English-Thai Dictionary
Great Britain
N อังกฤษ สกอตแลนด์ และ เวลส์ ang-krid-sa-kod-laen-lae-wel
Great Dane
N สุนัข ขนาดใหญ่ พันธุ์ หนึ่ง ขน เกรียน su-nak-ka-nad-yai-pan-nueng-kon-krian
Great Wall of China
N กำแพงเมืองจีน (มี ความ ยาว 2,414 กิโลเมตร Great Wall kam-paeng-mueang-jin
Great War
N สงครามโลกครั้งที่ 1(ระหว่าง ปี ค .ศ 1914-1918 song-kram-lok-krang-ti-1
Great power
N มหาอำนาจ ma-ha-am-nad
Greater
ADJ มหานคร ma-ha-na-kon
great
ADJ ดีมาก ยอดเยี่ยม ดีเลิศ de-mak
great
ADJ ยาวนาน นาน yao-nan
great
ADJ สำคัญ โดดเด่น ยิ่งใหญ่ ใหญ่ significant insignificant sam-kan
great
INT คำอุทาน แสดง ความพอใจ bravo kam-u-tan-sa-daeng-kwam-por-jai
great divide
SL การ หย่าร้าง kan-ya-rang
great-grandchild
N เหลน หลาน ของ ลูก lean
great-granddaughter
N เหลน ผู้หญิง เหลน สาว len-phu-ying
great-grandfather
N ปู่ทวด ตาทวด pu-tued
great-grandmother
N ยายทวด ยายทวด yai-tued
great-grandparent
N ปู่ย่าตายาย ของ พ่อ หรือ แม่ pu-ya-ta-yai-kong-por-rue-mae
great-grandson
N เหลน lean
great-grandson
N เหลน ชาย len-chai
great-hearted
ADJ ใจกว้าง เอื้อเฟื้อเผื่อแผ่ generous unselfish jai-kwang
great-nephew
N ลูกชาย ของ หลาน grandnephew luk-chai-kong-lan
great-niece
N ลูกสาว ของ หลาน grandniece luk-chai-kong-lan
great-uncle
N พี่ชาย หรือ น้องชาย ของ ปู่ย่าตายาย granduncle pi-chai-rue-nong-chai-kong-pu-ya-ta-yai
greataunt
N พี่ หรือ น้องสาว ของ ปู่ ตา ย่า ยาย pi-rue-nong-sao-kong-pu ta ya yai
greaten
VI มี ขนาดใหญ่ ขึ้น มี จำนวนมาก ขึ้น me-ka-nad-yai-kuen
greaten
VT ทำให้ ขนาดใหญ่ ขึ้น ทำให้ มากขึ้น tam-hai-ka-nad-yai-kuen
greatgrandchild
N เหลน หลาน ของ ลูก
greatgranddaughter
N เหลน ผู้หญิง หลาน ผู้หญิง ของ ลูก
greatgrandfather
N ทวด
greatgrandmother
N ทวด ผู้หญิง
greathearted
A ใจ เอื้อเฟื้อเผื่อแผ่
greatly
ADV อย่างมาก อย่างสูง อย่างรุนแรง มาก เยอะ hugely exceedingly considerably yang-mak
greatnephew
N ลูกชาย ของ หลาน
greatniece
N ลูกสาว ของ หลาน
greatuncle
N พี่ หรือ น้องชาย ของ รุ่น ปู่ย่าตายาย
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
GREAT
a.[L. crassus. ] 1. Large in bulk or dimensions; a term of comparison, denoting more magnitude or extension than something else, or beyond what is usual; as a great body; a great house; a great farm.
2. Being of extended length or breadth; as a great distance; a great lake.
3. Large in number; as a great many; a great multitude.
4. Expressing a large, extensive or unusual degree of any thing; as great fear; great love; great strength; great wealth; great power; great influence; great folly.
5. Long continued; as a great while.
6. Important; weighty; as a great argument; a great truth; a great event; a thing of no great consequence; it is no great matter.
7. Chief; principal; as the great seal of England.
8. Chief; of vast power and excellence; supreme; illustrious; as the great God; the great Creator.
9. Vast; extensive; wonderful; admirable.
Great are thy works. Jehovah.
1 . Possessing large or strong powers of mind; as a great genius.
11. Having made extensive or unusual acquisitions of science or knowledge; as a great philosopher or botanist; a great scholar.
12. Distinguished by rank, office or power; elevated; eminent; as a great lord; the great men of the nation; the great Mogul; Alexander the great.
13. Dignified in aspect, mien or manner.
Amidst the crowd she walks serenely great.
14. Magnanimous; generous; of elevated sentiments; high-minded. He has a great soul.
15. Rich; sumptuous; magnificent. He disdained not to appear at great tables. A great feast or entertainment.
16. Vast; sublime; as a great conception or idea.
17. Dignified; noble.
Nothing can be great which is not right.
18. Swelling; proud; as, he was not disheartened by great looks.
19. Chief; principal; much traveled; as a great road. The ocean is called the great highway of nations.
2 . Pregnant; teeming; as great with young.
21. Hard; difficult. It is no great matter to live in peace with meek people.
22. Familiar; intimate. [Vulgar. ]
23. Distinguished by extraordinary events, or unusual importance. Jude 6.
24. Denoting a degree of consanguinity, in the ascending or descending line, as great grandfather, the father of a grandfather; great great grandfather, the father of a great grandfather, and so on indefinitely; and great grandson, great great grandson. etc.
25. Superior; preeminent; as great chamberlain; great marshal.
The sense of great is to be understood by the things it is intended to qualify. Great pain or wrath is violent pain or wrath; great love is ardent love; great peace is entire peace; a great name is extensive renown; a great evil or sin, is a sin of deep malignity, etc.
GREAT
n.The whole; the gross; the lump or mass; as, a carpenter contracts to build a ship by the great. 1. People of rank or distinction. The poor envy the great, and the great despise the poor.
GREAT-BELLIED
a.Pregnant; teeming.
GREATEN
v.t.To enlarge.
GREAT-HEARTED
a.High-spirited; undejected.
GREATLY
adv. In a great degree; much. I will greatly multiply thy sorrow. Genesis 3:16.
1. Nobly; illustriously.
By a high fate, thou greatly didst expire.
2. Magnanimously; generously; bravely.
He greatly scorned to turn his back on his foe. He greatly spurned the offered boon.
GREATNESS
n.Largeness of bulk, dimensions, number or quantity; as the greatness of a mountain, of an edifice, of a multitude, or of a sum of money. With reference to solid bodies, however, we more generally use bulk, size, extent or magnitude than greatness; as the bulk or size of the body; the extent of the ocean; the magnitude of the sun or of the earth. 1. Large amount; extent; as the greatness of a reward.
2. High degree; as the greatness of virtue or vice.
3. High rank or place; elevation; dignity; distinction; eminence; power; command.
4. Swelling pride; affected state.
It is not of pride or greatness that he cometh not aboard your ships.
5. Magnanimity; elevation of sentiment; nobleness; as greatness of mind.
Virtue is the only solid basis of greatness.
6. Strength or extent of intellectual faculties; as the greatness of genius.
7. Large extent or variety; as the greatness of a man's acquisitions.
8. Grandeur; pomp; magnificence.
Greatness with Timon dwells in such a draught,
As brings all Brobdignag before your thought.
