greatest, sterling, superlative
(adjective) highest in quality
Source: WordNet® 3.1
greatest
superlative form of great: most great
Source: Wiktionary
Great, a. [Compar. Greater (; superl. Greatest.] Etym: [OE. gret, great, AS. gret; akin to OS. & LG. grt, D. groot, OHG. grz, 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.
2. Large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude, series, etc.
3. Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval.
4. Superior; admirable; commanding; -- applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings.
5. Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, etc.
6. Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent; distingushed; formost; principal; as, great men; the great seal; the great marshal, etc. He doth object I am too great of birth. Shak.
7. Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as, a great argument, truth, or principle.
8. Pregnant; big (with young). The ewes great with young. Ps. lxxviii. 71.
9. More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree; as, to use great caution; to be in great pain. We have all Great cause to give great thanks. Shak.
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 de scent; as, great-grandfather (a grandfather's or a grand- mother's father), great-grandson, etc. 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.
Great, n.
Definition: The whole.; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by the great.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 January 2025
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