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Grammar : Noun |
Spell : greyt |
Phonetic Transcription : greɪt |
Definition of greatness
Origin :- late Old English gretnys "thickness, coarseness, stoutness;" see great + -ness. Meaning "eminence" is early 14c.
- noun large size
- noun nobleness of character; eminence
- For a man's heart is sensitive in proportion to its greatness.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- Voices were raised saying we had to look to our past for the greatness and glory.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- But we have no promise from God that our greatness will endure.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- But such action on his part offended the greatness of the law's dignity.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- I want to liberate Englishmen so far as I can from the tyranny of Shakespeare's greatness.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- It is this greatness of soul in Cleopatra which Shakespeare has now to portray.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- The greatness of a country does not in all cases turn on its great rogues.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 2, April 9, 1870 » by Various
- Applauds Clarissa for the generosity of her spirit, and the greatness of her mind.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- In these things, he said, lay the greatness of America and the effeteness of England.
- Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
- And it was here that I first discovered the greatness of Freeland.
- Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
Synonyms for greatness
- abundance
- amplitude
- bigness
- bulk
- celebrity
- chivalry
- dignity
- distinction
- enormity
- fame
- force
- generosity
- glory
- grandeur
- heroism
- high degree
- high-mindedness
- hugeness
- idealism
- illustriousness
- immensity
- importance
- infinity
- intensity
- length
- loftiness
- magnanimity
- magnitude
- majesty
- mass
- merit
- might
- morality
- nobility
- note
- potency
- power
- prodigiousness
- prominence
- renown
- sizableness
- stateliness
- strength
- sublimity
- vastness
- worthiness
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