GREAT

Definitions

1. 1. Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; -- opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length.
2. 2. Large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude, series, etc.
3. 3. Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval.
4. 4. Superior; admirable; commanding; -- applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings.
5. 5. Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, etc.
6. 6. Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent; distingushed; formost; principal; as, great men; the great seal; the great marshal, etc. He doth object I am too great of birth. Shak.
7. 7. Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as, a great argument, truth, or principle.
8. 8. Pregnant; big (with young). The ewes great with young. Ps. lxxviii. 71.
9. 9. More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree; as, to use great caution; to be in great pain. We have all Great cause to give great thanks. Shak.