great
adjective
uk
/ɡreɪt/ us
/ɡreɪt/great adjective (BIG)
The issue is of great importance to voters.
The improvement in water standards over the last 50 years has been very great.
great majority The great majority of (= almost all) people would agree.
great sympathy I have great sympathy for you.
સમાનાર્થીઓ
astronomical (LARGE) informal
elephantine formal
ginormous informal
goodly old-fashioned
mahoosive UK informal
oversize mainly US
prodigious formal
sizeable mainlyUK
thumping UK informal
voluminous formal
walloping informal humorous
whopping informal
- bigThey live in a big house in the country.
- largeA large number of people were crowded into the room.
- greatThe party was a great success.
- enormousThey bought an enormous house in the suburbs.
greater than mathematics
specialized
વધુ જુઓ - A great number of women used to die in childbirth.
- For a goalkeeper, it's a great advantage to have big hands.
- He's a great comfort to his mother.
- She has finally got the job she wanted, but at great personal cost .
- The pay differential between workers and management is too great.
great adjective (FAMOUS)
B2 approving
a great politician/leader/artist/man/woman
This is one of Rembrandt's greatest paintings.
- importantIt was one of the most important legal cases of the century.
- bigThis is a big match tonight - if we lose, we won't be in the playoffs.
- majorThis is a major decision so we'd better get it right.
- significantDid he make any significant changes to my suggestions?
- The cinematic effects in her films are clearly borrowed from the great film-makers of the past.
- Rome, Carthage and Athens were some of the great city-states of the ancient world.
- Gathered all together in this church, we commemorate those who lost their lives in the great war.
- As a child, he aspired to be a great writer.
- Despite her limitations as an actress, she was a great entertainer.
great adjective (EXTREME)
- We're living in a time of great change.
- The numerous awards on the walls bear witness to his great success.
- It takes great skill to weave a basket from/out of rushes.
- To my great surprise, they agreed to all our demands.
- The George Cross is a decoration that is bestowed on British civilians for acts of great bravery.
great adjective (GOOD)
A1 informal
very good:
informal
- absolutely fabulous
- admirable
- all killer no filler idiom
- amazing
- amazingly
- first-rate
- five-star
- gourmet
- greatness
- have much to offer
- incandescent
- par excellence
- sensational
- shining
- slay
- soar
- splendid
- splendidly
- superiority
- wonderfully
તમે વિષયોમાં સંબંધિત શબ્દો, શબ્દસમૂહો અને સમાનાર્થી પણ શોધી શકો છો:
all-time great She's one of the all-time greats of cinema.
