Want to use Great correctly in a sentence? These 20 example sentences show the word in context, together with its meaning and synonyms like large or neat.

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Great in a sentence

Great | Greater | Greatest | Greatly | Greatness | Greats | Greatschools | Greatsword | Greathouse

Great meaning

  1. Taking much space; large.
  2. Much, more than usual.

Synonyms of Great

large big neat keen groovy dandy cracking corking bully bang-up extraordinary of import important outstanding nifty

Great in Dutch

Example sentences (20)

He had a great love of Ireland, a great love of family, a great love of Finglas," Tubridy said in the video tribute.

Dearly loved mother of Charles and Peter and a much loved grandmother, great grandmother and great great grandmother.

But it’s great to be free also, it’s great to be your own boss, it’s great to be creating your own media venture.

The princess’s sons went on to produce six grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren, and nine great great grandchildren.

This is also a great loss to the nation because the country has lost a great economist, advocate and a great speaker.

Conditions really suited Feakle and they showed great desire, great will, great energy and great spirit as well.

There are numerous loving grandchildren, great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson because of this union.

She has eight children, one son deceased, 26 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.

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Matthew Vaughn signed me up, and it was a great role and a great script, and Juggernaut was a great character.

Watanabe had five children, 12 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild, according to Kyodo.

We have great fans, we have a great organization, we have a great following, I think we have a great country.

In the same piece, she talked about her great-great-great-grandfather, who had been a slave before abolition.

Plus, this is a great opportunity and a wonderful situation working with great people and great kids in a great community.

She is also survived by four grandchildren, twelve great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren.

Mary loved her family, she had eight grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

They worked their ass off, they’ve been great soldiers, they’ve been great team-mates, they’ve done great.

Greg Nelson from The Great Walk Foundation said it was great to see the truck already put to great use.

Also surviving are ten great grandchildren; one great great grandchild and multiple nieces and nephews.

He was also the grandson of Jerry Robert Davis (my great-great-grandfather) and Minnie Ola Shields (my great-great-grandmother).

Dearly loved mum of Lynda and Dave, much loved nan of Alison and Dave, Paul and Lisa and a loving great nan and great great nan.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "great" in a sentence?
An example: "He had a great love of Ireland, a great love of family, a great love of Finglas," Tubridy said in the video tribute." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "great" from real English texts.
What does "great" mean?
Great means: Taking much space; large.
What are synonyms of "great"?
Common synonyms of "great" include: large, big, neat, keen, groovy, dandy, cracking, corking. Plus 7 more synonyms.
What is "great" in Dutch?
"great" translates to Dutch as: fantastisch, fijn.
How many example sentences with "great" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "great", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

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