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great [greɪt] adj 1. relatively large in size or extent; big 2. relatively large in number; having many parts or members a great assembly 3. of relatively long duration a great wait 4. of larger size or more importance than others of its kind the great auk 5. extreme or more than usual great worry 6. of significant importance or consequence a great decision 7. a. of exceptional talents or achievements; remarkable a great writer b. (as noun) the great one of the greats 8. arising from or possessing idealism in thought, action, etc.; heroic great deeds 9. illustrious or eminent a great history 10. impressive or striking a great show of wealth 11. much in use; favoured poetry was a great convention of the Romantic era 12. active or enthusiastic a great walker 13. doing or exemplifying (a characteristic or pursuit) on a large scale what a great buffoon he's not a great one for reading 14. (often foll by at) skilful or adroit a great carpenter you are great at singing 15. Informal excellent; fantastic 16. Brit informal (intensifier) a dirty great smack in the face 17. (postpositive; foll by with) Archaic a. pregnant great with child b. full (of) great with hope 18. (intensifier, used in mild oaths) Great Scott! be great on Informal a. to be informed about b. to be enthusiastic about or for adv Informal very well; excellently it was working great n
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great adjective 1. large, big, huge, vast, enormous, extensive, tremendous, immense, gigantic, mammoth, bulky, colossal, prodigious, stupendous, voluminous, fuck-off (offensive taboo slang), elephantine, ginormous (informal), humongous or humungous (U.S. slang), GR8 (S.M.S.) a great hall as long and high as a church large little, small, diminutive 2. extreme, considerable, excessive, high, decided, pronounced, extravagant, prodigious, inordinate, GR8 (S.M.S.) I'll take great care of it. That must have taken a great effort on his part. 3. major, lead, leading, chief, main, capital, grand, primary, principal, prominent, superior, paramount, big-time (informal), major league (informal), GR8 (S.M.S.) the great cultural achievements of the past 4. important, serious, significant, critical, crucial, heavy, grave, momentous, weighty, consequential, GR8 (S.M.S.) his pronouncements on the great political matters of the age important petty, trivial, insignificant, unimportant, inconsequential, inconsiderable 5. famous, celebrated, outstanding, excellent, remarkable, distinguished, prominent, glorious, notable, renowned, eminent, famed, illustrious, exalted, noteworthy, GR8 (S.M.S.) the great American president, Abraham Lincoln 6. expert, skilled, talented, skilful, good, able, masterly, crack (slang), superb, world-class, adept, stellar (informal), superlative, proficient, adroit, GR8 (S.M.S.) He was one of the West Indies' greatest cricketers. expert inexperienced, unskilled, untrained 7. (Informal) excellent, good, fine, wonderful, mean (slang), topping (Brit. slang), cracking (Brit. informal), superb, fantastic (informal), tremendous (informal), marvellous (informal), terrific (informal), mega (slang), sovereign, awesome (slang), dope (slang), admirable, first-rate, def (informal), brill (informal), boffo (slang), bitchin', chillin' (U.S. slang), GR8 (S.M.S.) It's a great film, you must see it. excellent poor, average, secondary, inferior, second-rate, undistinguished, unnotable 8. very, really, particularly, truly, extremely, awfully (informal), exceedingly, GR8 (S.M.S.) He gave me a great big smile. 9. utter, complete, total, absolute, perfect, positive, downright, consummate, unqualified, out-and-out, flagrant, egregious, unmitigated, thoroughgoing, arrant, GR8 (S.M.S.) You stupid great git! Translations great [greɪt] A. ADJ (greater (compar) (greatest (superl))) 1. (= huge) (in size) [house, room, object] → enorme, inmenso; (in amount, number) [effort, variety] → grande; [shock, surprise] → verdadero, enorme she lived to a great age → vivió hasta una edad muy avanzada I'll take great care of it → lo cuidaré mucho he didn't say a great deal → no dijo mucho a great deal of time/money/effort → mucho tiempo/dinero/esfuerzo a great deal of suffering → mucho sufrimiento with great difficulty → con gran or mucha dificultad we had great difficulty convincing them → hemos tenido muchas dificultades para convencerlos he had great difficulty staying awake → le costaba mucho mantenerse despierto to a great extent → en gran parte to an even greater extent → incluso en mayor parte we had great fun → lo pasamos fenomenal great heavens! (o.f.) → ¡Cielo Santo!