Great

Definition: Great

Great

Adjective

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".

4. Of major significance or importance; "a great work of art"; "Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th century".

5. Remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; "a great crisis"; "had a great stake in the outcome".

6. (informal) very good; "a bully pulpit"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing".

7. Uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script".

8. Marked by active interest and enthusiasm; "an avid sports fan"; "a great walker"; "an eager beaver".

9. In an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child".

Date "great" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Great \Great\, adjective. [Comparative Greater; superlative Greatest.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: Great

Domain	Definition
Satire	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. Source: Devil's Dictionary.
Biographical Satire	GREAT, Peter the, shipbuilder, and the only ruler of Russia who never was bombarded. Was also unique in the fact that he worked. Historians claim this was due to his poor salary. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914.
Literature	Great (The). ABBAS I., Shah of Persia. (1557, 1585-1628.) ALBERTUS MAGNUS, the schoolman. (1193-1280.) ALFONSO III., King of Asturias and Leon. (848, 866-912.) ALFRED, of England. (849, 871-901.) ALEXANDER, of Macedon. (B.C. 356, 340-323.) ST. BASIL, Bishop of Cæsare'a. (329-379.) CANUTE, of England and Denmark. (995, 1014-1036.) CASIMIR III., of Poland. (1309, 1333-1370.) CHARLES I., Emperor of Germany, called Charlemagne. (142, 764-814). CHARLES III. (or II.), Duke of Lorraine. (1543-1608). CHARLES EMMANUEL I., Duke of Savoy. (1562-1630.) CONSTANTINE I., Emperor of Rome. (272, 306-337.) COUPERIN, (Francis), the French musical composer. (1668-1733.) DOUGLAS, (Archibald, the great Earl of Angus also called Bell-the-Cat [q.v.]). (Died 1514.) FERDINAND I., of Castile and Leon. (Reigned 1034-1065.) FREDERICK WILLIAM, Elector of Brandenburg, surnamed The Great Elector. (1620, 1640-1688.) FREDERICK II., of Prussia. (1712, 1740-1786.) GREGORY I., Pope. (544, 590-604.) HENRI IV., of France. (1553, 1589-1610.) HEROD AGRIPPA I., Tetrarch of Abilene, who beheaded James (Acts xii.). (Died A.D. 44.) HIAO-WEN-TEE, the sovereign of the Hân dynasty of China. He forbade the use of gold and silver vessels in the palace, and appropriated the money which they fetched to the aged poor. (B.C. 206, 179-157.) JOHN II., of Portugal. (1455, 1481-1495.) JUSTINIAN I. (483, 527-565.) LEWIS I., of Hungary. (1326, 1342-1381.) LOUIS II., Prince of Condé, Duc d'Enghien. (1621-1686.) LOUIS XIV., called Le Grand Monarque. (1638,1643-1714.) MAHOMET II., Sultan of the Turks. (1430, 1451-1481.) MAXIMILIAN, Duke of Bavaria, victor of Prague. (1573-1651.) COSMO DI'MEDICI, first Grand Duke of Tuscany.(1519, 1537-1574.) GONZALES PEDRO DE MENDOZA, great Cardinal of Spain, statesman and scholar. (1503-1575.) NICHOLAS I., Pope (was Pope from 858-867). OTHO I., Emperor of Germany. (912, 936-973.) PETER I., of Russia. (1672, 1689-1725.) PIERRE III., of Aragon. (1239, 1276-1285.) SFORZA (Giacomo), the Italian general.(1369-1424.) SAPOR or SHAH-POUR, the ninth king of the Sassanides (q.v.). (240, 307-379). SIGISMUND, King of Poland. (1466, 1506-1548.) THEO'DORIC, King of the Ostrogoths. (454, 475-526.) THEODO'SIUS I., Emperor. (346, 378-395.) MATTEO VISCONTI, Lord of Milan, (1250, 1295-1322.) VLADIMIR, Grand Duke of Russia. (973-1014.) WALDEMAR I., of Denmark. (1131, 1157-1181.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Multilingual Slang	Hebrew (Magneev), Spanish (chaci, dabuten, guay). (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
GRASP	English	GReat Apes Survival Project	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Disinterestedness	Handsome, liberal, noble, broad-minded; noble-minded, high-minded; princely, great, high, elevated, lofty, exalted, spirited, stoical, magnanimous; great-hearted, large-hearted; chivalrous, heroic, sublime.
Size	Adjective: large, big; great; considerable, bulky, voluminous, ample, massive, massy; capacious, comprehensive; spacious; mighty, towering, fine, magnificent.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Yeah, well, when you put it that way, it doesn't sound that great to me either (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.) Yeah, that would be great. (American Pie; writing credit: Adam Herz) I'm great. (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball) You are a monster, and my father is a great man. You're nothing like my father (Air Force One; writing credit: Andrew W. Marlowe) The great Morpheus (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)
Lyrics	I'm looking for answers from the great beyond (The Great Beyond; performing artist: R.E.M.) And it's a great day to be alive (It's A Great Day To Be Alive; performing artist: Travis Tritt) What a great little plane (Clockwork Creep; performing artist: 10CC) I'm trying to get up that great big hill of hope (What's up; performing artist: 4 Non Blondes) Ok, that little place it's a great move (If I Could Go; performing artist: Angie Martinez)
Clever	Behind every great man is a great woman, and behind her is his wife. (references; author: Groucho Marx) My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it. (references; author: Mark Twain) Great Presentation Skills: Able to bullshit. (references; author: unknown) The great lie of the news media: I am the public. (references; author: unknown) Get a new car for your spouse, it'll be a great trade! (references; author: unknown)
Tongue Twisters	Gale's great glass globe glows green. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great (1998) The Great American Songbook (2003) All Creatures Great and Small (1974) Finger 5's Great Adventure (1974) The Great Western Musical Thunderbox (1974)
Song Titles	GREAT BALLS OF FIRE (performing artist: Jerry Lee Lewis ) THE GREAT PRETENDER (performing artist: Platters ) Great Pretender, The (performing artist: The Platters) The Great Beyond (performing artist: R.E.M.) It's A Great Day To Be Alive (performing artist: Travis Tritt)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co Inc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Great American Bancorp, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Great China Holdings Ltd: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Great Eagle Holdings Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Great Eastern Holdings Ltd: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Hackberry cavalier; being a chronicle of the more outstanding adventures in love and life of the bucolic Lothario, that Robin Hood of the post oak woods, that elegant gentleman and great spirit: Edgar Selfridge, et cronies (reference) The Set-Up-to-Fail Syndrome: How Good Managers Cause Great People to Fail (reference) Great Wisconsin Taverns: Over 100 Distinctive Badger Bars (reference) Great Short Works of Stephen Crane: Red Badge of Courage, Monster, Maggie, Open Boat, Blue Hotel, Bride Comes to Yellow Sky and Other Works (reference) Three Great Novels of the Civil War/the Killer Angels/Andersonville/the Red Badge of Courage (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Christies Great Estates (reference) Conference Of International Association For Great Lakes Research (reference) Great Barrington Historical Society Newsletter (reference) Great Basin Mine Watch Membership (reference) Great Lakes Angler (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	The Great Civil War Debate (reference) Dragonball Z - Great Saiyaman - Declaration (Edited) (reference) Our Daily Bread & Other Films of the Great Depression (reference) Great Depression (reference) Great Tae Kwon Do Demonstrations (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Great Pianists: Artur Schnabel (reference) Great Women Composers [BOX SET] (reference) Great Southwest (reference) The Truly Great Hits (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	100 Great Education Games Volume 4 (reference) 100 Great Games for the Palm (reference) Asterix Great Rescue (reference) Asterix: The Great Rescue (reference) Yogi Bear's Great Balloon Blast (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods	Salton EG1 Great Eggs Egg Poacher/Boiler (reference) Great Neck Saw 752 4 In 1 Gearless Screwdriver (reference) Great Neck Saw SD38 GreatLite 38-Piece Lighted Screwdriver Set (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Shown is the great room of the Children's Inn, showing the large fireplace. Credit: Bill Branson (Photographer).		Histopathology of lymph node shows effacement of architecture with great numbers of plump histiocytes. No granuloma formation or necrosis is present. Credit: CDC.
	Onychomycosis due to Trychophyton rubrum, right and left great toe. Tinea unguium. Credit: CDC.		Great Lakes Effect. Credit: NASA.
	Just when it seemed like the summer movie season had ended, two of NASA's Great Observatories ... Credit: NASA.		A NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of a region of the Great Nebula in Orion, as imaged by ... Credit: NASA.
	Three-color filter image of Jupiter's best known feature, the Great Red Spot. (Voyager 1). Credit: NASA.		False-color image of Jupiter's Great Red Spot. (Voyager 1). Credit: NASA.
	Great Lakes. Credit: NASA.		Great Salt Lake, UT. Credit: NASA.
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"Great Wall of China" by Ben Shipley Commentary: "No people on the wall. many ranges visible, the 'dragon's back' twists off into the distance. Shot Dec 03."	"Great Belt bridge" by Jan Sundstedt Commentary: "The Bridge across the Great Belt in Denmark."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

