Great |
Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; -- opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length. |
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Great |
Large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude, series, etc. |
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Great |
Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval. |
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Great |
Superior; admirable; commanding; -- applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings. |
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Great |
Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, etc. |
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Great |
Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent; distingushed; foremost; principal; as, great men; the great seal; the great marshal, etc. |
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Great |
Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as, a great argument, truth, or principle. |
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Great |
Pregnant; big (with young). |
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Great |
More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree; as, to use great caution; to be in great pain. |
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Great |
Older, younger, or more remote, by single generation; -- often used before grand to indicate one degree more remote in the direct line of descent; as, great-grandfather (a grandfather's or a grandmother's father), great-grandson, etc. |
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Great |
The whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by the great. |
n. |
Great-bellied |
Having a great belly; bigbellied; pregnant; teeming. |
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Great-grandchild |
The child of one's grandson or granddaughter. |
n. |
Great-granddaughter |
A daughter of one's grandson or granddaughter. |
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Great-grandfather |
The father of one's grandfather or grandmother. |
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Great-grandmother |
The mother of one's grandfather or grandmother. |
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Great-grandson |
A son of one's grandson or granddaughter. |
n. |
Great-hearted |
High-spirited; fearless. |
a. |
Great-hearted |
Generous; magnanimous; noble. |
a. |
Great-heartedness |
The quality of being greathearted; high-mindedness; magnanimity. |
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