Noun

(en noun)

An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.

A religious painting, often done on wooden panels.

A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing.

That man is an icon in the business; he personifies loyalty and good business sense.

A small picture which represents something (such as an icon on a computer screen which when clicked performs some function.)

(linguistics) A type of noun whereby the form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons. See also (symbol) and (index).

Pictual representations of files, programs and folders on a computer.

Noun

The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness''', and some have '''greatness thrust upon 'em. — Shakespeare

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, year=2012 , date=June 29 , author=Kevin Mitchell , title=Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=He showed his greatness when it mattered, but his occasional weakness too. All of a sudden there is doubt about his chances, after a seamless start. He has a lot to prove now, even if he will be buoyed by his effort. }}

(obsolete): Pride; haughtiness.

It is not of pride or greatness that he cometh not aboard your ships. — .