(o.f.), ¡Válgame el cielo! to be a great help → ser de gran ayuda well, you've been a great help! (iro) → ¡vaya ayuda la tuya!, ¡pues sí que has sido una ayuda! I'm in no great hurry, I'm not in any great hurry → no tengo mucha prisa you great idiot! → ¡pedazo de idiota! a great many people believe he was right → mucha gente cree que tenía razón a great many of us are uneasy about these developments → a muchos de nosotros estos sucesos nos tienen intranquilos it was a great pity you didn't come → fue una verdadera pena que no vinieses with great pleasure → con gran placer it's my great pleasure to introduce → es un gran placer para mí presentar a ... great progress has been made → se han hecho grandes progresos great Scott! (o.f.) → ¡Cielo Santo!(o.f.), ¡Válgame el cielo! the concert was a great success → el concierto fue un enorme éxito see also guns A1 2. (= important) [achievement, occasion, event] → grande the great cultural achievements of the past → los grandes logros culturales del pasado one of the great issues of the day → uno de los temas más importantes del día everyone said she was destined for great things → todos decían que llegaría lejos great work (= masterpiece) → obra f maestra 3. (= outstanding) [person, nation, skill] → grande one of the greatest engineers of this century → uno de los más grandes ingenieros de este siglo a player of great ability → un jugador de gran habilidad she has a great eye for detail → tiene muy buen ojo para los detalles 4. (with names) Frederick/Peter the Great → Federico/Pedro el Grande Alexander the Great → Alejandro Magno the great George Padmore → el gran George Padmore 5. (= real) (as intensifier) → grande I am a great admirer of his work → soy un gran admirador de su obra they are great friends → son grandes amigos I'm a great chocolate-lover → me encanta el chocolate he was a great womanizer → era un gran mujeriego she is a great believer in hard work → es una gran partidaria del trabajo duro I'm a great believer in being frank → soy muy partidario de la franqueza she's a great one for antique shops → le encantan las tiendas de antigüedades, es una fanática de las tiendas de antigüedades he's a great one for criticizing others → es único para criticar a los demás, se las pinta solo para criticar a los demás 6. (= excellent) [person, thing, idea] → estupendo, genial they're a great bunch of guys → son un grupo de tíos estupendos or geniales you were great! → ¡estuviste genial! I think she's great → creo que es genial it's a great idea → es una idea estupenda, es una idea genial "how was the movie?" - "it was great!" → -¿que tal fue la película? -¡genial! (that's) great! → ¡eso es estupendo! I heard a great piece of music on the radio → oí en la radio una pieza de música genial wouldn't it be great to do that? → ¿no sería fabuloso or genial hacer eso? camping holidays are great for kids → las vacaciones en un camping son estupendas para los críos, las vacaciones en un camping son geniales para los críos she was just great about it → se lo tomó muy bien he's great at football → juega estupendamente al fútbol she's great at maths → se le dan genial las matemáticas to feel great → sentirse fenómeno or fenomenal you look great! (= attractive) → ¡estás guapísimo!; (= healthy) → ¡tienes un aspecto estupendo! she's great on jazz → sabe un montón de jazz the great thing is that you don't have to iron it → lo mejor de todo es que no tienes que plancharlo 7. (Bot, Zool) → grande B. EXCL 1. (= excellent) (oh) great! → ¡fenómeno!, ¡fenomenal!, ¡qué bien! C. ADV great big → grandísimo D. N (= person) → grande mf the golfing greats → los grandes del golf one of the all-time greats → uno de los grandes de todos los tiempos the great → los grandes history remembers only the great → la historia recuerda sólo a los grandes the great and the good (hum) → los abonados a las buenas causas E. CPD great ape N → antropoide mf the Great