Definition of Great

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Definition of Great

Great

Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; -- opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length.

Large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude, series, etc.

Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval.

Superior; admirable; commanding; -- applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings.

Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, etc.

Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent; distingushed; foremost; principal; as, great men; the great seal; the great marshal, etc.

Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as, a great argument, truth, or principle.

Pregnant; big (with young).

More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree; as, to use great caution; to be in great pain.

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.

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

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Great Quotations

We can do no great things, only small things with great love.
Mother Teresa

In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love.
Mother Teresa

There are no great things, only small things with great love. Happy are those.
Mother Teresa

I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.
Thomas Jefferson

The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses.
Thomas Jefferson

All great achievements require time.
Maya Angelou

My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.
Maya Angelou

My life has been one great big joke, a dance that's walked a song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself.
Maya Angelou

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Albert Einstein

You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I've only ever had one.
Albert Einstein

Great Translations

great in Afrikaans is puik, kostelik, groot
great in Danish is stor
great in Dutch is tof, tiptop, excellent, kostelijk
great in Finnish is iso
great in Hungarian is nagy
great in Italian is grande, importante
great in Latin is valde, multus, magnus maior maximus
great in Portuguese is grande, excelente
great in Spanish is gran, cuantioso, grande, excelente
great in Swedish is bra, stor

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