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  GREAT, adj.
  
      "I'm great," the Lion said -- "I reign
      The monarch of the wood and plain!"
  
      The Elephant replied:  "I'm great --
      No quadruped can match my weight!"
  
      "I'm great -- no animal has half
      So long a neck!" said the Giraffe.
  
      "I'm great," the Kangaroo said -- "see
      My femoral muscularity!"
  
      The 'Possum said:  "I'm great -- behold,
      My tail is lithe and bald and cold!"
  
      An Oyster fried was understood
      To say:  "I'm great because I'm good!"
  
      Each reckons greatness to consist
      In that in which he heads the list,
  
      And Vierick thinks he tops his class
      Because he is the greatest ass.
                                                        Arion Spurl Doke

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Great \Great\ (gr[=a]t), a. [Compar. Greater; superl.
     Greatest.] [OE. gret, great, AS. gre['a]t; akin to OS. &
     LG. gr[=o]t, D. groot, OHG. gr[=o]z, G. gross. Cf. Groat
     the coin.]
     1. Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous;
        expanded; -- opposed to small and little; as, a great
        house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude,
        series, etc.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time;
        as, a great while; a great interval.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Superior; admirable; commanding; -- applied to thoughts,
        actions, and feelings.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able
        to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty;
        noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher,
        etc.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent;
        distinguished; foremost; principal; as, great men; the
        great seal; the great marshal, etc.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He doth object I am too great of birth. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     7. Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as,
        a great argument, truth, or principle.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     8. Pregnant; big (with young).
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The ewes great with young.            --Ps. lxxviii.
                                                    71.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     9. More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree;
        as, to use great caution; to be in great pain.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              We have all
              Great cause to give great thanks.     --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     10. (Genealogy) 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.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     Great bear (Astron.), the constellation Ursa Major.
  
     Great cattle (Law), all manner of cattle except sheep and
        yearlings. --Wharton.
  
     Great charter (Eng. Hist.), Magna Charta.
  
     Great circle of a sphere, a circle the plane of which
        passes through the center of the sphere.
  
     Great circle sailing, the process or art of conducting a
        ship on a great circle of the globe or on the shortest arc
        between two places.
  
     Great go, the final examination for a degree at the
        University of Oxford, England; -- called also greats.
        --T. Hughes.
  
     Great guns. (Naut.) See under Gun.
  
     The Great Lakes the large fresh-water lakes (Lakes
        Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario) which lie on
        the northern borders of the United States.
  
     Great master. Same as Grand master, under Grand.
  
     Great organ (Mus.), the largest and loudest of the three
        parts of a grand organ (the others being the choir organ
        and the swell, and sometimes the pedal organ or foot
        keys), It is played upon by a separate keyboard, which has
        the middle position.
  
     The great powers (of Europe), in modern diplomacy, Great
        Britain, France, Germany, Austria, Russia, and Italy.
  
     Great primer. See under Type.
  
     Great scale (Mus.), the complete scale; -- employed to
        designate the entire series of musical sounds from lowest
        to highest.
  
     Great sea, the Mediterranean sea. In Chaucer both the Black
        and the Mediterranean seas are so called.
  
     Great seal.
         (a) The principal seal of a kingdom or state.
         (b) In Great Britain, the lord chancellor (who is
             custodian of this seal); also, his office.
  
     Great tithes. See under Tithes.
  
     The great, the eminent, distinguished, or powerful.
  
     The Great Spirit, among the North American Indians, their
        chief or principal deity.
  
     To be great (with one), to be intimate or familiar (with
        him). --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Great \Great\, n.
     The whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by the
     great.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Mogul \Mo*gul"\, n. [From the Mongolian.]
     1. A person of the Mongolian race.
  
     2. (Railroad) A heavy locomotive for freight traffic, having
        three pairs of connected driving wheels and a two-wheeled
        truck.
  
     Great, or Grand, Mogul, the sovereign of the empire
        founded in Hindostan by the Mongols under Baber in the
        sixteenth century. Hence, a very important personage; a
        lord; -- sometimes only mogul.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Great \Great\, n.
     The whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by the
     great.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Great \Great\, a. [Compar. Greater; superl. Greatest.] [OE.
     gret, great, AS. gre['a]t; akin to OS. & LG. gr[=o]t, D.
     groot, OHG. gr[=o]z, G. gross. Cf. Groat the coin.]
     1. Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous;
        expanded; -- opposed to small and little; as, a great
        house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length.
  
     2. Large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude,
        series, etc.
  
     3. Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time;
        as, a great while; a great interval.
  
     4. Superior; admirable; commanding; -- applied to thoughts,
        actions, and feelings.
  
     5. Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able
        to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty;
        noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher,
        etc.
  
     6. Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent;
        distingushed; foremost; principal; as, great men; the
        great seal; the great marshal, etc.
  
              He doth object I am too great of birth. --Shak.
  
     7. Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as,
        a great argument, truth, or principle.
  
     8. Pregnant; big (with young).
  
              The ewes great with young.            --Ps. lxxviii.
                                                    71.
  
     9. More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree;
        as, to use great caution; to be in great pain.
  
              We have all Great cause to give great thanks.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     10. (Genealogy) 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.
  
     Great bear (Astron.), the constellation Ursa Major.
  
     Great cattle (Law), all manner of cattle except sheep and
        yearlings. --Wharton.
  
     Great charter (Eng. Hist.), Magna Charta.
  
     Great circle of a sphere, a circle the plane of which
        passes through the center of the sphere.
  
     Great circle sailing, the process or art of conducting a
        ship on a great circle of the globe or on the shortest arc
        between two places.
  
     Great go, the final examination for a degree at the
        University of Oxford, England; -- called also greats.
        --T. Hughes.
  