Play	Caption
	Great church bell chimes once.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
(Frederick II) Frederick The Great	Rogues, would you live forever?
Aeschylus	A great ox stands on my tongue.
Alexander Hamilton	The people -- that great beast!
Benjamin Franklin	Little strokes fell great oaks.
Callimachus	Great book, great evil.
Emo Philips	I'm a great lover, I'll bet.
Friedrich Nietzsche	Great intellects are skeptical.
Henry David Thoreau	Being is the great explainer.
James Russell Lowell	Sorrow is the great idealizer.
Johann Friedrich Von Schiller	Great souls endure in silence.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
Magna Carta	1215	If one who has borrowed from the Jews any sum, great or small, die before that loan be repaid, the debt shall not bear interest while the heir is under age, of whomsoever he may hold; and if the debt fall into our hands, we will not take anything except the principal sum contained in the bond. (reference)
John Locke	1690	Thus far that great advocate of monarchical power allows of resistance. (Second Treatise of Government)
US Declaration of Independence	1776	The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. (reference)
US Constitution	1791	In January 1786, the Legislature of Virginia passed a resolution providing for the appointment of five commissioners, who, or any three of them, should meet such commissioners as might be appointed in the other States of the Union, at a time and place to be agreed upon, to take into consideration the trade of the United States; to consider how far a uniform system in their commercial regulations may be necessary to their common interest and their permanent harmony; and to report to the several States such an act, relative to this great object, as, when ratified by them, will enable the United States in Congress effectually to provide for the same. (reference)
Marbury v. Madison	1803	The exercise of this original right is a very great exertion; nor can it, nor ought it, to be frequently repeated. (reference)
Communist Manifesto	1848	This school of Socialism dissected with great acuteness the contradictions in the conditions of modern production. (reference)
Abraham Lincoln	1863	We are met on a great battlefield of that war. (The Gettysburg Address)
Treaty of Versailles	1919	The Delegates of the United States, Great Britain, France and Italy shall have this right on all occasions. (reference)
Winston S. Churchill	1946	That I feel is an open cause of policy of very great importance . ("Iron Curtain" Speech)
Brown v. Board of Education	1954	Compulsory school attendance laws and the great expenditures for education both demonstrate our recognition of the importance of education to our democratic society. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	S, I had a great curiosity
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded	Carroll, Lewis	The Count hurried across the room in great excitement
A Christmas Carol	Dickens, Charles	It was with great astonishment, and with a strange, inexplicable dread, that as he looked, he saw this bell begin to swing
Scarlet Letter	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	So great a vicissitude in his life could not at once be received as real
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	It was with great difficulty that Toussaint obtained permission to pack up a little linen and clothing and a few toilet articles
Absalom and Achitophel	John Dryden	Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	It seemed to him that he stood in the midst of a great hall, dark and silent save for the ticking of a great clock
King Richard III	Shakespeare, William	the great King of kings Hath in the tables of his law commanded That thou shalt do no murder
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	He swung the great truck viciously around a bend and the tires shrilled
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	Thus by the great friendship of the Secretary, the whole affair was compromised
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Autism varies a great deal in severity. (references)
		With this great benefit, however, have come complex problems. (references)
		It often requires a great deal of adjustment in outlook and lifestyle. (references)
Business		These hospitals are in great need of upgrades. (references)
		The IVA has a great impact on the entire economy. (references)
		The year 1999 was a great year for fiber optics in Argentina. (references)
Children	Bulgaria	Problems of general unemployment and a poor economy also undermined initiatives aimed at advancing equal opportunity for persons with disabilities; the great majority of persons with disabilities are unemployed. (references)
	Bulgaria	Disabled individuals have access to university training (students with disabilities must pay the university's initial application fee but are exempt from semester fees if accepted), to housing, and to employment; however, architectural barriers are a great hindrance in most older buildings, including schools and universities. (references)
Civil Liberties	Sweden	The procedures accord great discretion to individuals in decisionmaking positions. (references)
Discrimination	Tonga	Nonetheless it is possible for ordinary citizens to rise to cabinet positions in government and to accumulate great wealth and status in the private sector. (references)
Economic History	Uganda	Uganda's economy has great potential. (references)
	Hong Kong	Per capita GDP approximates Great Britain's. (references)
Human Rights	Morocco	Nevertheless, the press reported on this case in great detail. (references)
	Suriname	The police obtain them in the great majority of investigations. (references)
	Hungary	The lack of a bail system gives a great deal of flexibility to judges. (references)
Minorities	Korea	Thus ethnic Chinese born and resident in Korea obtain citizenship only with great difficulty. (references)
	Japan	Obstacles to naturalization include broad discretion available to adjudicating officers and great emphasis on Japanese-language ability. (references)
