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