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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greatness/#m1)

2) Being very good, wise or noble in character. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greatness/#m2)

3) Great size. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greatness/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greatness/#x1)
- The greatness of the pyramids amazed the travellers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greatness/#x2)
- True greatness is about helping others, not just winning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greatness/#x3)
- Christians praise the greatness of God in their songs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greatness/#x4)
- The poet wrote about the greatness of the ocean. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greatness/#x5)
- Some people are born to greatness, others work hard for it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greatness/#x6)
- But this greatness did not last long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greatness/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.887/)
- [For the greatness of thine iniquity, because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.823/)
- ['Son of man, say unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude: whom art thou like in thy greatness?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.798/)
- [Thus was it fair in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its root was by many waters.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.803/)
- [Through the greatness of Thy power shall Thine enemies dwindle away before Thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1062/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «greatness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greatness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.