	Singapore	During 1999 there was great debate over the fact that advertisements often specify ethnicity and gender requirements or require fluent Mandarin speakers. (references)
Political Economy	Korea	South Korean democracy made great strides over the past decade. (references)
	Pakistan	Pakistan is a poor country with great extremes in the distribution of wealth; its population is approximately 140 million. (references)
	San Marino	The popularly elected Parliament (the Great and General Council--GGC) selects two of its members to serve as the Captains Regent (co-Heads of State). (references)
Political Rights	Guatemala	While ordinary laws could be enacted to accomplish many of the reforms, the constitutional reforms nonetheless held great symbolic value for the peace process. (references)
	Tunisia	Opposition politicians argued that the subsidy system reinforces the favored position of the ruling party because its dominance in the Parliament means that it receives the great majority of the government funding. (references)
	Fiji	The Senate remained an appointed body--the President appoints 32 members, of which the Great Council of Chiefs nominates 14 members, the Prime Minister nominates 9, the opposition leader nominates 8, and the Council of Rotuma nominates 1 member. (references)
Trade	Senegal	AFDB is currently putting a great emphasis on private sector financing. (references)
	Costa Rica	Consequently, great care must be taken to avoid errors and infractions. (references)
	France	ISO 9000 has become a great marketing tool in France, sometimes more cost-effective than advertising. (references)
Travel	Korea	Koreans have a great respect for the family and hierarchy. (references)
	France	One could pay less or a great deal more than this $234 amount. (references)
	Ghana	Great Irish Pub and very popular with Ghanaians and expats alike. (references)
Women	Brazil	However, reporting crimes and receiving help continue to be a problem for women living in remote areas who sometimes must travel great distances to the nearest special precinct. (references)
	Panama	The Ministry of Youth, Women, Children, and Family Affairs is largely a consolidation of departments previously operating in other government ministries, and its activities have not attracted a great deal of public attention. (references)
	Colombia	Despite an explicit constitutional provision promising additional resources for single mothers and government efforts to provide them with training in parenting skills, women's groups reported that the social and economic problems of single mothers remained great. (references)
Worker Rights	Sao Tome and Principe	Public sector employees still make up the great majority of wage earners. (references)
	Singapore	The authorities have fined or imprisoned employers who have abused domestics, often with great publicity. (references)
	Yemen	However, since a great percentage of the country's underage work force is in the agricultural sector in remote rural areas, it is difficult for the Government to protect most child workers. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	HISTORY, n. An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools. Of Roman history, great Niebuhr's shown 'Tis nine-tenths lying. Faith, I wish 'twere known, Ere we accept great Niebuhr as a guide, Wherein he blundered and how much he lied. Salder Bupp
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Speaker	Phrase(s)
Andrew Weil	It's a powerful anti-oxidant. It helps to treat diabetes, extends survival of breast cancer. Great protective against gum disease, good general anti-oxidant protection.
Conan O'Brien	Really, don't get me wrong. I'm very proud that I have a network special, but we still have to remember that cable is expanding and they've got some great channels, too.
Dennis Miller	The ability to be critical of our government is what makes this country great.
Jack Lemmon	I am on the last great journey here, one we all got to take. Maybe I can teach people what to pack for the trip.
Julia Child	Our Santa Barbara wines that we have that were sniffed at for a long time, but we make some really great pinot noirs in the world right there in Santa Barbara.
Prince Albert of Monaco	Stephanie is doing great. She's also busy being a mom, and she's done incredibly well with that. And it's hard for her to raise kids on her own.
Rosie O'Donnell	Sometimes I do, I miss it, when I read a good script or see a great movie, and I think, I would have loved to do that.
Rush Limbaugh	We are at great risk in a dangerous world.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
George Washington	1789-1797	Such an attachment of a small or weak toward a great and powerful nation dooms the former to be the satellite of the latter.
Abraham Lincoln	1861-1865	Yet, with all this scope of precedent, I now enter upon the same task for the brief constitutional term of four years under great and peculiar difficulty.
Harry S. Truman	1945-1953	Inauguration Day will be a great demonstration of the Democratic Process.
Dwight Eisenhower	1953-1961	New forces and new nations stir and strive across the earth, with power to bring, by their fate, great good or great evil to the free world's future.
John F. Kennedy	1961-1963	Business bankruptcies have reached their highest level since the Great Depression.
Richard Nixon	1969-1974	Your National Government has a great and vital role to play.
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	America has always been greatest when we dared to be great.
George Bush	1989-1993	Each of us will measure, within ourselves, the value of this great struggle.
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	To do otherwise is simply unworthy of a great nation of immigrants.
George W. Bush	2001-2005	Sometimes in life we are called to do great things.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	95.78%	42,646	193
Noun (proper)	4.18%	1,859	4,582
Adverb (general)	0.04%	16	87,710
Total	100.00%	44,523	N/A

