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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"I'm not worried, whatever we end up wearing I think we're in with a great shout of bringing some medals home."
From BBC
Unless miracles start falling out of the sky the need to end this after this Six Nations is becoming greater and greater.
From BBC
The data show a slowing in orbital speeds at great distances from the center, a pattern known as the Keplerian decline.
From Science Daily
Alicia Foster, curator, art historian and novelist, said of John: "Right from being very young she had this idea she would be a great artist and that nothing would stop her."
From BBC
"It's a great joy for him, when a player has such a bad injury we all feel it, we suffered with him... I'm very happy for him," Casado told Movistar.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