9. Force; intensity; as the greatness of sound, of passion, heat, etc.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
GREAT
Great, a. [Compar. Greater (; superl. Greatest.] Etym: [OE. gret, great, AS. gret; akin to OS. & LG. grt, D. groot, OHG. grz, 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; formost; 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.
1 . (Genealogy ) Older, younger, or more remote, by single generation; -- often used before grand to indicate one degree more remote in the direct line of de scent; as, great-grandfather (a grandfather's or a grand- mother'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. -- 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.
GREAT
GREAT Great, n.
Defn: The whole. ; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by the great.
GREAT-BELLIED
GREAT-BELLIED Great "-bel `lied, a.
Defn: Having a great belly, bigbellied; pregnant; teeming. Shak.
GREATCOAT
GREATCOAT Great "coat ", n.
Defn: An overcoat.
GREATEN
GREATEN Great "en, v. t.
Defn: To make great; to aggrandize; to cause to increase in size; to expand. [R.] A minister's [business ] is to greaten and exalt [his king ]. Ken.
GREATEN
GREATEN Great "en, v. i.
Defn: To become large; to dilate. [R.] My blue eyes greatening in the looking-glass. Mrs. Browning.
GREAT-GRANDCHILD
GREAT-GRANDCHILD Great "-grand "child `, n.
Defn: The child of one's grandson or granddaughter.
GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER
Great "-grand "daugh `ter, n. Etym: [See Great, 1 .]
Defn: A daughter of one's grandson or granddaughter.
GREAT-GRANDFATHER
Great "-grand "fa `ther, n. Etym: [See Great, 1 .]
Defn: The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.
GREAT-GRANDMOTHER
GREAT-GRANDMOTHER Great "-grand "moth `er, n.
Defn: The mother of one's grandfather or grandmother.
GREAT-GRANDSON
Great "-grand "son `, n. Etym: [See Great, 1 .]
Defn: A son of one's grandson or granddaughter.
GREAT-HEARTED
GREAT-HEARTED Great "-heart `ed, a.
1. High-spirited; fearless. [Obs. ] Clarendon.
2. Generous; magnanimous; noble.
GREAT-HEARTEDNESS
GREAT-HEARTEDNESS Great "-heart `ed *ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being greathearted; high-mindedness; magnanimity.
GREATLY
GREATLY Great "ly, adv.
1. In a great degree; much. I will greatly multiply thy sorrow. Gen. iii. 16.
2. Nobly; illustriously; magnanimously. By a high fate thou greatly didst expire. Dryden.
GREATNESS
Great "ness, n. Etym: [AS. greátnes.]
1. The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc.
2. Pride; haughtiness. [Obs. ]It is not of pride or greatness that he cometh not aboard your ships. Bacon.
GREAT WHITE WAY
GREAT WHITE WAY Great White Way.
Defn: Broadway, in New York City, in the neighborhood chiefly occupied by theaters, as from about 3 th Street about 5 th Street; -- so called from its brilliant illumination at night.
New American Oxford Dictionary
great
great |grāt ɡreɪt | ▶adjective 1 of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above the normal or average: the article was of great interest | she showed great potential as an actor. • very large and imposing: a great ocean between them. • [ attrib. ] used to reinforce another adjective of size or extent: a great big grin. • [ attrib. ] used to express surprise, admiration, or contempt, esp. in exclamations: you great oaf! • (also greater ) [ attrib. ] used in names of animals or plants that are larger than similar kinds, e.g., great auk, greater flamingo. • ( Greater ) [ attrib. ] (of a city ) including adjacent urban areas: Greater Cleveland. 2 of ability, quality, or eminence considerably above the normal or average: the great Italian conductor | we obeyed our great men and leaders | great art has the power to change lives. • ( the Great ) a title denoting the most important person of the name: Alexander the Great. • informal very good or satisfactory; excellent: this has been another great year | what a great guy | wouldn't it be great to have him back? | [ as exclamation ] : “Great! ” said Tom. • [ predic. ] informal (of a person ) very skilled or capable in a particular area: a brilliant man, great at mathematics. 3 [ attrib. ] denoting the element of something that is the most important or the most worthy of consideration: the great thing is the challenge. • used to indicate that someone or something particularly deserves a specified description: I was a great fan of Hank's. 4 [ in combination ] (in names of family relationships ) denoting one degree further removed upward or downward: great-aunt | great-granddaughter | great-great-grandfather. ▶noun 1 a great or distinguished person: the Beatles, Bob Dylan, all the greats. • (as plural noun the great ) great people collectively: the lives of the great, including Churchill and Newton. 2 ( Greats ) Brit. informal another term for Literae Humaniores. ▶adverb informal excellently; very well: we played awful, they played great. PHRASES great and small of all sizes, classes, or types: all creatures great and small. a great deal see deal 1. a great many see many. a great one for a habitual doer of; an enthusiast for: my father was a great one for buying gadgets. Great Scott! expressing surprise or amazement. [arbitrary euphemism for Great God! ] to a great extent in a substantial way; largely: we are all to a great extent the product of our culture. ORIGIN Old English grēat ‘big ’; related to Dutch groot and German gross .
great ape
great ape |ɡreɪt eɪp | ▶noun a large ape of a family closely related to humans, including the gorilla, orangutan, and chimpanzees, but excluding the gibbons; an anthropoid ape. [Family Pongidae, order Primates. ]
Great Attractor
Great At trac tor Astronomy a massive grouping of galaxies in the direction of the constellations Hydra and Centaurus, whose gravitational pull is thought to be responsible for deviations in the velocity of other galaxies.
great auk
great auk |ɡreɪt ɔk | ▶noun a large, extinct, flightless auk (seabird ) of the North Atlantic, resembling a giant razorbill. The great auk was the original “penguin ”; many were taken for food, and the last individuals were killed on an islet off Iceland in 1844. [Alca (or Pinguinus ) impennis, family Alcidae. ]
great-aunt
great-aunt ▶noun an aunt of one's father or mother.
Great Australian Bight
Great Aus tra lian Bight |ɡreɪtɔːˈstreɪliənˈbaɪt | a wide bay on the southern coast of Australia, part of the southern Indian Ocean.
Great Barrier Reef
Great Bar ri er Reef |ɡreɪtbæriərˈriːf | a coral reef in the western Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Queensland, Australia. It extends for about 1,250 miles (2,000 km ), roughly parallel to the coast, and is the largest coral reef in the world.
Great Basin
Great Ba sin an arid region in the western US between the Sierra Nevada and the Rocky Mountains that includes most of Nevada and parts of the adjacent states.
Great Bear
Great Bear |ɡreɪt bɛ (ə )r |Astronomy the constellation Ursa Major.
Great Bear Lake
Great Bear Lake |ɡreɪtberˈleɪk | a large lake in western Northwest Territories, Canada. It drains into the Mackenzie River via the Great Bear River.
Great Bible
Great Bi ble ▶noun the edition of the English Bible that Thomas Cromwell ordered in 1538 to be set up in every parish church in England. It was the work of Miles Coverdale and was first issued in 1539.
Great Britain
Great Brit ain |ˈbritn ˌɡreɪt ˈbrɪtn | England, Wales, and Scotland considered as a unit. The name is also often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom. usage: Great Britain is the name for the island that comprises England, Scotland, and Wales. The term came into official use in 1603, when King James I (who was also James VI of Scotland ) acceded to the throne of England and Wales. Scotland joined this legislative union in 1707. The United Kingdom is a political unit that includes these countries and Northern Ireland. The British Isles is a geographical term that refers to the United Kingdom, Ireland, and surrounding smaller islands such as the Hebrides and the Channel Islands.
