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Definition of Great
Pronunciation: grāt | a. | 1. | Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; - opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length. | | 2. | Large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude, series, etc. | | 3. | Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval. | | 4. | Superior; admirable; commanding; - applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings. | | 5. | Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, etc. | | 6. | Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent; distinguished; foremost; principal; as, great men; the great seal; the great marshal, etc. | | 7. | Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as, a great argument, truth, or principle. | | 8. | Pregnant; big (with young). | | 9. | More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree; as, to use great caution; to be in great pain. | | 10. | (Genealogy) 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. | | n. | 1. | The whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by the great. |
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