great - WordReference. com Dictionary of English When the reference is to degree or a quality, great is the usual word: great beauty; great mistake; great surprise; although big sometimes alternates with it in colloquial style: a big mistake; a big surprise;
great - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Some intensifiers can be used with some senses of great; for example, a very great amount, a very great man, the party was really great, though not *the party was very great
great - definition and meaning - Wordnik Holding an eminent or a superlative position in respect to rank, office, power, or mental or moral endowments or acquirements; eminent; distinguished; renowned: as, the great Creator; a great genius, hero, or philosopher; a great impostor; Peter the Great
GREAT Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com As an adjective great describes things that are very good, large, or important — like a great movie, a great forest, or a great battle that changed the course of a war