Great Charter
Great Char ter another name for Magna Carta.
great circle
great circle ▶noun a circle on the surface of a sphere that lies in a plane passing through the sphere's center. As it represents the shortest distance between any two points on a sphere, a great circle of the earth is the preferred route taken by a ship or aircraft.
greatcoat
great coat |ˈgrātˌkōt ˈɡreɪtˌkoʊt | ▶noun a long heavy overcoat.
great crested grebe
great crest ed grebe ▶noun a large grebe with a crest and ear ruffs in the breeding season, found from Europe to New Zealand. [Podiceps cristatus, family Podicipedidae. ]
Great Dane
Great Dane |ɡreɪt deɪn | ▶noun a dog of a very large, powerful, short-haired breed.
Great Depression
Great De pres sion see depression.
Great Dismal Swamp
Great Dis mal Swamp (also Dismal Swamp ) an area of swampland in southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina.
Great Divide
Great Di vide another name for Continental Divide or Great Dividing Range.
great divide
great di vide ▶noun a distinction regarded as significant and very difficult to ignore or overcome: the great divide between workers and management. • the boundary between life and death: she is still on the human side of the great divide.
Great Dividing Range
Great Di vid ing Range |ɡreɪtdɪˈvaɪdɪŋreɪnʤ | a mountain system in eastern Australia. Curving roughly parallel to the coast, it extends from eastern Victoria to northern Queensland. Also called Great Divide.
great egret
great e gret ▶noun a large white heron of North and South America. Its yellow bill turns orange when breeding. Also called American egret. [Casmerodius albus, family Ardeidae. ]
Greater Antilles
Great er An til les |anˈtilēz ˌɡreɪtər ænˈtɪliz | see Antilles.
greater celandine
great er cel an dine |ˈselənˌdīn, -ˌdēn ˌɡreɪtər ˈsɛləndin | ▶noun a yellow-flowered Eurasian plant of the poppy family. Its toxic orange sap has long been used in herbal medicine, esp. for disorders of the eyes and skin. [Chelidonium majus, family Papaveraceae. ]
Greater London
Greater Lon ¦don |ɡreɪtəˈlʌndən | a metropolitan area comprising central London and the surrounding regions. It is divided administratively into the City of London, thirteen inner London boroughs, and twenty outer London boroughs.
Greater Manchester
Greater Man |ches ¦ter |ɡreɪtəˈmantʃɪstə (r )| a former metropolitan county of NW England including the city of Manchester and adjacent areas.
Greater Sunda Islands
Great er Sun da Is lands |ˈsəndə, ˈso͞ondə ˌɡreɪtər ˈsəndə ˌaɪləndz | see Sunda Islands.
Great Exhibition
Great Ex hi bi tion the first international exhibition of the products of industry, promoted by Prince Albert and held in the Crystal Palace in London in 1851.
Great Falls
Great Falls |ɡreɪtˈfɔːlz | an industrial city in north central Montana, on the Missouri River; pop. 59,251 (est. 2008 ).
Great Glen
Great Glen a large fault valley in Scotland that extends southwest for 60 miles (97 km ) from the Moray Firth to Loch Linnhe. It contains Loch Ness. Also called Glen More.
great-grandchild
great-grandchild ▶noun a son or daughter of one's grandchild.
great-granddaughter
great-grand daugh ter ▶noun a daughter of one's grandchild.
great-grandfather
great-grand fa ther ▶noun the father of one's grandmother or grandfather.
great-grandmother
great-grand moth er ▶noun the mother of one's grandmother or grandfather.
great-grandparent
great-grand par ent ▶noun the mother or father of one's grandparent.
great-grandson
great-grand son ▶noun a son of one's grandchild.
great-hearted
great-heart ed ▶adjective dated having a noble, generous, and courageous spirit. DERIVATIVES great-heart ed ness noun
great horned owl
great horned owl ▶noun a large owl found throughout North and South America, with hornlike ear tufts. [Bubo virginianus, family Strigidae. ]
Great Indian Desert
Great In di an Des ert another name for Thar Desert.
Great Lakes
Great Lakes |ɡreɪtˈleɪks | a group of five large interconnected lakes in central North America that consist of lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, and constitute the largest area of fresh water in the world. Lake Michigan is wholly within the US, and the others lie on the Canada –US border. Connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the St. Lawrence Seaway, the Great Lakes form an important commercial waterway.
Great Lake State
Great Lake State a nickname for the state of Michigan.
Great Land
Great Land a nickname for the state of Alaska.
Great Leap Forward
Great Leap For ward an unsuccessful attempt made under Mao Zedong in China 1958 –60 to hasten the process of industrialization and improve agricultural production by reorganizing the population into large rural collectives and adopting labor-intensive industrial methods.
greatly
great ly |ˈgrātlē ˈɡreɪtli | ▶adverb by a considerable amount; very much: I admire him greatly | [ as submodifier ] : they now have greatly increased powers.
Great Mother
Great Moth er ▶noun another name for mother goddess.
Great Nebula
Great Neb u la Astronomy 1 (also Great Nebula in Andromeda ) the Andromeda Galaxy. 2 (also Great Nebula in Orion ) a bright emission nebula in Orion, visible to the naked eye.
great-nephew
great-neph ew ▶noun a son of one's nephew or niece.
greatness
great ness |ˈgrātnəs ˈɡreɪtnɪs | ▶noun the quality of being great, distinguished, or eminent: Elgar's greatness as a composer.
great-niece
great-niece ▶noun a daughter of one's nephew or niece.
great northern diver
great north ern div er ▶noun chiefly Brit. another term for common loon (see loon 2 ).
Great Northern War
Great Northern War a conflict 1700 –21 in which Russia, Denmark, Poland, and Saxony opposed Sweden. The war resulted in Sweden losing her imperial possessions in central Europe, and Russia under Peter the Great becoming a major power in the Baltic.
great organ
great or gan ▶noun the chief keyboard in a large organ and its related pipes and mechanism.
Great Ouse
Great Ouse |o͞oz ˌɡreɪt ˈuz | another name for Ouse ( sense 1 ).
Great Plague
Great Plague a serious outbreak of bubonic plague in England in 1665 –6, in which about one fifth of the population of London died. It was the last major outbreak in Britain.
Great Plains
Great Plains a vast area of plains east of the Rocky Mountains in North America that extend from the valleys of the Mackenzie River in Canada to southern Texas.
Great Pyrenees
Great Pyrenees ▶noun a large, heavily built dog of a white breed, with a thick shaggy double coat.
Great Rebellion
Great Rebellion the Royalist name for the English Civil War of 1642 –51.
Great Red Spot
Great Red Spot Astronomy a weather system on the planet Jupiter which measures over 6,200 miles (10,000 km ) across and has persisted at least since the beginning of telescopic observations.
Great Rift Valley
Great Rift Val ley a large system of rift valleys in eastern Africa and the Middle East, the largest in the world, that runs for about 3,000 miles (4,285 km ) from the Jordan valley in Syria into Mozambique. It is marked by a chain of lakes and a series of volcanoes, including Mount Kilimanjaro.
great room
great room ▶noun a large room in a modern house that combines features of a living room with those of a dining room or family room.
Great Russian
Great Rus sian ▶adjective & noun former term for Russian (language and people ), as distinguished from other peoples and languages of the Russian Empire.
Great St. Bernard Pass
Great St. Ber nard Pass see St. Bernard Pass.
Great Salt Lake
Great Salt Lake a salt lake in northern Utah, near Salt Lake City. With an area of about 1,000 square miles (2,590 sq km ), it is the largest salt lake in North America.
Great Sand Sea
Great Sand Sea an area of desert in northeastern Africa, on the border between Libya and Egypt.
Great Sandy Desert
Great Sand y Des ert |ɡreɪtsændiˈdezərt | 1 a large desert in northwestern Australia, in north central Western Australia. 2 another name for Rub' al-Khali.
Great Schism
Great Schism |ˈs (k )izəm ˌɡreɪt ˈskɪzəm | 1 the breach between the Eastern and the Western Churches, traditionally dated to 1054 and becoming final in 1472. 2 the period 1378 –1417, when the Western Church was divided by the creation of antipopes.
Great Seal
Great Seal ▶noun a seal used for the authentication of state documents of the highest importance, held by the Secretary of State.
great skua
great sku a |ˈskyo͞oə ˌɡreɪt ˈskjuə | ▶noun a large North Atlantic skua with mainly brown plumage, feeding by robbing other seabirds. [Catharacta skua, family Stercorariidae. ]
Great Slave Lake
Great Slave Lake |ɡreɪtsleɪvˈleɪk | a large lake in southwestern Northwest Territories, Canada. The deepest lake in North America, it reaches a depth of 2,015 feet (615 m ). The Mackenzie River flows out of it.
Great Smoky Mountains
Great Smok y Moun tains (also Smoky Mountains or Smokies ) a range of the Appalachian Mountains in southwestern North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. They are named for a frequent haze.
Great Society
Great So ci e ty ▶noun a domestic program in the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson that instituted federally sponsored social welfare programs.
great tit
great tit ▶noun a tit (songbird ) with a black head and white cheeks, occurring in many different races from western Europe to eastern Asia. [Parus major, family Paridae. ]
Great Trek
Great Trek the northward migration 1835 –37 of large numbers of Boers, discontented with British rule in the Cape, to the areas where they eventually founded the Transvaal Republic and Orange Free State.
great-uncle
great-un cle ▶noun an uncle of one's mother or father.
Great Victoria Desert
Great Vic to ri a Des ert |vikˈtôrēə ˌɡreɪt vɪkˌtɔriə ˈdəzərt | a desert region in Australia that straddles the boundary between Western Australia and South Australia.
Great Wall of China
Great Wall of Chi na a fortified wall in northern China, extending some 1,500 miles (2,400 km ) from Kansu province to the Yellow Sea north of Beijing. It was first built c. 210 bc, as a protection against nomad invaders. The present wall dates from the Ming dynasty.
Great War
Great War |ɡreɪt wɔ (ə )r | another name for World War I.
Great Wen
Great Wen an archaic nickname for London.
great white shark
great white shark |ɡreɪt (h )waɪt ʃɑrk | ▶noun a large, aggressive shark of warm seas, with a brownish or gray back, white underparts, and large triangular teeth. Also called white pointer. [Carcharodon carcharias, family Lamnidae. ]
Great White Way
Great White Way |ɡreɪt (h )waɪt weɪ | a nickname for Broadway.
Oxford Dictionary
great
great |greɪt | ▶adjective 1 of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above average: the article was of great interest | she showed great potential as an actor. • [ attrib. ] used to reinforce another adjective of size or extent: a great big grin. • (also greater ) [ attrib. ] used in names of animals or plants which are larger than similar kinds, e.g. great tit, greater celandine. • ( Great ) [ attrib. ] [ in place names ] denoting the larger or largest part of a place: Great Malvern. • ( Greater ) [ attrib. ] (of a city ) including adjacent urban areas: Greater Manchester. 2 of ability, quality, or eminence considerably above average: the great Italian conductor | great art has the power to change lives. • [ attrib. ] important or most important: the great day arrived | the great thing is the challenge. • ( the Great ) used as a title to denote the most important person of the name: Alexander the Great. • impressive or grand: the great Victorian house. • informal very good; excellent: another great goal from Alan | wouldn't it be great to have him back? | [ as exclamation ] : ‘Great! ’ said Tom. • informal (of a person ) very skilled in a particular area: she's great at French. 3 [ attrib. ] used before a noun to emphasize a particular description of someone or something: I was a great fan of Hank's | her great friend Joe. • used to express surprise, admiration, or contempt, especially in exclamations: you great oaf! 4 [ in combination ] (in names of family relationships ) denoting one degree further removed upwards or downwards: great-aunt | great-great-grandfather. 5 [ predic. ] Irish (of two people ) on very close or intimate terms: one of the boys was very great with her. ▶noun 1 an important or distinguished person: the Beatles, Bob Dylan, all the greats | (as plural noun the great ) : the lives of the great, including Churchill and Newton. 2 ( Greats ) another term for Literae Humaniores. ▶adverb informal very well; excellently: we played awful, they played great. PHRASES the great and the good often ironic distinguished and worthy people collectively: an impressive gathering of the great and the good. great and small of all sizes, classes, or types: all creatures great and small. a great deal see deal 1. a great many see many. a great one for a habitual doer of; an enthusiast for: my father was a great one for buying gadgets. Great Scott! dated expressing surprise or amazement. [arbitrary euphemism for Great God! ]to a great extent in a substantial way; largely: we are all to a great extent the product of our culture. ORIGIN Old English grēat ‘big ’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch groot and German gross .
great ape
great ape ▶noun a large ape of a family closely related to humans, including the gorilla, orang-utan, and chimpanzees, but excluding the gibbons; an anthropoid ape. ●Family Pongidae, order Primates.
Great Attractor
Great Attractor Astronomy a massive grouping of galaxies in the direction of the constellations Hydra and Centaurus, whose gravitational pull is thought to be responsible for deviations in the velocity of other galaxies.
great auk
great auk ▶noun a large extinct flightless auk (seabird ) of the North Atlantic, resembling a giant razorbill. The great auk was the original ‘penguin ’; many were taken for food, and the last individuals were killed on an islet off Iceland in 1844. ●Alca (or Pinguinus ) impennis, family Alcidae.
great-aunt
great-aunt ▶noun an aunt of one's father or mother.
Great Australian Bight
Great Aus |tra ¦lian Bight |ɡreɪtɒstreɪliənˈbʌɪt | a wide bay on the south coast of Australia, part of the southern Indian Ocean.
Great Barrier Reef
Great Barrier Reef |ɡreɪtbariəˈriːf | a coral reef in the western Pacific, off the coast of Queensland, Australia. It extends for about 2,000 km (1,250 miles ), roughly parallel to the coast, and is the largest coral reef in the world.
Great Basin
Great Basin an arid region of the western US between the Sierra Nevada and the Rocky Mountains, including most of Nevada and parts of the adjacent states.
Great Bear
Great Bear Astronomy the constellation Ursa Major.
Great Bear Lake
Great Bear Lake |ɡreɪtbɛəˈleɪk | a large lake in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It drains into the Mackenzie River via the Great Bear River.
Great Bible
Great Bible ▶noun the edition of the English Bible which Thomas Cromwell ordered to be set up in every parish church. It was the work of Miles Coverdale, and was first issued in 1539.
Great Britain
Great Brit |ain England, Wales, and Scotland considered as a unit. The name is also often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom. usage: Great Britain is the name for the island that comprises England, Scotland, and Wales, although the term is also used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom is a political unit that includes these countries and Northern Ireland. The British Isles is a geographical term that refers to the United Kingdom, Ireland, and surrounding smaller islands such as the Hebrides and the Channel Islands.
Great Charter
Great Charter another name for Magna Carta.
great circle
great cir ¦cle ▶noun a circle on the surface of a sphere which lies in a plane passing through the sphere's centre. As it represents the shortest distance between any two points on a sphere, a great circle of the earth is the preferred route taken by a ship or aircraft.
greatcoat
great |coat |ˈgreɪtkəʊt | ▶noun a long heavy overcoat.
great crested grebe
great crest ¦ed grebe ▶noun a large grebe with a crest and ear ruffs in the breeding season, found from Europe to New Zealand. ●Podiceps cristatus, family Podicipedidae.
great crested newt
great crest ¦ed newt ▶noun another term for crested newt.
Great Dane
Great Dane |ɡreɪtˈdeɪn | ▶noun a dog of a very large, powerful, short-haired breed.
Great Depression
Great Depression see depression.
Great Dismal Swamp
Great Dismal Swamp (also Dismal Swamp ) an area of swampland in SE Virginia and NE North Carolina.
Great Divide
Great Divide another name for Continental Divide or Great Dividing Range.
great divide
great div ¦ide ▶noun a boundary between two contrasting groups, cultures, etc. that is regarded as very difficult to ignore or overcome: the great divide between workers and management. • the boundary between life and death: she is still on the human side of the great divide.
Great Dividing Range
Great Dividing Range |ɡreɪtdɪˈvʌɪdɪŋreɪnʤ | a mountain system in eastern Australia. Curving roughly parallel to the coast, it extends from eastern Victoria to northern Queensland. Also called Great Divide.
great egret
great e gret ▶noun a large white heron of North and South America. Its yellow bill turns orange when breeding. Also called American egret. [Casmerodius albus, family Ardeidae. ] great egret
Greater Antilles
Greater An |til ¦les see Antilles.
Greater Bairam
Greater Bai ¦ram ▶noun another term for Eid ul-Adha (see Eid ).
greater celandine
great ¦er cel ¦an |dine ▶noun a yellow-flowered Eurasian plant of the poppy family. Its toxic orange sap has long been used in herbal medicine, especially for disorders of the eyes and skin. ●Chelidonium majus, family Papaveraceae.
Greater London
Greater Lon ¦don |ɡreɪtəˈlʌndən | a metropolitan area comprising central London and the surrounding regions. It is divided administratively into the City of London, thirteen inner London boroughs, and twenty outer London boroughs.
Greater Manchester
Greater Man |ches ¦ter |ɡreɪtəˈmantʃɪstə (r )| a former metropolitan county of NW England including the city of Manchester and adjacent areas.
Greater Sunda Islands
Greater Sunda Islands see Sunda Islands.
Great Exhibition
Great Exhibition the first international exhibition of the products of industry, promoted by Prince Albert and held in the Crystal Palace in London in 1851.
Great Falls
Great Falls |ɡreɪtˈfɔːlz | an industrial city in north central Montana, on the Missouri River; pop. 59,251 (est. 2008 ).
Great Fire
Great Fire another name for Fire of London.
Great Glen
Great Glen a large fault valley in Scotland, extending from the Moray Firth south-west for 96 km (approx. 60 miles ) to Loch Linnhe, and containing Loch Ness. Also called Glen More .
great-grandchild
great-grand ¦child ▶noun a son or daughter of one's grandchild.
great-granddaughter
great-grand ¦daughter ▶noun a daughter of one's grandchild.
great-grandfather
great-grand ¦father ▶noun the father of one's grandmother or grandfather.
great-grandmother
great-grand ¦mother ▶noun the mother of one's grandmother or grandfather.
great-grandparent
great-grand ¦par ¦ent ▶noun the mother or father of one's grandparent.
great-grandson
great-grand ¦son ▶noun a son of one's grandchild.
Great Grimsby
Great Grims ¦by official name for Grimsby.
great-hearted
great-hearted |ˈɡreɪthɑːtɪd | ▶adjective dated having a noble, generous, and courageous spirit. DERIVATIVES great-heartedness noun
Great Indian Desert
Great In ¦dian Desert another name for Thar Desert.
Great Lakes
Great Lakes |ɡreɪtˈleɪks | a group of five large interconnected lakes in central North America, consisting of Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, and constituting the largest area of fresh water in the world. Lake Michigan is wholly within the US, and the others lie on the Canada –US border. Connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the St Lawrence Seaway, the Great Lakes form an important commercial waterway.
Great Lake State
Great Lake State informal name for Michigan.
Great Land
Great Land informal name for Alaska.
Great Leap Forward
Great Leap Forward an unsuccessful attempt made under Mao Zedong in China 1958 –60 to hasten the process of industrialization and improve agricultural production by reorganizing the population into large rural collectives and adopting labour-intensive industrial methods.
greatly
great ¦ly |ˈgreɪtli | ▶adverb by a considerable amount; very much: I admire him greatly | [ as submodifier ] : they now have greatly increased powers.
Great Mother
Great Mother ▶noun another name for mother goddess.
Great Nebula
Great Nebula Astronomy 1 (also Great Nebula in Andromeda ) the Andromeda Galaxy. 2 (also Great Nebula in Orion ) a bright emission nebula in Orion, visible to the naked eye.
great-nephew
great-nephew ▶noun a son of one's nephew or niece.
greatness
great |ness |ˈgreɪtnɪs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the quality of being great; eminence or distinction: Elgar's greatness as a composer.
great-niece
great-niece ▶noun a daughter of one's nephew or niece.
great northern diver
great north |ern diver ▶noun a diving waterbird with a black streamlined head, breeding in northern North America, Greenland, and Iceland. ●Gavia immer, family Gaviidae. North American name: common loon.
Great Northern War
Great Northern War a conflict 1700 –21 in which Russia, Denmark, Poland, and Saxony opposed Sweden. The war resulted in Sweden losing her imperial possessions in central Europe, and Russia under Peter the Great becoming a major power in the Baltic.
great organ
great organ ▶noun the chief keyboard in a large organ and its related pipes and mechanism.
Great Ouse
Great Ouse |ɡreɪtˈuːz | another name for Ouse ( sense 1 ).
Great Plague
Great Plague a serious outbreak of bubonic plague in England in 1665 –6, in which about one fifth of the population of London died. It was the last major outbreak in Britain.
Great Plains
Great Plains a vast area of plains to the east of the Rocky Mountains in North America, extending from the valleys of the Mackenzie River in Canada to southern Texas.
Great Pyrenees
Great Pyrenees ▶noun a large, heavily built dog of a white breed, with a thick shaggy double coat.
Great Rebellion
Great Rebellion the Royalist name for the English Civil War of 1642 –51.
Great Red Spot
Great Red Spot Astronomy a weather system on the planet Jupiter which measures over 10,000 km across and has persisted at least since the beginning of telescopic observations.
Great Rift Valley
Great Rift Valley a large system of rift valleys in eastern Africa and the Middle East, forming the most extensive such system in the world and running for some 4,285 km (3,000 miles ) from the Jordan valley in Syria into Mozambique. It is marked by a chain of lakes and a series of volcanoes, including Mount Kilimanjaro.
great room
great room ▶noun a large room in a modern house that combines features of a living room with those of a dining room or family room.
