The meaning of GREAT is notably large in size : huge. How to use great in a sentence.

GREAT definition: 1. large in amount, size, or degree: 2. used in names, especially to mean large or important: 3…. Learn more.

When the reference is to degree or a quality, great is the usual word: great beauty; great mistake; great surprise; although big sometimes alternates with it in colloquial style: a big mistake; a big surprise;

Holding an eminent or a superlative position in respect to rank, office, power, or mental or moral endowments or acquirements; eminent; distinguished; renowned: as, the great Creator; a great genius, hero, or philosopher; a great impostor; Peter the Great.

Some intensifiers can be used with some senses of great; for example, a very great amount, a very great man, the party was really great, though not *the party was very great.

There are 85 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word great, 14 of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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Expression of gladness and content about something. Great! Thanks for the wonderful work.

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