The word "great": the meaning, synonyms, and interpretation

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People love labels. Stereotypes help to simplify the world to the schema set. We do not want to succumb to the charm of the popular judgment, but mostly willing to accept them on faith and calm down. Today let's talk about the word “great”. It is often used by journalists and commentators. Learn the whole range of its meaning.

Significance

scene from the movie "Back to the future"

Human life is filled with days. Some of them did a special not represent. The second a little more than get out of the number. Still others can be described by the word “great”. What is this event? Each their own: wedding, birthday, the birth of a son or daughter. There are days when it comes to professional success. For example, remember that Emmett brown from the cult trilogy by Robert Zemeckis «Back to the future” exactly remember when exactly he invented the flux capacitor – the cause of time travel. Happened this momentous event on 5 November 1955.

Of Course, ordinary people no such tremendous accomplishments, but there are important, although not very significant in the eyes of mankind the victory – the first date or first job. This, too, is remembered forever. The first work should be favourite, the business of life, well, at best. However, it is time to reveal to the reader all the meaning of the word “great”, not to operate with only one meaning:

  1. Exceeding the General level, the conventional measure of value, outstanding.
  2. Very large.
  3. Larger than you need, spacious.

It is significant that the last value only exists in a short form.

Usage Examples

moment of the game between Russia and Holland

The First entry makes no sense to illustrate, we have devoted more space than is permissible. But it is necessary to mention about the others. Sometimes the meanings of the word “great” can go from one to another. For example, when the Russian team beat the "Euro 2008" the Dutch team, it was a great joy. Here, the adjective can be attached to the two nouns – “joy” and “day”. We, football fans, visited the great joy that is very large, and however this day was great, that is, stand out from the crowd. As a rule, when positive emotions are running high, the date is automatically saved. But it happens in the life of human and great sorrow, and we cannot say that the meanings of the word “great” to intersect.

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The Third value, which exists only in short form, is used most often in relation to clothing:

  1. I like this sweater was great, so I had to redo them.
  2. Ivan Petrovich these shoes got too big so he took them to the store.
  3. Glory gloves were great, he looked at them funny.

Since the language is relatively free, such a meaning can be applied to abstract things, for example: "This post is, I believe, still a big to Ivan, he has not grown to her."

To assess the true diversity of the word “great”, let us consider its meaning replacement.

Synonyms

Famous actor Jack Nicholson

The object of the research we have today to be extremely pleasant. But every word needs to be substituted. Sometimes circumstances require. Let the reader does not fall into sorrow, we would help him with the words “great”

  • Big;
  • Great;
  • Known;
  • Known;
  • Remarkable.
  • Genius;
  • Outstanding;
  • Gifted;
  • Talented;
  • Immense.

When the replacement is quite a lot, we select ten of the most interesting. Of course, not all substitutions are identical in content to the object of study. Therefore, we must vigilantly monitor the context and accuracy of expression when there is a need for synonyms.

Only history will judge who is great and who is – foam

As we said, people love stereotypes. With them life easier. Our present object of study – the adjective “great”, became a victim of this habit of people to generalize. Now we reward such an epithet all who we love. But really on the greatness of man can only be judged after his death, when the end of life announced. And, as a rule, only history can give out medals. But so the person is arranged, he is fascinated by nature. The more synonyms that have been mentioned just above, suggests that the meaning of the word “great” suggests a different interpretation.


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