Australian Bight N → el Gran Golfo Australiano the Great Barrier Reef N → la Gran Barrera de Coral, el Gran Arrecife Coralino the Great Bear N (Astron) → la Osa Mayor Great Britain N → Gran Bretaña f Great Dane N → gran danés m the Great Dividing Range N → la Gran Cordillera Divisoria the Great Lakes NPL → los Grandes Lagos the Great Plains NPL → las Grandes Llanuras the great powers NPL → las grandes potencias great tit N → paro m grande, herrerillo m grande the Great Wall of China N → la(Gran)Muralla China the Great War N → la Primera Guerra Mundial GREAT, BIG, LARGE "Grande" shortened to "gran" • Grande must be shortened to gran before a singular noun of either gender: Great Britain (La) Gran BretañaPosition of "grande" • Put gran/grandes before the noun in the sense of "great": It's a great step forward in the search for peace Es un gran paso en la búsqueda de la paz He is a (very) great actor Es un gran actor• In the sense of big or large, the adjective will precede the noun in the context of a general, subjective comment. However, when there is implicit or explicit comparison with other things or people that are physically bigger or smaller, it will follow the noun: It's a big problem Es un gran problema ...the difference in price between big flats and small ones... ...la diferencia de precio entre los pisos grandes y pequeños... ...a certain type of large passenger plane... ...cierto tipo de avión grande para el transporte de pasajeros...• Compare the following examples: ...a great man... ...un gran hombre... ...a big man... ...un hombre grande...great [ˈgreɪt] adj [extent] → large to a greater or lesser degree → plus ou moins To a greater or lesser extent, they are all damp → Ils sont tous plus ou moins humides. Flights were disrupted to a greater or lesser degree BUT Pratiquement tous les vols ont été affectés d'une manière ou d'une autre. (= outstanding) [artist, writer, scientist, athlete] → grand(e); [work, novel, picture] → grand(e); [city] → grand(e); [success, achievement] → grand(e) [heat, pain] → intense [difficulty, risk, danger] → grand(e) [pleasure, love] My greatest pleasure is talking to my children → Mon plus grand plaisir, c'est de parler à mes enfants. He has a great love for his son → Il aime beaucoup son fils. with great pleasure → avec grand plaisir to get great pleasure from sth → tirer un grand plaisir de qch to get great pleasure from doing sth → tirer un grand plaisir de faire qch [value] → grand(e) (= firm) They're great friends → Ils sont très amis., Ce sont de grands amis. to be a great believer in sth → croire beaucoup en qch to be a great supporter of sth → être un(e) partisan(e) convaincu(e) de qch (= excellent) → vraiment bien (= cool) → génial(e), super That's great! → C'est génial!, C'est super! I feel great → Je me sens en pleine forme. to have a great time → bien s'amuser We had a great time → Nous nous sommes bien amusés. the great thing is that ... → ce qu'il y a de vraiment bien c'est que ... oh great! (humorous) Oh great! Just what I need → Génial! J'avais vraiment besoin de ça. n (= outstanding figure) → grand(e) m/f great adj (+er) (in size) → groß; (= very large) → sehr groß; (= huge) → riesig; (in extent) effort, variety, shock, need, success, help etc → groß; with a great effort → mit großer Mühe or Anstrengung; a great variety of opinions → viele ganz unterschiedliche Ansichten; there is a great need for economic development → wirtschaftliche Entwicklung ist dringend nötig; of no great importance → ziemlich unwichtig; at a great pace → in or mit schnellem Tempo; x is greater/not greater than 10 (Math) → x ist größer/kleiner (oder) gleich 10; great good fortune → großes Glück; with great good humour → sehr gut gelaunt; in great detail → ganz ausführlich; with great care → mit großer Vorsicht; I’ll take great care of it → ich werde sehr gut darauf aufpassen; to take a great interest in something → sich sehr für etw interessieren; he did not live to a great age → er erreichte kein hohes Alter; with great difficulty → mit großen Schwierigkeiten; a player of great ability → ein sehr or ausgesprochen fähiger Spieler; to a great extent → in hohem Maße; it was great fun → es hat großen Spaß gemacht; a great many, a great number of → sehr viele; a great many people → sehr viele or