greatest
part of speech
adjective (great, greater, greatest)
meaning for a pupil
1) Greatest means the biggest or the most of all. tree →
2) Greatest also means the best or most important: the greatest player of all time. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths: asks for the largest number or amount; compare all; part of «greatest common divisor» (also called greatest common factor); «greatest number of equal groups» uses it; «greatest 3-digit number» is 999. In history and stories: the greatest inventors, the greatest adventure. Phrases: the greatest, greatest common factor, greatest common divisor, greatest of all.
examples
- Which number is the greatest? tree →
- Find the greatest number of equal groups. tree →
- The greatest score was 95. tree →
- What is the greatest 3-digit number? tree →
- Order the numbers from greatest to least. tree →
- The blue whale is the greatest animal that ever lived. tree →
- Some say she is the greatest tennis player ever. tree →
- The greatest common factor of 12 and 18 is 6. tree →
- It is one of my greatest pleasures. tree →
note
Superlative of «great»: great, greater, greatest. In maths «greater than» is the sign >. Asks for the largest; compare all. In «greatest number of groups» look for the greatest common divisor. Trap: «greatest» is not «total».
In the corpora
- Badger and the Rat kept «staring at each other with their mouths open; and this gave him the greatest satisfaction».
- Egypt is mostly desert, yet one of the greatest civilisations grew there, all thanks to one river, the Nile.
- Mei says the First Emperor was the greatest ruler ever; the teacher says he was a tyrant.
- Danylo says Ukraine is the oldest and greatest.
- Your tap and your toilet are among the greatest life-savers ever invented, even if no game gives them a wonder.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «greatest» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.