     Great guns. (Naut.) See under Gun.
  
     The Great Lakes the large fresh-water lakes (Lakes
        Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario) which lie on
        the northern borders of the United States.
  
     Great master. Same as Grand master, under Grand.
  
     Great organ (Mus.), the largest and loudest of the three
        parts of a grand organ (the others being the choir organ
        and the swell, and sometimes the pedal organ or foot
        keys), It is played upon by a separate keyboard, which has
        the middle position.
  
     The great powers (of Europe), in modern diplomacy, Great
        Britain, France, Germany, Austria, Russia, and Italy.
  
     Great primer. See under Type.
  
     Great scale (Mus.), the complete scale; -- employed to
        designate the entire series of musical sounds from lowest
        to highest.
  
     Great sea, the Mediterranean sea. In Chaucer both the Black
        and the Mediterranean seas are so called.
  
     Great seal.
         (a) The principal seal of a kingdom or state.
         (b) In Great Britain, the lord chancellor (who is
             custodian of this seal); also, his office.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  great
       adj 1: 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"
       2: more than usual; "great expectations"; "great worry"
       3: (used of persons) standing above others in character or
          attainment or reputation; "our distinguished professor";
          "an eminent scholar"; "a great statesman" [syn: distinguished,
           eminent]
       4: of major significance or importance; "a great work of art";
          "Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th
          century" [syn: outstanding]
       5: remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or
          effect; "a great crisis"; "had a great stake in the
          outcome"
       6: very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a
          great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" [syn:
           bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, groovy,
           keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up,
           swell, smashing]
       7: uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval
          manuscripts are in majuscule script" [syn: capital, majuscule]
       8: marked by active interest and enthusiasm; "an avid sports
          fan"; "a great walker"; "an eager beaver" [syn: avid, eager,
           zealous]
       9: in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child";
          "was great with child" [syn: big(p), enceinte, expectant,
           gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p), with
          child(p)]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  great
     Αγγλικά a.
     μεγάλος, μέγας
     Αγγλικά adv.
     υπέροχα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  great
     Old English a.
     1 great#English, massive
     2 tall
     3 thick; stout
     4 coarse
     Scots a.
     1 #English
     2 coarse (qualifier: in grain or texture)
     3 (qualifier: of things) thick, bulky, roomy
     4 (qualifier: of people) big, stout
     5 (qualifier: of a river) swollen with rain, in flood
     6 (qualifier: of the sea) high, stormy
     7 intimate, friendly

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  great-
     pre.
     (n-g: With familial designations, used to denote a removal of one
  generation)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  great
     a.
     1 (lb en augmentative) large, senior (gloss: 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.
     5 # (lb en informal) Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic.
  (from 1848)
     6 # (lb en informal British) intensify a word or expression, used in
  mild oaths.
     7 (lb en 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]
     8 (lb en obsolete postpositive followed by 'with') pregnant; large
  with young; full of.
     9 (lb en obsolete except with 'friend' and similar words such as
  'mate','buddy') intimate; familiar.
     10 Extreme or more than usual.
     11 Of significant importance or consequence; important.
     12 (lb en applied to actions, thoughts and feelings) Arising from or
  possessing idealism; admirable; superior; commanding; heroic;
  illustrious; eminent.
     13 impressive or striking.
     14 Much in use; favoured.
     15 (lb en applied to persons) Endowed with extraordinary powers; of
  exceptional talents or achievements; uncommonly gifted; able to
  accomplish vast results; remarkable; strong; powerful; mighty; noble.
     16 Doing or exemplifying (a characteristic or pursuit) on a large
  scale; active or enthusiastic.
     17 (lb en often followed by 'at') skilful or adroit.
     adv.
     (lb en informal) very well (gloss: in a very satisfactory manner).
     interj.
     1 Expression of gladness and content about something.
     2 sarcastic inversion thereof.
     n.
     A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  great-
     pre.
     (n-g: With familial designations, used to denote a removal of one
  generation)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  great
     Old English a.
     1 great#English, massive
     2 tall
     3 thick; stout
     4 coarse

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  great-
     pre.
     (n-g: With familial designations, used to denote a removal of one
  generation)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  great
     Old English a.
     1 great#English, massive
     2 tall
     3 thick; stout
     4 coarse

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  great-
     pre.
     (n-g: With familial designations, used to denote a removal of one
  generation)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  great
     Englanti a.
     1 isokokoinen, suuri
     2 merkittävä, huomattava
     3 todella hyvä, loistava
     Englanti n.
     suurmies, merkkihenkilö

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  great
     Engelska a.
     1 /mycket/ stor, enorm
     2 /mycket/ bra, toppen
     3 viktig, betydelsefull
     4 mäktig, stor; titel för framstående ledare

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  Great /ɡɹˈeɪt/
  Groot‐Brittanje

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  great /ɡɹˈeɪt/
  1. kostelik, puik
  2. groot

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Great /ɡɹˈeɪt/
  عظيم

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  great //ɡɹet// //ɡɹiːt// //ɡɹɛːt// //ˈɡɹeɪt// //ˈɡɹæɪt// 
  1. вели́к
  important title
  2. вели́к, голя́м
  very big, large scale
  3. отли́чен, чуде́сен
  very good

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  great //ɡɹet// //ɡɹiːt// //ɡɹɛːt// //ˈɡɹeɪt// //ˈɡɹæɪt// 
  чудесно
  great!

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  great //ɡɹet// //ɡɹiːt// //ɡɹɛːt// //ˈɡɹeɪt// //ˈɡɹæɪt// 
  големец
  person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  great- /ɡɹˈeɪt/ 
  пра-
  removal of one generation