Great Russian
Great Rus |sian ▶adjective & noun former term for Russian (language and people ), as distinguished from other peoples and languages of the old Russian Empire.
Great St Bernard Pass
Great St Ber |nard Pass see St Bernard Pass.
Great Salt Lake
Great Salt Lake |ɡreɪtsɔːltˈleɪk | a salt lake in northern Utah, near Salt Lake City. With an area of some 2,590 sq. km (1,000 sq. miles ), it is the largest salt lake in North America.
Great Sand Sea
Great Sand Sea an area of desert in NE Africa, on the border between Libya and Egypt.
Great Sandy Desert
Great Sandy Desert |ɡreɪtsandiˈdɛzət | 1 a large tract of desert in north central Western Australia. 2 another name for Rub' al-Khali.
Great Schism
Great Schism 1 the breach between the Eastern and the Western Churches, traditionally dated to 1054 and becoming final in 1472. 2 the period 1378 –1417, when the Western Church was divided by the creation of antipopes.
Great Seal
Great Seal ▶noun a seal used for the authentication of state documents of the highest importance. That of the UK is held by the Lord Chancellor and that of the US by the Secretary of State.
great skua
great skua ▶noun a large North Atlantic skua with mainly brown plumage, feeding by robbing other seabirds. Also called bonxie. ●Catharacta skua, family Stercorariidae.
Great Slave Lake
Great Slave Lake |ɡreɪtsleɪvˈleɪk | a large lake in the Northwest Territories in Canada. The deepest lake in North America, it reaches a depth of 615 m (2,015 ft ). The Mackenzie River flows out of it.
Great Smoky Mountains
Great Smok y Moun tains (also Smoky Mountains or Smokies ) a range of the Appalachian Mountains in southwestern North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. They are named for a frequent haze.
Great Society
Great So ci e ty ▶noun a domestic program in the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson that instituted federally sponsored social welfare programs.
great tit
great tit ▶noun a tit (songbird ) with a black head and white cheeks, occurring in many different races from western Europe to eastern Asia. ●Parus major, family Paridae.
Great Trek
Great Trek the northward migration 1835 –7 of large numbers of Boers discontented with British rule in the Cape, to the areas where they eventually founded the Transvaal Republic and Orange Free State.
great-uncle
great-uncle ▶noun an uncle of one's mother or father.
Great Victoria Desert
Great Vic |toria Desert |ɡreɪtvɪktɔːriəˈdɛzət | a desert region of Australia, which straddles the boundary between Western Australia and South Australia.
Great Wall of China
Great Wall of China a fortified wall in northern China, extending some 2,400 km (1,500 miles ) from Gansu province to the Yellow Sea north of Beijing. It was first built c. 210 bc, as a protection against nomad invaders. The present wall dates from the Ming dynasty.
Great War
Great War another name for First World War.
Great Wen
Great Wen an archaic nickname for London.
great white shark
great white shark ▶noun a large aggressive shark of warm seas, with a brownish or grey back, white underparts, and large triangular teeth. Also called white pointer, man-eater. ●Carcharodon carcharias, family Lamnidae.
Great White Way
Great White Way nickname for Broadway.
American Oxford Thesaurus
great
great adjective 1 they showed great interest: considerable, substantial, significant, appreciable, special, serious; exceptional, extraordinary. ANTONYMS little. 2 a great expanse of water: large, big, extensive, expansive, broad, wide, sizable, ample; vast, immense, huge, enormous, massive; informal humongous, whopping, ginormous. ANTONYMS small. 3 you great fool! absolute, total, utter, out-and-out, downright, thoroughgoing, complete; perfect, positive, prize, sheer, arrant, unqualified, consummate, veritable. 4 great writers: prominent, eminent, important, distinguished, illustrious, celebrated, honored, acclaimed, admired, esteemed, revered, renowned, notable, famous, famed, well-known; leading, top, major, principal, first-rate, matchless, peerless, star. ANTONYMS minor. 5 the great navies in world history: powerful, dominant, influential, strong, potent, formidable, redoubtable; leading, important, foremost, major, chief, principal. ANTONYMS minor. 6 a great castle: magnificent, imposing, impressive, awe-inspiring, grand, splendid, majestic, sumptuous, resplendent. ANTONYMS modest. 7 a great sportsman: expert, skillful, skilled, adept, accomplished, talented, fine, masterly, master, brilliant, virtuoso, marvelous, outstanding, first-class, superb; informal crack, ace, A1, class. ANTONYMS poor. 8 a great fan of rugby: enthusiastic, eager, keen, zealous, devoted, ardent, fanatical, passionate, dedicated, committed. ANTONYMS unenthusiastic. 9 we had a great time: enjoyable, delightful, lovely, pleasant, congenial; exciting, thrilling; excellent, marvelous, wonderful, fine, splendid, very good; informal terrific, fantastic, fabulous, splendiferous, fab, super, grand, cool, hunky-dory, killer, swell. ANTONYMS bad.
greatly
greatly adverb your donations are greatly appreciated: very much, considerably, substantially, appreciably, significantly, markedly, sizably, seriously, materially, profoundly; enormously, vastly, immensely, tremendously, mightily, abundantly, extremely, exceedingly; informal plenty, majorly. ANTONYMS slightly.
greatness
greatness noun 1 a child destined for greatness: eminence, distinction, illustriousness, repute, high standing; importance, significance; celebrity, fame, prominence, renown. 2 her greatness as a writer: genius, prowess, talent, expertise, mastery, artistry, virtuosity, skill, proficiency; flair, finesse; caliber, distinction.
Oxford Thesaurus
great
great adjective 1 academics waited with great interest for the book: considerable, substantial, pronounced, sizeable, significant, appreciable, serious, exceptional, inordinate, extraordinary, special. ANTONYMS little. 2 a great expanse of water: large, big, extensive, expansive, broad, wide, sizeable, ample, spacious; vast, immense, huge, enormous, gigantic, massive, colossal, mammoth, monstrous, prodigious, tremendous, stupendous, unlimited, boundless; informal humongous, whopping, whopping great, thumping, thumping great, dirty great; Brit. informal whacking, whacking great, ginormous. ANTONYMS small. 3 a great big house: very, extremely, exceedingly, exceptionally, especially, tremendously, immensely, extraordinarily, remarkably, really, truly; informal dirty. 4 you great fool! absolute, total, utter, out-and-out, downright, thorough, complete; perfect, pure, positive, prize, decided, arrant, sheer, rank, unmitigated, unqualified, unadulterated, unalloyed, consummate, veritable, egregious; informal thundering; Brit. informal right, proper. 5 the great writers of the Romantic age: prominent, eminent, pre-eminent, important, distinguished, august, illustrious, noble; celebrated, noted, notable, noteworthy, famous, famed, honoured, esteemed, revered, renowned, acclaimed, admired, well known; leading, top, high, high-ranking, chief, major, main, principal, central; gifted, talented; outstanding, foremost, remarkable, exceptional, highly rated, first-rate, incomparable, superlative, unsurpassed, unexcelled, matchless, peerless, star, arch-; N. Amer. informal major league. ANTONYMS minor. 6 a great power with a formidable navy: powerful, dominant, influential, strong, potent, formidable, redoubtable; leading, important, illustrious, top rank, of the first rank, first rate; foremost, major, main, chief, principal, capital, paramount, primary. ANTONYMS minor. 7 the great castle of Montellana-Coronil: magnificent, imposing, impressive, awe-inspiring, grand, splendid, majestic, monumental, glorious, sumptuous, resplendent, lavish, beautiful. ANTONYMS modest. 8 he's a great sportsman: expert, skilful, skilled, adept, adroit, accomplished, talented, fine, able, masterly, master, brilliant, virtuoso, magnificent, marvellous, outstanding, first class, first rate, elite, superb, proficient, very good; informal crack, ace, wizard, A1, class, hot, top-notch, stellar, out of this world, mean, demon; vulgar slang shit hot. ANTONYMS poor. 9 I'm not really a great follower of fashion: enthusiastic, eager, keen, zealous, devoted, ardent, fervent, fanatical, passionate, dedicated, diligent, assiduous, intent, habitual, active, vehement, hearty, wholehearted, committed, warm. ANTONYMS unenthusiastic. 10 he's having a great time: enjoyable, amusing, delightful, lovely; pleasant, congenial, diverting; exciting, thrilling; excellent, marvellous, wonderful, superb, first-class, first-rate, admirable, fine, splendid, very good, good; informal terrific, tremendous, smashing, fantastic, fabulous, fab, super, glorious, grand, magic, out of this world, cool; Brit. informal brilliant, brill, champion, bosting; Austral. /NZ informal bonzer, beaut; Brit. informal, dated capital, wizard, corking, spiffing, ripping, cracking, top-hole, topping, champion, beezer; N. Amer. informal, dated swell. ANTONYMS bad. 11 the great thing is to regret nothing: important, essential, crucial, critical, pivotal, vital, salient, significant, big; chief, main, principal, major, most important, uppermost, primary, prime, cardinal, central, key, supreme, paramount, overriding; momentous, weighty, dominant, consequential; informal number one. ANTONYMS inessential.
greatly
greatly adverb a frantic training programme greatly increases the risk of injury: very much, much, by a considerable amount, considerably, to a great extent, substantially, appreciably, significantly, markedly, sizeably, seriously, materially, signally, profoundly, to a great extent /degree; enormously, vastly, immensely, tremendously, hugely, mightily, abundantly, extremely, exceedingly, remarkably; informal plenty, majorly, well, to the nth degree. ANTONYMS slightly; not at all.
greatness
greatness noun 1 a woman destined for greatness: eminence, distinction, pre-eminence, illustriousness, lustre, repute, reputation, status, standing, high standing; importance, significance, value, merit, worth; celebrity, noteworthiness, fame, prominence, renown. ANTONYMS insignificance, obscurity. 2 Wilde's greatness as a writer: brilliance, genius, prowess, talent, expertise, expertness, mastery, artistry, virtuosity, flair, skill, skilfulness, finesse, panache, power, adeptness, proficiency; calibre, distinction. ANTONYMS mediocrity. 3 a city fallen from greatness: grandeur, grandness, magnificence, impressiveness, splendour, gloriousness, glory, majesty, loftiness.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
great
great /ɡreɪt / (! grateと同音; -eaは /eɪ /) 〖「大きい, 太い 」>「重大な, 偉大な 」>「すばらしい 」〗(副 )greatly 形容詞 ~er ; ~est 【大きい 】1 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗a. 巨大な , 大きな 〈物など 〉 (!しばしば感嘆 驚嘆 賛美の気持ちが込められる; →big 類義 ) ▸ a great mountain 巨大な山 .b. 比較なし (同種のほかのものに比べて )大型の, 大型種の (!動植物名などで用いる ) ▸ great laurel (月桂樹 (laurel )より大きい )シャクナゲ .2 a. 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗偉大な , 卓越した, 有名な, 賞賛に値する 〈人物 業績など 〉(↔little )▸ a great book [work of art, achievement ]偉大な書物 [芸術作品, 業績 ]▸ He is a great, great actor [leader ].彼は本当に抜きんでた俳優 [指導者 ]だ (!時に強調のため反復する ) b. 〖the G-; 人名の後で 〗…大王 [大帝 ] (!通例歴史上の偉人をたたえる敬称として用いる ) ▸ Alexander the Great アレクサンダー大王 3 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗(数量的に )多大な , 著しく多い [高い, 長い ]; (程度的に )多大な, 非常な, 大きな 〈成功 名誉 喜び 楽しみなど 〉▸ a great amount of money 大金 ▸ a great many [majority, part, body ] of the crowd 群衆の大多数 [大半 ] (!great majority は時に婉曲的に 「死者 (the number of the dead )」を表す ) ▸ a great influence [loss ]多大な影響 [損失 ]▸ be of great importance 非常に重要だ (≒ be very important ) (!しばしばof great +名詞 でvery +形容詞 と同様の働きをする ) 4 〖名詞 の前で 〗大の , 真の, 大変な 〈友人 愛好家など 〉 (!その名にふさわしいことを含意 ) ▸ a great friend of mine 私の真の友人 ▸ a great fan of the pianist そのピアニストの大のファン ▸ a great fool [talker, reader ]大変なばか者 [おしゃべりやさん, 読書家 ].【高級な 】5 〈行為 思想 身分などが 〉高貴な , 身分 [地位 ]の高い ; 崇高 [高尚 ]な ▸ great deeds [ideals ]気高い行為 [理想 ]▸ the great family 名門 【すばらしい 】6 比較なし ⦅くだけた話 ⦆a. 〈人 物 事が 〉すばらしい , すてきな, 最高の (good, nice )▸ a great guy いいやつ ▸ a great idea [job, gift ]すばらしいアイディア [仕事 (ぶり ), 贈り物 ]▸ (That's [Oh, ]) great !(相手の話などを受けて )すごいじゃないか, おめでとう ▸ have a great time 楽しい時を過ごす ▸ It's great to see you .会えてよかったよ ▸ It would be great if you could answer these questions .これらの質問にお答えいただければうれしく思います (!丁寧な依頼の表現 ) ▸ Oh, great ! You've lost my car key .やってくれるね, 僕の車のかぎをなくすなんて (!時に ⦅皮肉で ⦆用いて腹立ち 不快感を暗示; 間投詞的にも用いる ) b. 〖通例be ~〗〈人 気分などが 〉元気な, 調子 [気分, 機嫌 ]の良い ▸ I feel great .気分がいい ▸ You look great .元気そうだね 【上手 最適な 】7 ⦅くだけて ⦆〖通例be ~〗a. 〈人が 〉【趣味 仕事などが 】上手な , 得意な (good ) «at , on , with » ▸ be great at (playing ) golf ゴルフがうまい (!be good atの方が普通 ) ▸ be great with children 子供の扱いがうまい b. 〈人が 〉【物 事に 】関心を持っている, 熱中した ; くわしい, 精通している «at , on , for » ▸ Beth is great at finding fault with others .ベスは他人のあら捜しに熱心である ▸ be great on politics 政治にくわしい 8 ⦅くだけて ⦆〈物などが 〉【目的などに 】最適な , おあつらえむきの, 役に立つ «for » ▸ Exercise is great for beating stress .運動はストレス解消に最適です 【重要な 】9 〖名詞 の前で 〗重大な 〈日 行事 問題など 〉; 比較なし 〖通例the ~〗主要な, 最重要の 〈長所など 〉▸ This is a great day in our history .本日は我が国の歴史上重大な日である (!演説などで ) ▸ a great issue 重大な問題 ▸ the great thing about the Internet インターネットの最大の利点 10 〈人 国 会社などが 〉重要な, 有力な, 権勢のある ▸ make the country great again 国を再び盛り立てる .11 〖名詞 の前で 〗お決まりの, お気に入りの 〈手段など 〉▸ “Fidelity ” was a great word with them .「忠誠 」は彼らの常套 (じようとう )句 [決まり文句 ]だった .be a gr é at one for A 〈人が 〉大いに [熱心に ]A 〈趣味など 〉をする, 楽しむ ▸ She has never been a great one for travel .彼女はこれまで旅行好きではなかった gr é at and g ò od ⦅くだけて /おどけて ⦆偉い, 重要な 〈人 物など 〉▸ a great and good king 偉い王様 gr è at and sm á ll すべての大きさ [種類 ]の ; あらゆる (!しばしば直前の 名詞 を修飾する; ↓名詞 1 ) ▸ all creatures great and small 大小問わずすべての生き物 Gr è at Sc ó t (t ) [H é avens ]!⦅やや古 ⦆えっ, なんだって (!驚きや怒りを示す ) .副詞 1 ⦅くだけた話 ⦆すさまじく, えらく 〈大きい 太い 厚い ばかげているなど 〉▸ a great big smile on her face 彼女が顔に浮かべた満面の笑み 2 ⦅くだけて 非標準 ⦆うまく, 好都合に ▸ You did great !よくやったね ▸ The project is going great .プロジェクトはうまく進んでいる 名詞 複 ~s /-ts /C 1 〖通例 (the ) ~s; 集合的に; 複数扱い 〗重要 [有名 ]な人 ; 名士, 要人 ; 大家, 巨人 ; 貴人 ;⦅ 主に報道で ⦆ (スポーツ 芸能関係の )有名人 ▸ one of the all-time greats of baseball 歴代の名野球選手の1人 ▸ the literary great (s )文学における巨匠たち ▸ greats of Hollywood ハリウッドの有名人たち ▸ great and small あらゆる階層の人たち (!慣用的に無冠詞 ) 2 重要 [有名 ]な物 ; 名作 , (主にポピュラー音楽の )名盤, 名曲 ▸ the golden rock greats 往年のロックの名曲 ~̀ á pe (ゴリラなどの )大型類人猿 .G -̀ B á rrier R è ef 〖the ~〗グレートバリアリーフ 〘オーストラリア北東部の世界最大の珊瑚礁 (さんごしよう )〙.G -̀ B á sin 〖the ~〗グレートベースン 〘米西部Sierra Nevadaの大盆地 〙.G -̀ B é ar 〖the ~〗〘天 〙おおくま座 (Ursa Major ).~̀ blue h é ron 〘鳥 〙オオアオサギ .G -̀ Br í tain →見出し語 .G -̀ Ch á rter 〖the ~〗大憲章 (Magna C (h )arta ).~̀ c í rcle 〘数 〙(球の中心を通る平面と球面が交わる )大円 ; 〘地 〙大圏 .G -̀ D á ne グレートデン 〘ドイツ産の大型犬 〙.G -̀ Depr é ssion 〖the ~〗大恐慌 〘1929年米国で始まり全欧に波及 〙.G -̀ Div í de 〖the ~〗(北米大陸の )大分水嶺 (れい )(Continental Divide ) 〘Rocky山脈の別称 〙; 生死の境, 重要な違い .G -̀ Div í ding R à nge 〖the ~〗グレートディヴァイディング山脈 〘オーストラリア東部を南北に走る大山脈 〙.~̀ est c ò mmon div í sor [f á ctor, ⦅まれ ⦆m é asure ]〖the ~〗〘数 〙最大公約数 (⦅略 ⦆G.C.D. [G.C.F., G.C.M.]).G -̀ F í re 〖the ~〗ロンドン大火 〘1666年 〙.~̀ h ò rned ó wl 〘鳥 〙アメリカワシミミズク .G -̀ L á kes 〖the ~〗(北米の )五大湖 〘Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario 〙.(G -̀ ) Pl á ins 〖the ~〗グレートプレーンズ 〘Rocky山脈以東のアメリカ カナダにまたがる台地状の大平原 〙.~̀ p ó wer 強国, 主要国 .G -̀ R ú ssian (旧ソ連の中 北東部の )大ロシア人 [語 ].(G -̀ ) S à lt L á ke グレートソルト湖 〘米Utah州にある塩湖 〙.G -̀ S é al 〖the ~〗(公文書用の )国印 , 国璽 (こくじ ).G -̀ Sm ó ky M ò untains 〖the ~〗グレートスモーキー山地 〘アメリカ南東部にある国立公園 〙.~̀ t í t 〘鳥 〙シジュウカラ .~̀ t ó e 足の親指 (big toe ).G -̀ W á ll (of Ch í na )〖the ~〗(中国の )万里の長城 .G -̀ W á r ⦅やや古 ⦆〖the ~〗第1次世界大戦 (World War I ) 〘1914 --18 〙.~̀ wh ì te sh á rk 〘魚 〙ホオジロザメ .G -̀ Wh ì te W á y 〖the ~〗不夜城街 〘New YorkのBroadway界隈 (かいわい )〙.
great-
great- 複合要素 〖親族名称の前で 〗一世代を隔てた ▸ great -grandchild ひ孫
great-aunt
gr é at- à unt 名詞 =grandaunt .
Great Britain
Great Brit ain /ɡrèɪt -brɪ́t (ə )n /名詞 1 大ブリテン (島 ) 〘England, Scotland, Walesから成る; これにNorthern Irelandを加えるとthe United Kingdom; ⦅略 ⦆Britain 〙.2 英国 (Britain ).
greatcoat
gr é at c ò at 名詞 C オーバーコート 〘厚手の軍隊用のもの 〙.
greater
gr é at er 形容詞 大 [広域 ]…, …圏 (!都市に対しては周縁部を, 国に対しては属領などを含めていう ) .G -̀ L ó ndon 大ロンドン, ロンドン近郊圏 〘the City of Londonに周辺32の自治区 (borough )を加えた地域; 1986年に行政区としては廃止 〙.
great-granddaughter
gr è at-gr á nd d à ughter 名詞 C 女のひ孫 [曾孫 (そうそん )].
great-grandfather
gr è at-gr á nd f à ther 名詞 C 曾祖父, ひいおじいさん .
great-grandmother
gr è at-gr á nd m ò ther 名詞 C 曾祖母, ひいおばあさん .
great-grandson
gr è at-gr á nd s ò n 名詞 C 男のひ孫 [曾孫 (そうそん )].
greathearted
gr è at h é art ed /-ɪd /形容詞 心の広い, 寛大な ; 勇敢な .
greatly
great ly /ɡréɪtli /→great 副詞 more ~; most ~⦅かたく ⦆1 大いに , 非常に 〈増減 変化 感謝 影響するなど 〉 (!物事の程度 段階を強める; しばしば 動詞 分詞 の前で用いる ) ▸ We greatly enjoyed dancing .私たちは大いにダンスを楽しんだ 2 偉大に ; 立派に ; 寛大に .
greatness
great ness /ɡréɪtnəs /名詞 U 1 偉大 (さ ), 卓越 .2 巨大, 広大 .3 重大, 重要 .4 寛大 .
great-uncle
gr é at- ù ncle 名詞 =granduncle .