superl pregnant; big (with young).
2. great ·noun the whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by the great.
3. great ·superl large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude, series, ·etc.
4. great ·superl superior; admirable; commanding;
applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings.
5. great ·superl long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval.
6. great ·superl entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as, a great argument, truth, or principle.
7. great ·superl more than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree; as, to use great caution; to be in great pain.
8. great ·superl holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent; distingushed; foremost; principal; as, great men; the great seal; the great marshal, ·etc.
9. great ·superl large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded;
opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length.
10. great ·superl endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, ·etc.
11. great ·superl 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.