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As an adjective great describes things that are very good, large, or important — like a great movie, a great forest, or a great battle that changed the course of a war.
Great can also be a noun: a person who is a legend in his or her field, like Aretha Franklin, a soul great, or Wayne Gretzky — a hockey great who became known as "the Great One." Only a few people qualify for the distinction of being a great — it takes a remarkable talent that continues to awe people long after the person's heyday.
Definitions of great
noun
a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field
“he is one of the greats of American music”
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adjective
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
“a great juicy steak”
“a great multitude”
“the great auk”
“a great old oak”
“a great ocean liner”
“a great delay”
Synonyms: big, largeabove average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
adjective
of major significance or importance
“a great work of art”
synonyms: outstanding important, of importof great significance or value
adjective
remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect
“a great crisis”
“had a great stake in the outcome”
Synonyms: extraordinarybeyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable
“had a great time at the party”
synonyms: bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell goodhaving desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
“great A”
synonyms: capital, majuscule uppercaserelating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case
adjective
in an advanced stage of pregnancy
“was great with child”
synonyms: big, enceinte, expectant, gravid, heavy, large, with child pregnantcarrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life
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How To Spell great?
Correct pronunciation for the word "great" is [ɡɹˈe͡ɪt], [ɡɹˈeɪt], [ɡ_ɹ_ˈeɪ_t].
What are the misspellings for word?
- graat,
- greateer,
- acreata,
- greaty,
- gerraff,
- garduate,
- grred,
- rgeat,
- grweat,
- gurest,
- gerrard,
- gredit,
- gritt,
- greatv,
- greak,
- gourmat,
- gereate,
- creatie,
- grait,
- greatway,
- recoat,
- jeremt,
- icreate,
- gromit,
- tagret,
- grammat,
- gread,
- gretal,
- grabt,
- createa,
- agreet,
- gurad,
- agrat,
- freat,
- graght,
- cigeret,
- krept,
- grity,
- rgiht,
- grat,
- regata,
- gretare,
- gerad,
- koreasat,
- graid,
- reat,
- creatid,
- grdauat,
- freate,
- greatyer,
- gorrect,
- sreet,
- dgreat,
- grwat,
- screat,
- grreater,
- yougrt,
- graite,
- grea,
- grear,
- gretaer,
- geraff,
- getat,
- treart,
- cceate,
- creit,
- grden,
- grerater,
- gret,
- growt,
- kredit,
- greavy,
- gredy,
- gererator,
- karrat,
- gerheart,
- gerhart,
- agread,
- gretat,
- greedt,
- greaten,
- grean,
- garet,
- gormeut,
- creatig,
- greay,
- aireate,
- gremmar,
- carseat,
- graity,
- breat,
- greaest,
- rgret,
- ccreate,
- greww,
- gretta,
- gresat,
- creatd,
- greait,
- greeet.
What are similar-sounding words for great?
- greet,
- Greta,
- grado,
- great-,
- Grady,
- gritty,
- greed,
- grode,
- grot,
- treat,
- groth,
- groat,
- grate,
- grotty,
- greater,
- Grote,
- grade,
- grothe,
- Gretta,
- grit,
- graddy,
- grotto,
- grad,
- growth,
- create,
- greedy,
- grout,
- grayed,
- griot.
Usage over time for great:
This graph shows how "great" have occurred between 1800 and 2008 in a corpus of English books.
40 words made out of letters GREAT
5 letters
- gater,
- great,
- grate,
- retag,
- garet,
- tager,
- graet,
- tegra,
- terga,
- etgar.
4 letters
- geta,
- gate,
- tare,
- rage,
- rega,
- rate,
- gear,
- tear,
- tera.
3 letters
- ear,
- teg,
- get,
- art,
- are,
- rag,
- eta,
- ret,
- tar,
- tag,
- erg,
- ert,
- era,
- ate,
- gar,
- tea,
- gat,
- ter,
- rat,
- eat,
- age.
Nearby words
- greasy grind
- greasy grinds
- greasy spoon
- greasy spoon.
- greasy-spoon
- great achievement
- great achievements
- great anteater
- great ape
- great apes
Resources
- Correct spelling for great [Infographic] | Spellchecker.net
- great - English spelling dictionary
- Great | Definition of great by Merriam-Webster
- Great definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
- Great | Definition of great at Dictionary.com
- Great dictionary definition | great defined
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