Great is an English word with synonyms like large or keen. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Great in a sentence
Related words
Great meaning
- Taking much space; large.
- Much, more than usual.
Synonyms of Great
Great vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Great
- The main meaning on this page is: Taking much space; large. | Taking much space; large. | Much, more than usual.
- Useful related words include: large, big, neat, keen.
- Possible Dutch translations are: fantastisch, fijn.
- In the example corpus, great often appears in combinations such as: great great, and great, the great.
Example sentences (20)
She is survived by two brothers, Eddie Collett of Magoffin County, Kentucky, and Paul Collett of Commiskey; several nieces and nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews, and great-great-nieces and great-great-nephews.
And an adored Great Nana and Great Great Nana of all her Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren.
By trying to learn the math of what makes a great romantic comedy, what makes a great art film, what makes a great horror film, what makes a great Western, you know, there’s a certain geometry to all that and Scott is brilliant at that.
Conditions really suited Feakle and they showed great desire, great will, great energy and great spirit as well.
Fittingly, two diplomatic passports hang on the wall across from him — one for his great-great-grandfather and the second signed by his other great-great-grandfather, a former secretary of state.
He takes great joy in the success of his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and was overjoyed when his first great-great-grandchild was born last year.
He was also the grandson of Jerry Robert Davis (my great-great-grandfather) and Minnie Ola Shields (my great-great-grandmother).
Plus, this is a great opportunity and a wonderful situation working with great people and great kids in a great community.
The couple who own it is just fantastic, the venue itself was really great, the sound was great, the crowd was great, it was at capacity, it was a really great experience.
Behind every great man is a great woman, as they say (though I think the saying should be every great man is a great woman, because we are equals).
Julliard, graduate masters, great musician, great singer, great mother, great wife.
You see a team on the field, and you talk about being a BC man, which is great faith, great toughness, great character, and great passion, and I think you saw that on the field.
It’s sort of like visiting with great, great, great, great, grandparents.
We have great fans, we have a great organization, we have a great following, I think we have a great country.
While the first post carve-up duke is competingly counted as Bernard III—because of two predecessors of the same name before 1180—or as Bernard I with his great-great-great-great grandson Bernard II being counted second.
A loving sister, aunt, great aunt and great great aunt.
As you can see below, 's Pepsi commercial "Great Acting or Great Taste?" sees Stiller trying to help audiences see through the illusions of Hollywood, in a discussion of whether or not people can actually discern reality from great acting.
Dearly loved brother of Hazel and the late Rodney, dearest uncle of Lesley, Jennifer, Graeme, Karen and Colin, great uncle, and great-great uncle.
Dearly loved mother of Charles and Peter and a much loved grandmother, great grandmother and great great grandmother.
He had a great love of Ireland, a great love of family, a great love of Finglas," Tubridy said in the video tribute.
Common combinations with great
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- great great 70×
- and great 41×
- the great 28×
- great grandchildren 24×
- is great 16×
- was great 15×
- grandchildren great 14×
- it great 12×
- great grandmother 7×
- great to 7×