noun Download 🔗Share A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim. Examples : "Newton and Einstein are two of the greats of the history of science." person achievement history essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division. Examples : "The organist played a powerful piece on the great, filling the church with sound. " organ music essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (in combinations such as "two-greats", "three-greats" etc.) An instance of the word "great" signifying an additional generation in phrases expressing family relationships. Examples : "My three-greats grandmother." family essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Relatively large in scale, size, extent, number (i.e. having many parts or members) or duration (i.e. relatively long); very big. Examples : "A great storm is approaching our shores." amount number degree quality essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Of larger size or more importance than others of its kind. Examples : "the great auk" quality amount value essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (qualifying nouns of family relationship) Involving more generations than the qualified word implies — as many extra generations as repetitions of the word great (from 1510s). [see Derived terms] Examples : "great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, great-great-great-grandfather" family language essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (followed by 'with') Pregnant; large with young; full of. Examples : "great with child" family medicine body essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (except with 'friend' and similar words such as 'mate','buddy') Intimate; familiar. Examples : "My grandfather has a great deal of knowledge about the family history. " human person character family essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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adjective Download 🔗Share (applied to actions, thoughts and feelings) Arising from or possessing idealism; admirable; superior; commanding; heroic; illustrious; eminent. Examples : "a great deed" character moral achievement value quality essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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adjective Download 🔗Share Much in use; favoured. Examples : "Poetry was a great convention of the Romantic era." quality value essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (applied to persons) Endowed with extraordinary powers; of exceptional talents or achievements; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; remarkable; strong; powerful; mighty; noble. Examples : "a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, writer etc." person character ability achievement quality essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Title referring to an important leader. Examples : "Alexander the Great" title royal government politics essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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adjective Download 🔗Share Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic (from 1848). Examples : "Dinner was great." quality value achievement essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Intensifying a word or expression, used in mild oaths. Examples : "Great Scott!" language word essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adverb Download 🔗Share Very well (in a very satisfactory manner). Examples : "The teacher explained the math problem very clearly, and the students understood it great. " quality achievement essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
interjection Download 🔗Share Expression of gladness and content about something. Examples : "Great! Thanks for the wonderful work." emotion exclamation attitude essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
interjection Download 🔗Share Sarcastic inversion thereof. Examples : "Oh, great! I just dumped all 500 sheets of the manuscript all over and now I have to put them back in order." language communication word attitude exclamation essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading