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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Great \Great\, a. [Compar. {Greater}; superl. {Greatest}.] [OE. gret, great, AS gre['a]t; akin to OS & LG gr[=o]t, D. groot, OHG. gr[=o]z, G. gross. Cf {Groat} the coin.] 1. Large in space; of much size; big immense; enormous; expanded; -- opposed to small and little; as a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length. 2. Large in number; numerous; as a great company, multitude, series, etc 3. Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as a great while a great interval. 4. Superior; admirable; commanding; -- applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings. 5. Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble; as a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, etc 6. Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent; distingushed; foremost; principal; as great men; the great seal; the great marshal, etc He doth object I am too great of birth. --Shak. 7. Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as a great argument, truth, or principle. 8. Pregnant; big (with young). The ewes great with young. --Ps. lxxviii. 71. 9. More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree; as to use great caution; to be in great pain. We have all Great cause to give great thanks. --Shak. 10. (Genealogy) Older, younger, or more remote, by single generation; -- often used before grand to indicate one degree more remote in the direct line of descent; as great-grandfather (a grandfather's or a grandmother's father), great-grandson, etc {Great bear} (Astron.), the constellation Ursa Major. {Great cattle} (Law), all manner of cattle except sheep and yearlings. --Wharton. {Great charter} (Eng. Hist.), Magna Charta. {Great circle of a sphere}, a circle the plane of which passes through the center of the sphere. {Great circle sailing}, the process or art of conducting a ship on a great circle of the globe or on the shortest arc between two places. {Great go}, the final examination for a degree at the University of Oxford, England; -- called also {greats}. --T. Hughes. {Great guns}. (Naut.) See under Gun. {The Great Lakes} the large fresh-water lakes (Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario) which lie on the northern borders of the United States. {Great master}. Same as {Grand master}, under {Grand}. {Great organ} (Mus.), the largest and loudest of the three parts of a grand organ (the others being the choir organ and the swell, and sometimes the pedal organ or foot keys), It is played upon by a separate keyboard, which has the middle position. {The great powers} (of Europe), in modern diplomacy, Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria, Russia, and Italy. {Great primer}. See under {Type}. {Great scale} (Mus.), the complete scale; -- employed to designate the entire series of musical sounds from lowest to highest. {Great sea}, the Mediterranean sea. In Chaucer both the Black and the Mediterranean seas are so called {Great seal}. a The principal seal of a kingdom or state. b In Great Britain, the lord chancellor (who is custodian of this seal); also his office. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: greater adj : greater in size or importance or degree; "for the greater good of the community"; "the greater Antilles" [ant: {lesser}]
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