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English to English adjective
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Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; -- opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind | | Example: a great juicy steak
a great multitude
the great auk
a great old oak
a great ocean liner
a great delay
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of major significance or importance | | Example: a great work of art
Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th centurey
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remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect | | Example: a great crisis
had a great stake in the outcome
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very good | | Example: he did a bully job
a neat sports car
had a great time at the party
you look simply smashing
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uppercase | | Example: capital A
great A
many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script
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in an advanced stage of pregnancy | | Example: was big with child
was great with child
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a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field | | Example: he is one of the greats of American music
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The whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by the great. | | source: webster1913
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