adj 1. large ○ We visited the Great Wall of China. ○ She was carrying a great big pile of sandwiches. □ a great deal of, a great many a lot of ○ There’s a great deal of work to be done. ○ She earns a great deal of money. ○ A great many people will lose their jobs. 2. important or famous ○ New York is a great city. ○ Picasso was a great artist. ○ the greatest tennis player of all time 3. wonderful; very good ○ We had a great time at the party. ○ What did you think of the film? – It was great! ○ It was great of you to help. ○ It was great that they could all get to the picnic. 4. □ the great and the good people who occupy influential positions in society (humorous) ○ The government looked through the ranks of the great and the good to find someone to be chairman of the museum’s trustees.
great
a. [Compar. Greater ; superl. Greatest.] [OE. gret, great, AS. greát; akin to OS. & LG. grot, D. groot, OHG. groz, 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; distinguished; 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. — 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.
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; distinguished; 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. — 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.
Mufasa looked up at the starry sky and said, "The great kings of the past look down on us from thosee stars. So whenever you feel alone, just remember that those kings will always be there to guide you ... and so will I."
The scentence about “The Lion King”.
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