbook Economics 101 should be required
"The Richest Man in Babylon" is still a great primer that's stuffed with glowing common sense and wisdom. Malcolm Berko. Photo of Malcolm ... «The Columbian, Jul 15»
5
It's another fine mess of Cameron's making
You can't fly through fog but in war and politics that's exactly what you have to do. The insight comes from On War, Clausewitz's great primer ... «The Times, Jul 15»
6
American financial stupidity
"The Richest Man in Babylon" is still a great primer that's stuffed with glowing common sense and wisdom. Please address your financial ... «Akron Legal News, Jul 15»
7
Special Event Party adds back story to 'boom'
"Lots of kids say the Fourth of July doesn't start until the fireworks, but this is a great primer to have an understanding of the celebrations that ... «Arkansas Online, Jul 15»
8
Talking Midnighter with series writer Steve Orlando
It was a great primer! VIRGIL(which was just solicited from IMAGE COMICS coming out in SEPTEMBER) and Midnighter are both queer ... «Albany Times Union, Jun 15»
9
New Japan on AXS' coverage of 2014 G1 Climax tournament starts …
... the show - which features past matches and angles repackaged with English language commentary - has consistently been a great primer for ... «Cageside Seats, Jun 15»
10
Price War Rages in Currency-Hedged ETFs; ProShares Fires Salvo
Micheal Rawson at Morningstar has a great primer on the full cost of ETFs this week. « Previous A.M. Funds Roundup: The Full Cost of Owning ... «Barron's, Jun 15»

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