greatness

«greatness» in Mova's school dictionary: Being very important, powerful, skilled or famous — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (greatness; uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Being very important, powerful, skilled or famous. tree →

2) Being very good, wise or noble in character. tree →

3) Great size. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history and stories it describes famous leaders, artists and athletes: «the greatness of Shakespeare». In church life people speak of the greatness of God. Phrases: achieve greatness, signs of greatness, greatness of God, true greatness.

examples

• The coach saw signs of greatness in the young player. tree →
• The greatness of the pyramids amazed the travellers. tree →
• True greatness is about helping others, not just winning. tree →
• Christians praise the greatness of God in their songs. tree →
• The poet wrote about the greatness of the ocean. tree →
• Some people are born to greatness, others work hard for it. tree →
• But this greatness did not last long. tree →

note

Uncountable. From «great» + «-ness». Similar: excellence, importance, glory. Opposite: smallness, ordinariness.

In the corpora

• For I will proclaim the name of the LORD; ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
• For the greatness of thine iniquity, because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.
• 'Son of man, say unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude: whom art thou like in thy greatness?
• Thus was it fair in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its root was by many waters.
• Through the greatness of Thy power shall Thine enemies dwindle away before Thee.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «greatness» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.