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  1. The Forbidden City is one of the world's greatest works of architecture.
    紫禁城是世界上最伟大的建筑之一。
  2. London is among the greatest cities of the world.
    伦敦是世界上最大的城市之一。
  3. London is amongst the greatest cities of the world.
    伦敦是世界上最大的城市之一。


greatest
[ adj ]
highest in quality
<adj.all>


Great \Great\ (gr[=a]t), a. [Compar. {Greater}; superl.
{Greatest}.] [OE. gret, great, AS. gre['a]t; akin to OS. &
LG. gr[=o]t, D. groot, OHG. gr[=o]z, G. gross. Cf. {Groat}
the coin.]
1. Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous;
expanded; -- opposed to {small} and {little}; as, a great
house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length.

2. Large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude,
series, etc.

3. Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time;
as, a great while; a great interval.

4. Superior; admirable; commanding; -- applied to thoughts,
actions, and feelings.

5. Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able
to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty;
noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher,
etc.

6. Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent;
distinguished; foremost; principal; as, great men; the
great seal; the great marshal, etc.

He doth object I am too great of birth. --Shak.

7. Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as,
a great argument, truth, or principle.

8. Pregnant; big (with young).

The ewes great with young. --Ps. lxxviii.
71.

9. More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree;
as, to use great caution; to be in great pain.

We have all
Great cause to give great thanks. --Shak.

10. (Genealogy) Older, younger, or more remote, by single
generation; -- often used before grand to indicate one
degree more remote in the direct line of descent; as,
great-grandfather (a grandfather's or a grandmother's
father), great-grandson, etc.

{Great bear} (Astron.), the constellation Ursa Major.

{Great cattle} (Law), all manner of cattle except sheep and
yearlings. --Wharton.

{Great charter} (Eng. Hist.), Magna Charta.

{Great circle of a sphere}, a circle the plane of which
passes through the center of the sphere.

{Great circle sailing}, the process or art of conducting a
ship on a great circle of the globe or on the shortest arc
between two places.

{Great go}, the final examination for a degree at the
University of Oxford, England; -- called also {greats}.
--T. Hughes.

{Great guns}. (Naut.) See under Gun.

{The Great Lakes} the large fresh-water lakes (Lakes
Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario) which lie on
the northern borders of the United States.

{Great master}. Same as {Grand master}, under {Grand}.

{Great organ} (Mus.), the largest and loudest of the three
parts of a grand organ (the others being the choir organ
and the swell, and sometimes the pedal organ or foot
keys), It is played upon by a separate keyboard, which has
the middle position.

{The great powers} (of Europe), in modern diplomacy, Great
Britain, France, Germany, Austria, Russia, and Italy.

{Great primer}. See under {Type}.

{Great scale} (Mus.), the complete scale; -- employed to
designate the entire series of musical sounds from lowest
to highest.

{Great sea}, the Mediterranean sea. In Chaucer both the Black
and the Mediterranean seas are so called.

{Great seal}.
(a) The principal seal of a kingdom or state.
(b) In Great Britain, the lord chancellor (who is
custodian of this seal); also, his office.

{Great tithes}. See under Tithes.

{The great}, the eminent, distinguished, or powerful.

{The Great Spirit}, among the North American Indians, their
chief or principal deity.

{To be great} (with one), to be intimate or familiar (with
him). --Bacon.

greatest \greatest\ adj. [superl. of {great}.]
1. not to be surpassed.

Syn: top.
[WordNet 1.5]

2. largest in size of those under consideration.

Syn: biggest, largest.
[WordNet 1.5]

3. most of.
[WordNet 1.5]

4. highest in importance or degree or significance or
achievement; most eminent; as, our greatest statesmen.

Syn: leading(prenominal), preeminent.
[WordNet 1.5]

5. highest in quality.

