All related terms of 'great-great-'

You use great to describe something that is very large. Great is more formal than big .

any of the larger anthropoid apes , such as the chimpanzee , orang-utan , or gorilla

a large flightless auk , Pinguinus impennis, extinct since the middle of the 19th century

→ the Great Dog

If you describe someone or something as great , you approve of them or admire them.

Joy is a feeling of great happiness.

enthusiastic about

a large common Eurasian tit , Parus major , with yellow-and-black underparts and a black-and-white head

World War I

those who are great

an aunt of one's father or mother ; sister of one's grandfather or grandmother

a semiarid region of the western US, between the Wasatch and the Sierra Nevada Mountains, having no drainage to the ocean : includes Nevada, W Utah , and parts of E California , S Oregon , and Idaho . Area: about 490 000 sq km (189 000 sq miles)

the constellation Ursa Major

a strait in Denmark , between Zealand and Funen islands, linking the Kattegat with the Baltic

a very large, powerful , yet graceful breed of dog with a short smooth coat

a large, white heron ( Egretta alba ) found in the marshy areas of every continent

city in WC Mont., on the Missouri River : pop. 57,000

→ the Great Glen

a unit of quantity equal to one dozen gross (or 1728)

An idea is a plan , suggestion , or possible course of action.

a group of five lakes in central North America with connecting waterways : the largest group of lakes in the world: consists of Lakes Superior , Huron , Erie , and Ontario , which are divided by the border between the US and Canada and Lake Michigan , which is wholly in the US; constitutes the most important system of inland waterways in the world, discharging through the St Lawrence into the Atlantic . Total length: 3767 km (2340 miles). Area: 246 490 sq km (95 170 sq miles)

any of the Muslim emperors of India (1526–1857)

News is information about a recently changed situation or a recent event.

a daughter of one's nephew or niece ; granddaughter of one's brother or sister

relatively large in size or extent; big

a river in E England, rising in Northamptonshire and flowing northeast to the Wash near King's Lynn ; for the last 56 km (35 miles) follows mainly artificial channels . Length: 257 km (160 miles)

A place is any point, building, area, town, or country.

a nation that has exceptional political influence , resources , and military strength

→ family room

the larger northern section of the island of Sark in the Channel Islands, connected to Little Sark by a narrow isthmus

any force, person, organization, or country that is regarded as evil , used esp of the United States by radical Islamists

the principal seal of a nation , sovereign , etc, used to authenticate signatures and documents of the highest importance

If you have a sense of guilt or relief , for example, you feel guilty or relieved .

a predatory gull-like bird, Stercorarius skua , which harasses gulls or terns into dropping or disgorging fish they have caught

a river in S England, in Kent , rising in the Weald and flowing N to the North Sea: separates the Isle of Thanet from the mainland

→ the Great Trek

an uncle of one's father or mother ; brother of one's grandfather or grandmother

a vast sheet of many thousands of gravitationally associated galaxies detected in the universe

the week preceding Easter , the equivalent of Holy Week in the Western Church

the wheel immediately driven by the power source

fashionable society and its way of life

one complete cycle of the precession of the equinoxes ; about 25 800 years

Great Britain is the island consisting of England, Scotland, and Wales, which together with Northern Ireland makes up the United Kingdom.

a large bird, Otis tarda , thought to be the heaviest terrestrial bird capable of flight

→ calorie (sense 2 )

If you have a chance to do something, you have the opportunity to do it.

a circular section of a sphere that has a radius equal to that of the sphere

(in medieval England) an assembly of the great nobles and prelates to advise the king

a principal mountain watershed

→ the Great Escape