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great
adjective as in very good
adjective as in very large in size or number
adjective as in considerable in intensity or degree
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adjective as in important, celebrated
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adjective as in excellent or superior in some domain
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Example Sentences
“Such great memories, and so much fun, but most importantly, it was a learning experience for all of us!”
“Homes may still have to be greater than some minimum distance apart,” Moritz says.
Nearly two-thirds of voters polled wanted to provide greater funding for city and county fire departments even if that meant raising taxes.
The listing promised “great opportunity to build” after the Eaton fire destroyed the home previously on the site.
"We reached the station with great difficulty, because we were tired and there were children and women with us," he said.
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When To Use
What are other ways to say great?
In reference to the size and extent of concrete objects, great is highly formal and even poetic, suggesting also that the object is notable or imposing, large is only somewhat formal, and big is the most general and most colloquial word: a great oak; a large tree; a big tree; great plains; a large field; a big field. When the reference is to degree or a quality, great is the usual word: great beauty; great mistake; great surprise; although big sometimes alternates with it in colloquial style: a big mistake; a big surprise; large is usually not used in reference to degree, but may be used in a quantitative reference: a large number (great number).
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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