the great and the good
great-
prefix
uk /ɡreɪt-/ us /ɡreɪt-/
used with a word for a family member to mean one generation away from that member: （与表示家庭成员的词连用，表示更高或更低一辈）曾
your great-grandmother (= the grandmother of one of your parents)你的（外）曾祖母
your great-grandson (= the grandson of your child)你的曾（外）孙

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

a grandchild
grandchildNow I see my grandchildren every week.
grandsonShe has a 10 -year-old grandson.
granddaughterHis life is transformed by the arrival of his orphaned granddaughter.
great-I have six grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

a grandparent
grandparentMy grandparents are both in their 80s.
grandmotherWe went to visit our grandmother in hospital.
grandfatherHer paternal grandfather was a miner.
grandmaWhen grandma comes to visit, she always brings sweets.
grannyShe visited her granny in Pasadena.
nanUKShe was brought up by her nan.
This is your great-uncle George. He's Daddy's uncle.
I have seven grandchildren, and lots of great-nephews and -nieces.
Adelia was my great-aunt and a very grand old lady.
He is the great-great-grandson of Sigmund Freud.
We found the graves of my great-great-grandfather and his first and second wives.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Family: relations in general
anti-family
aunt
auntie
baby daddy
baby mama
family man
father
fatherhood
filial
filially
kinship
kinsman
kinswoman
kith and kin
long-lost
relationally
relationship
relative
removed
second cousin

great | American Dictionary

great
adjective[ -er/-est only ]
us/ɡreɪt/

greatadjective[-er/-est only] (LARGE)

large or unusually large in amount or degree:
the Great Lakes
He went on to great success as an actor.
There was a great deal of (= a lot of) excitement in the classroom before lunch.

greatadjective[-er/-est only] (IMPORTANT)

important, powerful, or famous:
a great president
a great athlete

greatadjective[-er/-est only] (GOOD)

infml
very good or very effective; excellent:
We had a great time.
She has a great voice.
This stuff is great for cleaning windows.

greatness

noun[ U ]us/ˈɡreɪt·nəs/
Her greatness as a writer is beyond question.
great
noun[ C ]
us/ɡreɪt/

greatnoun[C] (IMPORTANT PERSON)

a famous person in a particular area of activity:
This sports facility is named after the tennis great Arthur Ashe.
great-
prefix
us/ˌɡreɪt/

great-prefix (FAMILIES)

used with a word for a family member, such as grandmother, to mean one generation older than that family member:
great-grandmother

Examples of great

great
This may include planning a further move to housing offering a greater degree of shelter, or even greater reliance on families.
Thus, the spending of the new pesticide tax proceeds, to a great extent, would redistribute money from conventional to organic farming.
Specifically, the younger children might be expected to show greater phonetic sensitivity to the input than older children.
Seventy-eight per cent admitted that they would be more empathetic towards patients, with greater sensitivity to their psychological distress, in the future.
Both of these subscales are scored so that high scores indicate greater psychological well-being and vitality.
Correspondingly, men and women with the greatest burden of childcare responsibilities had increased risk of psychological distress, but this risk was significantly greater for men.
Work factors had a greater impact on class differences in psychological distress in men.
This strengthens the case for work factors having a greater impact on socioeconomic inequalities in psychological distress among men.
Questionnaire on priority assessment of patients referred to orthopedic surgeons showed great differences between reviewers.
Both maps illustrate in great detail the most modern, developed areas and iconic buildings, while the less densely inhabited areas were reduced in size.
Compared with the region's previous combustible qualities, this was a great achievement.
It was most significant from the reported participation from over 25 countries worldwide that there is a great interest in the development of such methodologies.
This may indeed represent one of the events that triggered the great development of the dorsal pallium and associated structures in the mammalian radiation.
They will only be removed if growers appreciate the significance of compaction and exercise greater patience in organizing their planting schedule.
In this functional approach, the roles of language use and frequency receive greater emphasis.
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