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Definition of Greatness
1. Noun. The property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence.
Generic synonyms: Importance
Derivative terms: Great, Illustrious, Illustrious
2. Noun. Unusual largeness in size or extent or number.
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
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Greatness
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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