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Great

/ɡɹeɪt/

A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.

📖 Definitions of "Great"

noun

1
A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.
"Newton and Einstein are two of the greats of the history of science."
2
The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division.
3
(in combinations such as "two-greats", "three-greats" etc.) An instance of the word "great" signifying an additional generation in phrases expressing family relationships.
"My three-greats grandmother."

adjective

1
Relatively large in scale, size, extent, number (i.e. having many parts or members) or duration (i.e. relatively long); very big.
"A great storm is approaching our shores."
2
Of larger size or more importance than others of its kind.
"the great auk"
3
(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]
"great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, great-great-great-grandfather"
4
(followed by 'with') Pregnant; large with young; full of.
"great with child"

adverb

1
Very well (in a very satisfactory manner).
"Those mechanical colored pencils work great because they don't have to be sharpened."

interjection

1
Expression of gladness and content about something.
"Great! Thanks for the wonderful work."
2
Sarcastic inversion thereof.
"Oh, great! I just dumped all 500 sheets of the manuscript all over and now I have to put them back in order."

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