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say it: grayt
great is an adjective and noun meaning "relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind". It is pronounced /ˈɡɹeɪt/ — grayt. It carries 7 recorded senses.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
“a great juicy steak”
“a great multitude”
“the great auk”
“a great old oak”
“a great ocean liner”
“a great delay”
of major significance or importance
“a great work of art”
“Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th centurey”
remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect
“a great crisis”
“had a great stake in the outcome”
a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field
“he is one of the greats of American music”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for great come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.