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  • 1great — greatness, n. /grayt/, adj., greater, greatest, adv., n., pl. greats, (esp. collectively) great, interj. adj. 1. unusually or comparatively large in size or dimensions: A great fire destroyed nearly half the city …

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  • 2great — /greɪt / (say grayt) adjective 1. unusually or comparatively large in size or dimensions: a great house; a great lake; a great fire. 2. large in number; numerous: a great many. 3. unusual or considerable in degree: great pain. 4. notable or… …

  • 3great — [[t]greɪt[/t]] adj. great•er, great•est, 1) unusually or comparatively large in size or dimensions; big 2) large in number; numerous: great herds of buffalo[/ex] 3) unusual or considerable in degree, power, intensity, etc.: great pain[/ex] 4)… …

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  • 4Great white shark — Taxobox name = Great white shark fossil range = Pliocene to recent status = VU trend = unknown status system = iucn2.3 image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Chondrichthyes subclassis = Elasmobranchii ordo = Lamniformes …

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  • 5degree — noun 1 measurement of angles VERB + DEGREE ▪ rotate, spin, turn ▪ I turned the wheel 90 degrees, PREPOSITION ▪ through … degrees ▪ …

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  • 6Great Leap Forward — For other uses, see Great Leap Forward (disambiguation). History of the People s Republic of China   &#1 …

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  • 7Great ape — Taxobox name = HominidsMSW3 Groves|pages=181 184|id=12100786] fossil range = Miocene to Recent image width = 250px image caption = Australopithecus africanus reconstruction regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Primates… …

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  • 8List of unusual units of measurement — For units of measure primarily used in countries where English is not the main language, see the article specific to that country, a list of which can be found in the systems of measurement article. An unusual unit of measurement is a unit of… …

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  • 9Legends about Theodoric the Great — Dietrich catches the dwarf Alfrich (1883), by Johannes Gehrts. The Gothic King Theodoric the Great was remembered in Germanic legend as Dietrich von Bern (Bern is the Middle High German name for Verona, where Theodoric had one of his residences) …

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  • 10List of unusual deaths — This article provides a list of unusual deaths ndash; unique or extremely rare circumstances ndash; recorded throughout history. The list also includes less rare, but still unusual, deaths of prominent people.Antiquity Note: Many of these stories …

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