Great

Etymology
From, from , from , from ,. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Related to.

Adjective

 * 1)  Large, senior high-ranking, intense, extreme, or exceptional
 * 2) Relatively large in scale, size, extent, number (i.e. having many parts or members) or duration (i.e. relatively long); very big.
 * 3) Title referring to an important leader.
 * 4) Of larger size or more importance than others of its kind.
 * So the King made Daniel a great man […]
 * 1)  Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic.
 * 2)  Intensifying a word or expression, used in mild oaths.
 * 3)  Involving more generations than the qualified word implies — as many extra generations as repetitions of the word great (from 1510s). [see Derived terms]
 * 4)  Pregnant; large with young; full of.
 * the ewes great with young
 * 1)  Intimate; familiar.
 * 2) Extreme or more than usual.
 * 3) Of significant importance or consequence; important.
 * 4)  Arising from or possessing idealism; admirable; superior; commanding; heroic; illustrious; eminent.
 * 5) Impressive or striking.
 * 6) Much in use; favoured.
 * 7)  Endowed with extraordinary powers; of exceptional talents or achievements; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; remarkable; strong; powerful; mighty; noble.
 * 8) Doing or exemplifying (a characteristic or pursuit) on a large scale; active or enthusiastic.
 * 9)  Skilful or adroit.
 * 1)  Involving more generations than the qualified word implies — as many extra generations as repetitions of the word great (from 1510s). [see Derived terms]
 * 2)  Pregnant; large with young; full of.
 * the ewes great with young
 * 1)  Intimate; familiar.
 * 2) Extreme or more than usual.
 * 3) Of significant importance or consequence; important.
 * 4)  Arising from or possessing idealism; admirable; superior; commanding; heroic; illustrious; eminent.
 * 5) Impressive or striking.
 * 6) Much in use; favoured.
 * 7)  Endowed with extraordinary powers; of exceptional talents or achievements; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; remarkable; strong; powerful; mighty; noble.
 * 8) Doing or exemplifying (a characteristic or pursuit) on a large scale; active or enthusiastic.
 * 9)  Skilful or adroit.
 * 1) Of significant importance or consequence; important.
 * 2)  Arising from or possessing idealism; admirable; superior; commanding; heroic; illustrious; eminent.
 * 3) Impressive or striking.
 * 4) Much in use; favoured.
 * 5)  Endowed with extraordinary powers; of exceptional talents or achievements; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; remarkable; strong; powerful; mighty; noble.
 * 6) Doing or exemplifying (a characteristic or pursuit) on a large scale; active or enthusiastic.
 * 7)  Skilful or adroit.
 * 1) Impressive or striking.
 * 2) Much in use; favoured.
 * 3)  Endowed with extraordinary powers; of exceptional talents or achievements; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; remarkable; strong; powerful; mighty; noble.
 * 4) Doing or exemplifying (a characteristic or pursuit) on a large scale; active or enthusiastic.
 * 5)  Skilful or adroit.
 * 1)  Endowed with extraordinary powers; of exceptional talents or achievements; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; remarkable; strong; powerful; mighty; noble.
 * 2) Doing or exemplifying (a characteristic or pursuit) on a large scale; active or enthusiastic.
 * 3)  Skilful or adroit.
 * 1)  Skilful or adroit.
 * 1)  Skilful or adroit.
 * 1)  Skilful or adroit.
 * 1)  Skilful or adroit.

Usage notes
Moderating adverbs such as fairly, somewhat, etc. tend not to be used with great. Some intensifiers can be used with some senses of great; for example, a very great amount, a very great man, the party was really great, though not *the party was very great.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:large
 * See also Thesaurus:excellent
 * See also Thesaurus:excellent

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: ,
 * Egyptian Arabic: كبير
 * South Levantine Arabic: كبير
 * Aramaic:
 * Classical Syriac: ܪܒܐ, ܟܒܝܪܐ
 * Jewish Aramaic: רַבָּא
 * Armenian:
 * Bavarian: grous
 * Belarusian:
 * Bengali: আকবর
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese: ကြီးမားသော
 * Catalan: ,
 * Cherokee: ᎡᏆ
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Dungan: да
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Cornish: brâs
 * Crimean Tatar: ulu
 * Czech:
 * Dalmatian: grund, gruond
 * Dutch:
 * Egyptian:
 * Erzya: покш
 * Eshtehardi: پیل
 * Esperanto: ega
 * Faroese:, mikil
 * Finnish:, , , jätti-,
 * French:
 * Friulian: grant
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐍃
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: μέγας
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: mór, ábhal
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kazakh: ұлы
 * Korean:, ,


