great

great

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈɡɹeɪt/]

Senses

1. great (adj) — sense 1

Definition: Taking much space; large.

Example: “[…] 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.[…]”

2. great (adj) — sense 2

Definition: Taking much space; large.: Much, more than usual.

Example: great worry

3. great (adj) — sense 3

Definition: Taking much space; large.: Intensifying a word or expression, used in mild oaths.

Example: a dirty great smack in the face

4. great (intj) — sense 4

Definition: Expression of gladness and content about something.

Example: Great! Thanks for the wonderful work.

5. great (intj) — sense 5

Definition: A sarcastic inversion thereof.

Example: Oh, great! I just dumped all 500 sheets of the manuscript all over and now I have to put them back in order.

6. great (noun) — sense 6

Definition: A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.

Example: Newton and Einstein are two of the greats of the history of science.

7. great (noun) — sense 7

Definition: The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division.

8. great (noun) — sense 8

Definition: An instance of the word great signifying an additional generation in phrases expressing family relationships.

Example: my three-greats grandmother

9. great (adv) — sense 9

Definition: Very well (in a very satisfactory manner).

Example: Those mechanical colored pencils work great because they don’t have to be sharpened.

Structure of the word

Roots:
  • gʰer (Proto-Indo-European)

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