Definition of Greatness

1. Noun. The property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence.

Exact synonyms: Illustriousness
Generic synonyms: Importance
Derivative terms: Great, Illustrious, Illustrious

2. Noun. Unusual largeness in size or extent or number.
Exact synonyms: Enormousness, Grandness, Immenseness, Immensity, Sizeableness, Vastness, Wideness
Generic synonyms: Bigness, Largeness
Specialized synonyms: Enormity
Derivative terms: Enormous, Grand, Grand, Great, Great, Immense, Immense, Sizeable, Sizeable, Vast, Wide, Wide, Wide, Wide

Definition of Greatness

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

Definition of Greatness

1. Noun. The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc. ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete) : Pride; haughtiness. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Greatness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Greatness

greater water parsnip
greater whitethroat
greater wing of sphenoid bone
greater yellowlegs
greater zygomatic muscle
greatest
greatest common divisor
greatest common divisors
greatest common factor
greatest length
greatest thing since sliced bread
greatgrandchildren
greathearted
greatheartedly
greatly
greatness (current term)
greatnesses
greats
greatsword
greatswords
greave
greaved
greaves
greaving
grebe
grebes
grebo
grebos
grece
greces

Literary usage of Greatness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of William H. Seward by William Henry Seward, George E. Baker (1853)
"THE TRUE greatness OF OUR COUNTRY. PATRIOTISM is allied to philosophy, and inseparable from benevolence. A virtuous citizen is not satisfied with knowing ..."

2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, William Smith (1862)
"THE ascent to greatness, however steep and dangerous, may entertain an active spirit with the consciousness and exercise of greatness its own powers : but ..."

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