 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latin:, grandis
 * Latvian: liels, dižs, varens
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: голем
 * Maore Comorian: ɓole
 * Maori: mokorahi, mokotahi
 * Maranao: basar
 * Mizo: ropui, lian
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Mòcheno: groas
 * Navajo: tsoh
 * Neapolitan: gruosso
 * North Frisian: grat
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: великъ
 * Old East Slavic: великъ
 * Old English: miċel
 * Old Norse: stórr, mikill
 * Pashto:, لوی
 * Persian:, ,
 * Plautdietsch:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Quechua:
 * Rapa Nui: nui
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit: ,
 * Scots: great, muckle, unco
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: вѐлик, го̀лем
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik:
 * Telugu:
 * Tocharian B: orotstse
 * Turkish: çok büyük,
 * Udi: кала
 * Ugaritic: 𐎗𐎁
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese:, tuyệt quá
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian:


 * Arabic: ,
 * Egyptian Arabic: عظيم
 * Aramaic:
 * Classical Syriac: ܪܒܐ
 * Jewish Aramaic: רַבָּא
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: выда́тны, цудо́ўны
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:, fabulós
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 很好,, , ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, erittäin hyvä, , , tosihyvä
 * French:, ,
 * Georgian: შესანიშნავი, საუცხოო
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:, ; , נהדרת; , נפלאה
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido: ,
 * Italian:, , , , ,
 * Japanese:, , ,
 * Korean:, , ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: زۆر چاک


 * Latin:, grandis
 * Latvian: lielisks, izcils
 * Lithuanian: puikus,
 * Macedonian: одличен
 * Mizo: ropui, ţha
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: kjempebra
 * Occitan:
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, , foarte bun
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Scots: gey
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: одличан, изврстан
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: skvelý
 * Slovene: odličen
 * Spanish:, muy bueno
 * Swedish:
 * Ugaritic: 𐎗𐎁
 * Ukrainian: прекра́сний, чудо́вий, чуде́сний
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:, grêt


 * Assamese: আজো
 * Finnish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:


 * Japanese: ,
 * Latin:
 * Kabuverdianu: nhaku
 * Maore Comorian: ɓole
 * Persian:


 * Armenian:
 * Bengali: আকবর
 * Bengali: আকবর
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: ព្រះមហាវីរក្សត្រ


 * Korean:
 * Latin:
 * Lithuanian: didysis
 * Macedonian: велик
 * Pashto: لوی
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * : ...cel Mare, Marele... , Marea...
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: вѐлик
 * Roman:
 * Spanish: Magno,
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese:


 * Danish:
 * German:, , , [3]
 * Gilaki:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Indonesian:, ,


 * Mazanderani:
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Swedish:, ,

Interjection

 * 1) Expression of gladness and content about something.
 * Great! Thanks for the wonderful work.
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 * I am in my new apartment! Great!
 * 1) 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.
 * Oh, great! I just dumped all 500 sheets of the manuscript all over and now I have to put them back in order.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: fedt, ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: mahtavaa
 * French:, , très bien
 * Georgian: ვაშა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: מעולה, טוב מאוד,
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: باشە, زۆر چاکە


 * Latin: babae
 * Macedonian: супер, одлично
 * Malay:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Venetian:

Noun

 * 1) A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.
 * Newton and Einstein are two of the greats of the history of science.
 * 1) * 2019, Daniel Taylor, Lionel Messi magic puts Barcelona in command of semi-final with Liverpool (in The Guardian, 1 May 2019)
 * Sadio Mané wasted a glorious chance in the first half and, late on, Mohamed Salah turned his shot against a post after a goal-line clearance had spun his way. That, in a nutshell, perhaps sums up the difference between Messi and the players on the next rung below – the ones who can be described as great footballers without necessarily being football greats.
 * 1)  The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division.
 * 2)  An instance of the word "great" signifying an additional generation in phrases expressing family relationships.
 * My three-greats grandmother.

Translations

 * Bengali: আকাবির
 * Bengali: আকাবির
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kabuverdianu: nhaku


 * Macedonian: велика́н
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Portuguese:
 * Telugu:
 * Turkish:

Adverb

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

Translations

 * Georgian: შესანიშნავად
 * Italian:, molto bene
 * Macedonian: одлично


 * Polish:, fajno,
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1) great, massive
 * 2) tall
 * 3) thick; stout
 * 4) coarse

Etymology
From, from.

Adjective

 * 1) great
 * 2) coarse
 * 3)  thick, bulky, roomy
 * 4)  big, stout
 * 5)  swollen with rain, in flood
 * 6)  high, stormy
 * 7) intimate, friendly