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 remember my BR days—Before Retirement—as a time of great anticipation as I looked forward to leaving the workplace.
“But when I reflect back on that series, there’s so many great plays they made. Also there’s the small play which was very important. So many great scenes.”
From Los Angeles Times
The Core Club promised to bring together luminaries in business, arts, technology and culture in hopes of sparking some greater collective alchemy.
Gilham said Stanley's father, who was an MP, and his mother - who helped establish the first women's college at Cambridge University - had "great expectations for their first-born".
From BBC
Chris Lines, 54, runs for Sedgefield Harriers, who are helping to organise the event, and says it is great to give local runners the opportunity to line up with the elites.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