eine Menge (inf) → Leute ? also deal (= important, famous) person, achievement, work, event, city etc → groß; his greatest work → sein Hauptwerk nt; to think great thoughts → geniale Gedanken haben; the great thing is to … → das Wichtigste ist zu …; great minds think alike → große Geister denken gleich; Alexander the Great → Alexander der Große (= strong, enthusiastic) he was a great friend of my father → er war mit meinem Vater sehr gut befreundet; he is a great admirer of British orchestras → er bewundert britische Orchester sehr; I’m a great lover of or a great one for cakes → ich esse für mein Leben gern Kuchen; she’s a great one for punctuality → sie legt großen Wert auf Pünktlichkeit; he’s a great one for criticizing others → im Kritisieren anderer ist er (ganz) groß; to be a great believer in something → sehr viel von etw halten; to be a great believer in doing something → grundsätzlich dafür sein, etw zu tun; he was a great womanizer → er stellte ständig den Frauen nach (inf: = terrific) person, idea → toll (inf), → prima (inf); I think she’s great → ich finde sie toll (inf) → or prima (inf); this cookbook is great for desserts → in diesem Kochbuch findet man besonders gute Nachspeisen; this whisk is great for sauces → dieser Schneebesen eignet sich besonders gut für Soßen; to be great at football/at singing → ein großer Fußballspieler/Sänger sein; to be great on jazz → ein großer Jazzkenner sein; to feel great → sich toll or prima fühlen (inf); my wife isn’t feeling so great → meiner Frau geht es nicht besonders gut; Great Scott or Heavens! (dated) → (ach du) großer Gott or lieber Himmel! (= excellent, outstanding) → ausgezeichnet, großartig; one of the great footballers of our generation → einer der großen Fußballspieler unserer Generation interj (inf) → toll (inf), → super (inf); oh great (iro) → na wunderbar; if that’s what they want to believe, great → wenn sie das glauben wollen, dann sollen sie doch adv n great: great ape n → Menschenaffe m great auk n → Toralk m great-aunt n → Großtante f Great Australian Bight n the great → die Große Australische Bucht Great Barrier Reef n the great → das Große Barriereriff Great Britain n → Großbritannien nt great calorie n → Kilokalorie f greatcoat n → Überzieher m, → Paletot m Great Depression n (Hist) → Weltwirtschaftskrise f Great Divide Great Dividing Range n the great → die Ostaustralischen Kordilleren pl great: great-grandchild n → Urenkel(in) m(f) great-grandparents pl → Urgroßeltern pl great-great-grandchild n → Ururenkel(in) m(f) great-great-grandparents pl → Ururgroßeltern pl great-hearted great: great-niece n → Großnichte f Great Powers pl (Pol) the great → die Großmächte pl great tit n → Kohlmeise f great-uncle n → Großonkel m Great Wall of China n → Chinesische Mauer Great War n the great → der Erste Weltkrieg Great Week n (Rel) → Karwoche f Great White Way n the great (esp US inf) → das Theaterviertel am Broadway great [greɪt] adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl))) a. (gen) → grande; (pain, heat) → forte, intenso/a; (care) → molto/a; (age) → venerando/a they're great friends → sono grandi amici he was in great pain → soffriva molto it's of no great importance → non ha molta importanza he's a great reader → è un lettore accanito great big (fam) → enorme Alexander the Great → Alessandro Magno or il Grande you're a great one for arriving at the wrong moment! (fam) → sei speciale per arrivare al momento sbagliato! the great thing is that ... → il bello è che... great Scott! (fam) → perbacco! b. (fam) (excellent) → meraviglioso/a, magnifico/a, favoloso/a it was great! → è stato fantastico! he's great at football → nel calcio è una cannonata he's great on jazz → sa tutto sul jazz we had a great time → ci siamo divertiti un mondo you look great → hai un aspetto splendido you look great in that outfit → quel completo ti sta benissimo great [greɪt] adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl))) a. (gen) → grande; (pain, heat) → forte, intenso/a; (care) → molto/a; (age) → venerando/a they're great friends → sono grandi amici he was in great pain → soffriva molto it's of no great importance → non ha molta importanza he's a great reader → è un lettore accanito great big (fam) → enorme Alexander the Great → Alessandro Magno or il Grande