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To: Tri Bui who wrote (38980)2/20/1999 12:34:00 PM
From: Zack Lyon  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 50264
 
GREAT! or just great. It could mean many things:

Main Entry: 1great
Pronunciation: 'grAt, Southern also 'gre(&)t
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English grete, from Old English grEat; akin to Old High German grOz large
Date: before 12th century
1 a : notably large in size : HUGE b : of a kind characterized by relative largeness -- used in plant and animal names c : ELABORATE, AMPLE <great detail>
2 a : large in number or measure : NUMEROUS <great multitudes> b : PREDOMINANT <the great majority>
3 : remarkable in magnitude, degree, or effectiveness <great bloodshed>
4 : full of emotion <great with anger>
5 a : EMINENT, DISTINGUISHED <a great poet> b : chief or preeminent over others -- often used in titles <Lord Great Chamberlain> c : ARISTOCRATIC, GRAND <great ladies>
6 : long continued <a great while>
7 : PRINCIPAL, MAIN <a reception in the great hall>
8 : more remote in a family relationship by a single generation than a specified relative <great-grandfather>
9 : markedly superior in character or quality; especially : NOBLE <great of soul>
10 a : remarkably skilled <great at tennis> b : marked by enthusiasm : KEEN <great on science fiction>
11 -- used as a generalized term of approval <had a great time> <it was just great>
- great·ness noun