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Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous;
expanded; -- opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship,
farm, plain, distance, length. |
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Large in number; numerous; as, a great company,
multitude, series, etc. |
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Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in
time; as, a great while; a great interval. |
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Superior; admirable; commanding; -- applied to
thoughts, actions, and feelings. |
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Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted;
able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble; as, a
great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, etc. |
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Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent;
distingushed; foremost; principal; as, great men; the great seal; the
great marshal, etc. |
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Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important;
as, a great argument, truth, or principle. |
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Pregnant; big (with young). |
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More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in
degree; as, to use great caution; to be in great pain. |
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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. |
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The whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by the
great. |
