/ɡreɪt/
Translation
Very good, or very large in size or amount.
Word origin
From Old English great, meaning big or thick, which later grew to mean very good as well.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- great
Examples
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"Great" shows the time was very good and fun.
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Here "great" means very big in size.
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"Great" shows she sings very well indeed.
Used in
Stories
(5)Grammar articles
(5)Compound nouns in English: car park, coffee cup, and why GREENhouse is not green HOUSE
Nominalisation in English: arrive becomes arrival, decide becomes decision, and why written English turns actions into things
Present continuous tense: form, spelling and uses
Quantifiers in English: some, any, much, many and more
Word formation with prefixes: un-, in-, im-, dis-, re-, over-, under- and mis-
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