great

  • 51great- — [[t]gre͟ɪt [/t]] PREFIX Great is used before some nouns that refer to relatives. Nouns formed in this way refer to a relative who is a further generation away from you. For example, your great aunt is the aunt of one of your parents. ...Davis s… …

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  • 52great — [OE] The main adjective for ‘large’ in the Anglo Saxon period was the now virtually obsolete mickle. Great at that time was for the most part restricted in meaning to ‘stout, thick’. In the Middle English period great broadened out in meaning,… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 53great — adj. RG. 377; [grot]. RG. 26; ‘great heart,’ == anger. RG. 309 v. n. == become great. Alys. 452 …

    Oldest English Words

  • 54great — [OE] The main adjective for ‘large’ in the Anglo Saxon period was the now virtually obsolete mickle. Great at that time was for the most part restricted in meaning to ‘stout, thick’. In the Middle English period great broadened out in meaning,… …

    Word origins

  • 55great — See: THINK A GREAT DEAL OF …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 56great — See: THINK A GREAT DEAL OF …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 57Great go — Go Go, n. 1. Act; working; operation. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] So gracious were the goes of marriage. Marston. [1913 Webster] 2. A circumstance or occurrence; an incident. [Slang] [1913 Webster] This is a pretty go. Dickens. [1913 Webster] 3. The… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 58great go — Brit. Informal. great (def. 21). [1810 20] * * * …

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  • 59gréat — adj great, tall, thick, stout, massive; coarse [cmp gríetra, spl gríetest] …

    Old to modern English dictionary

  • 60great — англ. [грэ/йт] большой, великий ◊ great organ [грэ/йт о/гэн] гл. клавиатура органа …

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