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==References == | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' superl.) Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' superl.) More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree; as, to use great caution; to be in great pain. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' superl.) Superior; admirable; commanding; - applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' superl.) Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, etc. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' superl.) Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; - opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' n.) The whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by the great. </p> <p> '''(7):''' ''' (''' superl.) Large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude, series, etc. </p> <p> '''(8):''' ''' (''' superl.) Pregnant; big (with young). </p> <p> '''(9):''' ''' (''' superl.) 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. </p> <p> '''(10):''' ''' (''' superl.) Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as, a great argument, truth, or principle. </p> <p> '''(11):''' ''' (''' superl.) [[Holding]] a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent; distingushed; foremost; principal; as, great men; the great seal; the great marshal, etc. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 06:54, 13 October 2021
Reat [1]
(1): ( superl.) Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval.
(2): ( superl.) More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree; as, to use great caution; to be in great pain.
(3): ( superl.) Superior; admirable; commanding; - applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings.
(4): ( superl.) Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, etc.
(5): ( superl.) Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; - opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length.
(6): ( n.) The whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by the great.
(7): ( superl.) Large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude, series, etc.
(8): ( superl.) Pregnant; big (with young).
(9): ( superl.) 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.
(10): ( superl.) Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as, a great argument, truth, or principle.
(11): ( superl.) Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent; distingushed; foremost; principal; as, great men; the great seal; the great marshal, etc.
