Question 1 · Quick check
great
CEFRA1
/ˈɡɹeɪt/
adjective
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Very good, large, important, or impressive.
- 02
adjective
Extra detailTaking much space; large.
Examples
A great cheer went up from the crowd.
I have a great fear of being disdained by those I love and care about.
At a glance
Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- /ˈɡɹæɪt/
- /ˈɡɹɛjt/
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningsMuch, more than usual.
Important, consequential.
Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic.
More examples
In contextYou are the great love of my life.
a dirty great smack in the face
Great Scott!
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Origin
adjective
From Middle English greet, grete (“great, large”), from Old English grēat (“big, massive; tall; thick; coarse”), from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“coarse, crude; big, large”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd-, *gʰer- (“to rub; to stroke; to grind; to remove”). Cognates Cognate with Scots graat, great, greet (“great”), Yola graat (“great”), North Frisian grat, groot, grot, grut, gråt, gurt (“big, great, large”), Saterland Frisian groot (“big, large”), West Frisian grut (“big, great, large”), Alemannic German groß, gruuss (“very large”), Central Franconian jruß (“big, great, large”), Cimbrian gròas, groaz (“big, great, large”), Dutch and German Low German groot...