Greatest

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Great \Great\ (gr[=a]t), a. [Compar. {Greater}; superl.
     {Greatest}.] [OE. gret, great, AS. gre['a]t; akin to OS. &
     LG. gr[=o]t, D. groot, OHG. gr[=o]z, G. gross. Cf. {Groat}
     the coin.]
     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.
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     2. Large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude,
        series, etc.
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     3. Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time;
        as, a great while; a great interval.
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     4. Superior; admirable; commanding; -- applied to thoughts,
        actions, and feelings.
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     5. Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able
        to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty;
        noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher,
        etc.
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     6. Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent;
        distinguished; foremost; principal; as, great men; the
        great seal; the great marshal, etc.
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              He doth object I am too great of birth. --Shak.
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     7. Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as,
        a great argument, truth, or principle.
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     8. Pregnant; big (with young).
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              The ewes great with young.            --Ps. lxxviii.
                                                    71.
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     9. More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree;
        as, to use great caution; to be in great pain.
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              We have all
              Great cause to give great thanks.     --Shak.
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     10. (Genealogy) Older, younger, or more remote, by single
         generation; -- often used before grand to indicate one
         degree more remote in the direct line of descent; as,
         great-grandfather (a grandfather's or a grandmother's
         father), great-grandson, etc.
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     {Great bear} (Astron.), the constellation Ursa Major.
  
     {Great cattle} (Law), all manner of cattle except sheep and
        yearlings. --Wharton.
  
     {Great charter} (Eng. Hist.), Magna Charta.
  
     {Great circle of a sphere}, a circle the plane of which
        passes through the center of the sphere.
  
     {Great circle sailing}, the process or art of conducting a
        ship on a great circle of the globe or on the shortest arc
        between two places.
  
     {Great go}, the final examination for a degree at the
        University of Oxford, England; -- called also {greats}.
        --T. Hughes.
  
     {Great guns}. (Naut.) See under Gun.
  
     {The Great Lakes} the large fresh-water lakes (Lakes
        Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario) which lie on
        the northern borders of the United States.
  
     {Great master}. Same as {Grand master}, under {Grand}.
  
     {Great organ} (Mus.), the largest and loudest of the three
        parts of a grand organ (the others being the choir organ
        and the swell, and sometimes the pedal organ or foot
        keys), It is played upon by a separate keyboard, which has
        the middle position.
  
     {The great powers} (of Europe), in modern diplomacy, Great
        Britain, France, Germany, Austria, Russia, and Italy.
  
     {Great primer}. See under {Type}.
  
     {Great scale} (Mus.), the complete scale; -- employed to
        designate the entire series of musical sounds from lowest
        to highest.
  
     {Great sea}, the Mediterranean sea. In Chaucer both the Black
        and the Mediterranean seas are so called.
  
     {Great seal}.
         (a) The principal seal of a kingdom or state.
         (b) In Great Britain, the lord chancellor (who is
             custodian of this seal); also, his office.
  
     {Great tithes}. See under Tithes.
  
     {The great}, the eminent, distinguished, or powerful.
  
     {The Great Spirit}, among the North American Indians, their
        chief or principal deity.
  
     {To be great} (with one), to be intimate or familiar (with
        him). --Bacon.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  greatest \greatest\ adj. [superl. of {great}.]
     1. not to be surpassed.
  
     Syn: top.
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     2. largest in size of those under consideration.
  
     Syn: biggest, largest.
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     3. most of.
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     4. highest in importance or degree or significance or
        achievement; most eminent; as, our greatest statesmen.
  
     Syn: leading(prenominal), preeminent.
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     5. highest in quality.
  
     Syn: sterling(prenominal), superlative.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  greatest
       adj 1: not to be surpassed; "his top effort" [syn: {top}]
       2: greatest in size of those under consideration [syn: {biggest},
           {largest}]
       3: greatest in importance or degree or significance or
          achievement; "our greatest statesmen"; "the country's
          leading poet"; "a preeminent archeologist" [syn: {leading(a)},
           {preeminent}]
       4: highest in quality [syn: {sterling(a)}, {superlative}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  48 Moby Thesaurus words for "greatest":
     at the height, at the limit, best, champion, choice, elect, elite,
     extreme, far out, first-class, first-rate, for the best, furthest,
     handpicked, highest, matchless, maximal, maximum, most, optimal,
     optimum, paramount, peerless, picked, prime, prize, quintessential,
     radical, select, superlative, supreme, surpassing, tip-top,
     too much, top, top-notch, topmost, ultra, ultra-ultra, unmatchable,
     unmatched, unparalleled, unsurpassed, uppermost, utmost, uttermost,
     very best, way out