Adjective

(head)

(great)

Adjective

(er)

Very big, large scale.

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Very good.

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Important.

*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

*:He doth object I am too great of birth.

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*:“[…] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic?”

Title referring to an important leader.

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Superior; admirable; commanding; applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings.

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Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble.

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(lb) Pregnant; large with young.

*(Bible), (Psalms) lxxviii. 71

*:the ewes great with young

More than ordinary in degree; very considerable.

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*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

*:We have all / Great' cause to give ' great thanks.

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*:Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;.

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Intimate; familiar.

*(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)

*:those that are so great with him

Adjective

(en adjective)

Signifying something; carrying meaning.

a significant''' word or sound; a '''significant look

* Sir Walter Raleigh

It was well said of Plotinus, that the stars were significant , but not efficient.

Having a covert or hidden meaning.

Having a noticeable or major effect; notable.

That was a significant step in the right direction.

The First World War was a significant event.

Reasonably large in number or amount.

(statistics) Having a low probability of occurring by chance (for example, having high correlation and thus likely to be related).