great
Usage
What are other ways to say great?
In reference to the size and extent of concrete objects, great is highly formal and even poetic, suggesting also that the object is notable or imposing, large is only somewhat formal, and big is the most general and most colloquial word: a great oak; a large tree; a big tree; great plains; a large field; a big field. When the reference is to degree or a quality, great is the usual word: great beauty; great mistake; great surprise; although big sometimes alternates with it in colloquial style: a big mistake; a big surprise; large is usually not used in reference to degree, but may be used in a quantitative reference: a large number (great number).
Example Sentences
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There’s a great scene where Carol and Zosia are both getting massages, where Carol’s trying to drill down on that.
"I hope Oldham's incredible supporters understand that this is about protecting something we all care deeply about, and what a great club they belong to."
From BBC
The Ghanaian offers pace and direct running from that flank, and it will be of great satisfaction to Guardiola that he chose City over the other options he had.
From BBC
It “made a great deal of sense based on the data that they had at the time,” he told the Financial Times the next month.
"This was just putting so much pressure on family farms that I feel that this is such a great relief to them – especially before Christmas."
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