you're a great one for arriving at the wrong moment! (fam) → sei speciale per arrivare al momento sbagliato! the great thing is that ... → il bello è che... great Scott! (fam) → perbacco! b. (fam) (excellent) → meraviglioso/a, magnifico/a, favoloso/a it was great! → è stato fantastico! he's great at football → nel calcio è una cannonata he's great on jazz → sa tutto sul jazz we had a great time → ci siamo divertiti un mondo you look great → hai un aspetto splendido you look great in that outfit → quel completo ti sta benissimo adj great [greit] 1 of a better quality than average; important a great writer; Churchill was a great man. beroemde عَظيم велик velký; významný stor; vigtig; betydningsfuld bedeutend μεγάλος, σπουδαίος grande, gran (antes del nombre), importante suur بزرگ؛ عظیم suuri grand גָדוֹל, חָשוב, דגוּל बेहतर गुणवत्ता वाली चीज velik, znamenit nagy besar mikill, stórkostlegur grande 偉大な 대단한 didis, didelis izcils; dižs hebat groot, groots stor, fremragende wielki grande mare, grandios великий veľký velik sjajan stor, framstående ยอดเยี่ยม büyük, önemli 偉大的 великий اوسط یا معمول سے بڑھ کر، اہم lớn; vĩ đại 伟大的 2 very large, larger etc than average a great crowd of people at the football match. groot كَبير голям ohromný stor groß μεγάλος grande, gran (antes del nombre) suur بسیار؛ کثیر suuri grand גָדוֹל מְאוֹד बड़ा, विशाल velik, masovan jókora banyak stór, mikill grande 大きな 거대한 didžiulis liels sangat besar groot, enorm stor, svær ogromny grande mare, considerabil огромный ohromný velik velika stor, väldig ใหญ่ çok büyük 極大的 великий بہت بڑا lớn; to lớni 极大的 3 of a high degree Take great care of that book. groot عَظيم، كثير голям velký meget besonder πολύς, που είναι σε μεγάλο βαθμό mucho; especial suur زیاد suuri grand טוֹב מְאוֹד उच्च कोटि velik, jak nagy(fokú) amat sangat mikill grande 高度な 고도의 didžiausias ļoti rūpēties sangat zeer goed, hoog svært god najwyższy, maksymalny muito considerabil предельно осторожный veľký velik izuzetan stor ดีมาก büyük, çok 高度的 кращий بہت زیادہ đáng kể 高度的 4 very pleasant We had a great time at the party. heerlike عَظيم، مُمْتِع جِدا страхотен skvělý dejlig großartig θαυμάσιος maravilloso, espléndido, fantástico suurepärane فوق العاده upea merveilleux נִפלָא बहुत सुखद odličan, vrlo ugodan nagyszerű menyenangkan frábær, stórkostlegur meraviglioso すばらしい 아주 멋진 nuostabus, puikus lielisks amat menggembirakan prachtig storartet świetny óptimo grozav замечательный báječný, skvelý imeniten sjajan härlig, underbar, utmärkt ยอดเยี่ยม çok iyi, mükemmel, harika 非常愉快的 чудовий بہت پرلطف rất hài lòng 非常愉快的 5 clever and expert John's great at football. bedrewe عَظيم، ماهِر، ذكي страхотен vynikající dygtig sehr gut σπουδαίος, ειδικός excelente, buenísimo osav ماهر loistava doué pour מוּכשָׁר चतुर और बुद्धिमान sposoban, stručan nagyon (jól) ért vmihez pintar klár, flinkur bravo, abile すぐれている 솜씨가 좋은 talentingas, sumanus, puikus pieredzējis mahir goed in, knap in kjempegod/-flink znakomity excelente foarte capabil великолепный vynikajúci spreten dobar styv, skicklig ที่ทำได้ดี yetenekli, usta, çok iyi 精通於... чудовий ماہر giỏi; thạo 精于...的 adv greatly I was greatly impressed by her singing. baie بِصورَة عَظيمَه значително velmi, velice meget; yderst sehr πολύ muy eriti بسیار؛ به شدت hyvin grandement בְּמִידָה רַבָּה अत्यन्त jako, snažno nagyon sangat stórlega, mjög grandemente, moltissimo 大いに 대단히 didžiai, labai ļoti; ievērojami sangat zeer svært, veldig nadzwyczaj muito foarte mult очень, весьма veľmi zelo izuzetno mycket, storligen อย่างมาก çok, ziyadesiyle 非常 дуже بہت زیادہ nhiều; lắm 非常 n greatness her greatness as an athlete. grootheid عَظَمَه величие (značná) velikost storhed die Größe, die Bedeutung μεγαλείο grandeza, importancia suurus عظمت suuruus importance גְדוּלָה बड़प्पन veličina nagyság kehebatan mikilleiki; mikilvægi grandezza 偉大さ 위대함 talentingumas, puikumas lielums; diženums keunggulan grootsheid storhet, format wielkość grandeza importanţă, măreţie величие veľkosť veličina veličina storhet ความยิ่งใหญ่ büyüklük 巨大,偉大 величина; сила عظمت sự cao quý 巨大,伟大 great → عظيم velký stor groß εξέχων gran suuri super velik grande 大きな 위대한 geweldig stor wielki óptimo, ótimo большой stor ยิ่งใหญ่ büyük to lớn 伟大的 How to thank TFD for its existence? 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