great /greɪt/
1. a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field; "he is one of the greats of American music"
synset: great
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"
synset: great
2. of major significance or importance; "a great work of art"; "Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th centurey"
synset: great, outstanding
3. remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; "a great crisis"; "had a great stake in the outcome"
synset: great
4. very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"; "we had a grand old time"
synset: bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not_bad, peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing, old
5. uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"
synset: capital, great, majuscule
6. in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child"
synset: big, enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, large, heavy, with_child
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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