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "great".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Avra	N/A	N/A	Father of a great multitude
Agrippina	N/A	Ancient Roman	One who causes great pain at his birth
Ibrahim	N/A	Arabic	Father of a great multitude
Abraham	N/A	Biblical	Father of a great multitude
Agrippa	N/A	Biblical	One who causes great pain at his birth
Arioch	N/A	Biblical	Great
Dibon-gad	N/A	Biblical	Great understanding
Edrei	N/A	Biblical	A very great mass
Giddel	N/A	Biblical	Great
Haradah	N/A	Biblical	Well of great fear
Heman	N/A	Biblical	In great number
Nergal	N/A	Biblical	The great man
Rabbah	N/A	Biblical	Great
Bram	N/A	Dutch	Father of a great multitude
Abe	N/A	English	Father of a great multitude
Bram	N/A	English	Father of a great multitude
Grant	Male	English	To be great
Grosvenor	Male	English	A great hunter
Aapo	N/A	Finnish	Father of a great multitude
Abe	N/A	Jewish	Father of a great multitude
Avi	N/A	Jewish	Father of a great multitude
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Country	Name	Country	Name
Canada	Great Lakes Power Inc.	China	Great Wall Technology Co Ltd
Hong Kong	Great China Holdings Ltd	India	The Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited
Indonesia	Great River International Tbk. Pt.	Singapore	Great Eastern Holdings Ltd
Taiwan	Great China Metal Industry Company Limited	United Kingdom	Great Portland Estates P.L.C.
USA	Great American Bancorp, Inc.
	(more examples...)