Syn: sterling(prenominal), superlative.
[WordNet 1.5]

  1. Margaret Thatcher, one of freedom's greatest champions of the last decade, told me that, while NATO has been fantastically successful, we should be ready now to face new challenges.
  2. The lack of books had made his childhood in Scotland seem like prison, but when he reached London, he found things little better. The greatest city in the world had no public libraries and books were expensive.
  3. But Dr Tim Jackson of the Stockholm Environment Unit showed us slides depicting savings made by various energy-efficiency strategies, such as switching fuels (greatest saving) to advanced coal technology (additional cost).
  4. To many foreign observers like myself the Reagan presidency has been an outstanding success, restoring to the world's greatest democracy its economic dynamism, its self-confidence and self-respect and its paramount place in geopolitics.
  5. The national deficit was cited by 30 percent as the single greatest threat to the economy.
  6. As the embarrassment in the Senate later proved, it was not one of Mr. Carter's greatest moments.
  7. Others go blissfully on, voting large raises for themselves and constituents, handing out dollars for pet projects where their greatest poitical support is, and not enacting any really meaningful reform for both social and economic issues.
  8. Colgate's operating profit climbed 25% to $52.3 million, with European operations showing the greatest strength.
  9. That convention concluded that "freedom of the press is one of the greatest bulwarks of liberty and ought not to be violated."
  10. Elsewhere, precedence isn't necessarily given to computer projects that would be of greatest benefit to the entire company.
  11. It found the risk greatest for children because of the large amounts of apple products they consume.
  12. "The idea is to give the greatest number of Bahrainis a real stake in the stability of this country."
  13. The greatest growth came from the non-insurance businesses.
  14. However, several businessmen said the changes don't eliminate the greatest obstacles to Western firms. "You've got to be able to repatriate profits and guarantee a supply of materials locally," said John Burgess of Midland Bank PLC.
  15. Two weeks after Herbert von Karajan's death, the Salzburg Festival bade farewell Sunday to its greatest maestro and mentor in a commemorative hour of music, with no speeches.
  16. Sometimes, when I'm faced with an unbeliever, an atheist, I am tempted to invite him to the greatest gourmet dinner that one could ever serve.
  17. "Simple arithmetic points clearly to those areas where the scope for action is greatest," Greenspan testified.
  18. 'U is for Unconverted', not tries, but people who do not realise that rugby is the greatest game in the world.
  19. Her column survived for another 18 years, but Thompson's greatest days were clearly spent sounding the alarms about impending war and the dangers of Nazi ideology.
  20. At least 2,000 people gathered at the swept-clean site of a collapsed department store to mourn the 14 dead and hear the disaster and rescue described as "our finest hour as well as our greatest tragedy." "The disaster is now over.
  21. But the greatest opportunities still lie within the rail industry, say rail executives, to squeeze out inefficiency and move more freight with fewer assets.
  22. It said that 16% of the purchasing managers reported higher employment, the greatest percentage since March 1985.
  23. This internal susceptibility to the fever of elitism is by far the greatest danger for black colleges.
  24. The sense of crisis at VW may be his greatest ally. Unlike many of its rivals, VW's balance sheet is in reasonable shape.
  25. Raising money 'is tough on both sides of the water', explains Jones. Perhaps the greatest myth in the UK is that US start-ups have it easy when it comes to raising venture capital.
  26. For Chan, a 46-year-old, native-born Hong Kong Chinese who speaks flawless British-accented English, the Beijing crackdown and its impact on the colony have presented the greatest challenge of his career and personal life.
  27. The hosta's greatest enemy is not a gardener on holiday: it is our slimy friend.
  28. The greatest increase among males was between the ages of 6 and 11, and the biggest among females was in those aged 12 to 17. Obesity was less prevalent among blacks than whites, but that gap has narrowed recently, he said.
  29. "Paint Another Picture" (Columbia) _ Darlene Love Darlene Love is one of the greatest rock 'n' roll singers ever to grace our planet.
  30. "People are going to go to the market (that has) the greatest amount of integrity," says SEC attorney Michael Mann, who cites increased foreign cooperation with the agency's investigations.
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