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große — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • extent noun The area, range, or degree to which something covers or applies.
  • great adj Very large in size, extent, or degree.
  • greatness noun The quality of being great, distinguished, or exceptional.
  • height noun The measurement of how tall something or someone is, from base to top.
  • major adj Of great importance, size, or seriousness.
  • size noun The physical dimensions, extent, or amount of something.
  • tallness noun The quality or characteristic of being tall.

Senses

große is used for these senses in English:

  • extent The space, area, volume, point, or abstract location, to which something extends.
  • great Important, consequential.
  • great A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.
  • greatness The state, condition, or quality of being great
  • height The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).
  • size The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is. [from 15th c.]
  • size A specific set of dimensions for a manufactured article, especially clothing. [from 16th c.]
  • tallness The quality or characteristic of being tall.

great — full definition

  1. adj Very large in size, extent, or degree.
  2. adj Excellent or very good.
  3. adj Important or highly significant.
  4. adj Used before "grand-" to add an extra generation of family relationship.

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