Expressions using "great": a great deal ♦ a great deal of ♦ a great deed ♦ A great gross ♦ a great guy ♦ a great many ♦ a great number ♦ a great number of ♦ a great occasion ♦ a great of ♦ A Great Opportunity for Rural Areas ♦ a great pull ♦ a great quantity of ♦ a great sleeper ♦ a great while ♦ a man of great abilities ♦ a man of great worth ♦ a question of great interest ♦ affect great elegance ♦ Alexander the Great ♦ Alfred the Great ♦ at a great pace ♦ at a great rate ♦ at great cost ♦ at great length ♦ Athanasius the Great ♦ be a great contrast to ♦ be a great one for parting ♦ be endowed with great talents ♦ be great chums ♦ be great on ♦ be in a great request ♦ be in a great state ♦ be in great demand ♦ be in great form ♦ be in great request ♦ be no great shakes ♦ be of great importance ♦ be of great moment ♦ be on great request ♦ become great ♦ blow great guns ♦ by the great ♦ Canute the Great ♦ catherine the great ♦ Charles the Great ♦ Constantine the Great ♦ cyrus the Great ♦ Darius the Great ♦ display great courage ♦ feel great ♦ Ferdinand the Great ♦ Frederick the Great ♦ give a great deal of trouble ♦ go great guns ♦ go great lengths ♦ go to great expense ♦ go to great lengths ♦ great adductor muscle ♦ great agitation ♦ Great and small ♦ great anteater ♦ great ape ♦ great apes ♦ great at ♦ Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea ♦ great Attractor ♦ great auk ♦ great barracuda ♦ Great Barrington ♦ great bear ♦ great bellied ♦ Great Bend ♦ great bilberry ♦ great black cockatoo ♦ great blue heron ♦ great blue shark ♦ great bowerbird ♦ great britain ♦ great burdock ♦ Great burnet ♦ great bustard ♦ Great Cacapon ♦ great cane ♦ great care ♦ Great cassino ♦ Great cattle ♦ great cerebral vein ♦ great charter ♦ great chums ♦ great circle ♦ Great circle of a sphere ♦ great circle route ♦ Great circle sailing ♦ great circle track ♦ Great climacteric ♦ great coat ♦ great crested grebe ♦ great dane ♦ great daub ♦ great deal. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "great": great-aunt, great-aunts, great-beamed, Great-bellied, great-breasted, Great-britain, great-circle, great-coat, great-crested, great-eyed, great-footed hawk, great-gran, great-grand, Great-grandad, Great-grandchild, great-grandchildren, great-granddaddy, great-granddaughter, great-grand-daughter, great-granddaughters, great-grand-daughters, great-granddoughter, great-grandfather, great-grand-father, great-grandfathers, great-grandfer, Great-grandma, great-grandmas, great-grandmother, great-grandmothers, Great-grandpa, great-grandpapa, great-grandparent, great-grandparents, great-grandpas, great-grandson, great-grand-son, great-grandsons, Great-granny, great-great, great-great-aunt, Great-great-auntie, great-great-etcetera-grandmothers, great-greatgran, great-great-gran, great-great-grandad, great-great-grandchildren, great-greatgranddaughter, great-great-granddaughter, great-great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather's, great-great-grandmother, great-great-grandparents, great-great-grandson, great-great-great, great-great-great-grandfather, great-great-great-grandfather's, great-great-great-grandmother, great-great-great-grandson, great-great-great-great, great-great-great-great-grandfather, great-great-great-great-grandfather's, great-great-great-niece, Great-great-great-uncle, great-great-uncle, great-handling, Great-hearted, Great-heartedness, great-leaved macrophylla, great-looking, great-muscled, great-name, great-nephew, great-nephews, great-niece, great-nieces, great-nosed, great-power, great-powerdom, great-rakes, great-room, great-russian, great-serbian, great-sinner, great-size, great-something-grandfather, great-sounding, great-tailed, great-tasting, great-uncle, great-uncles, great-wall.
	Ending with "great": ex-great, great-great, great-great-great, once-great.
	Containing "great": holy-place-from-over-the-great-water.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
great dane	3,530	great falls mt	999
great white shark	3,418	great plain dynamics	983
great america	2,989	great white	872
great barrier reef	2,708	great escape	866
great indoors	2,592	great outdoors	790
six flag great america	2,148	great smoky mountain national park	786
great depression	2,024	paramounts great america	733
great wall of china	1,978	great bear lodge	720
six flag great adventure	1,961	great pyrenees	644
great adventure	1,958	great falls tribune	629
great smoky mountain	1,812	great west life	611
great britain	1,542	great clip	602
the great gatsby	1,363	great west </

