Definition
great: excellent, wonderful; big, significant, major
greatest is the superlative of great.
Great!: Excellent! Cool! Very good!
Pronunciation examples
UK: I have some great news, I'm getting married!
US: Come here and give me a great big hug.
- "Brian : Great, what do you have in stock?"
- "Joan : Oh great."
- "Dr. Loblaw : Great."
- "Brian : Great!"
- "Anna: What a great film!"
- "Horatio : Great!"
- "Dr. Loblaw : Okay, great."
- "Opera : Great idea, Syd."
- "It's great to be here in sunny California."
- "You were really great out there, with all those jokes about killing people!"
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