Great

Definition: Great

Great

Adjective

Specialty Definition: Great

Specialty Definition: Great saphenous vein

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Great

Synonyms: Great

Synonyms within Context: Great

Disinterestedness

Size

Crosswords: Great

Modern Usage: Great

Screenplays

Lyrics

Clever

Tongue Twisters

Movie/TV Titles

Song Titles

Commercial Usage: Great

References

Books

Periodicals

Theater & Movies

Music

High Tech

Consumer Goods

Image Slideshow: Great

Photos:Great

Illustrations:Great

Computer Images:Great

Photo Album: Great

Digital Photo Gallery: Great

Sounds Captioned with "Great".

Familiar Quotations: Great

(Frederick II) Frederick The Great

Aeschylus

Alexander Hamilton

Benjamin Franklin

Callimachus

Emo Philips

Friedrich Nietzsche

Henry David Thoreau

James Russell Lowell

Johann Friedrich Von Schiller

Historic Usage: Great

Magna Carta

John Locke

US Declaration of Independence

US Constitution

Marbury v. Madison

Communist Manifesto

Abraham Lincoln

Treaty of Versailles

Winston S. Churchill

Brown v. Board of Education

Use in Literature: Great

Emma

Austen, Jane

Sylvie and Bruno Concluded

Carroll, Lewis

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Absalom and Achitophel

John Dryden

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

Non-Fiction Usage: Great

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Photos:
Great

Illustrations:
Great

Computer Images:
Great