People love labels. Stereotypes help reduce the world to a set of patterns. Somewhere we do not want to succumb to the charm of commonplace judgments, but mostly we readily accept them on faith and calm down. Today we will talk about the word "great". It is often used by journalists and commentators. Let's learn the full range of its meaning.
Meaning
Human life is full of days. Some of them are nothing special. The second ones are a little more out of the general row. The third can be characterized by the word "great". What are these events? Everyone has their own: wedding, birthday, the birth of a son or daughter. There are days when there are professional successes. For example, remember that Emmett Brown from Robert Zemeckis's iconic Back to the Future trilogy remembered exactly when he invented the flux capacitor - the reason for time travel. This significant event happened on November 5, 1955.
Of course, the average person does not have such amazingaccomplishments, but there are important, although not very significant in the eyes of mankind, victories - the first date or the first job. This will also be remembered forever. The first job is followed by the beloved, the work of a lifetime, well, this is at best. However, the time has come to reveal to the reader all the meanings of the word "great", and not operate with a single meaning:
- Exceeding general level, ordinary measure, value, outstanding.
- Very large.
- Oversized, spacious.
Characteristically, the last value exists only in short form.
Examples of usage
It makes no sense to illustrate the first position of the list, we have already devoted more space to it than is allowed. But others must be mentioned. Sometimes the meanings of the word "great" can go one into another. For example, when the Russian team beat the Dutch team at Euro 2008, it was a great joy. And here the adjective could be attached to two nouns - “joy” and “day”. We, football fans, were visited by great joy, that is, very great, and at the same time this day became great, that is, it stood out against the general background. As a rule, when positive emotions go off scale, the date is automatically remembered. But great sadness also happens in human life, and here it cannot be said that the meanings of the word “great” intersect.
The third meaning, which exists only in short form, is used most often in relation to clothing:
- This sweater was too big for me, so I had to retie.
- These boots turned out to be too big for Ivan Petrovich, so he took them to the store.
- Slava's mittens were too big, he looked funny in them.
Since the language is relatively free, a similar meaning can be applied to abstract things, for example: "This position, I think, is still great for Ivan Fedorovich, he has not grown up to it."
To appreciate the true variety of the word "great", let's look at its substitutions.
Synonyms
The object of study we have today is extremely pleasant. But every word needs to be changed. Sometimes circumstances require it. Let the reader not fall into sadness, we will help him with synonyms for the word "great":
- large;
- huge;
- famous;
- famous;
- significant.
- brilliant;
- outstanding;
- gifted;
- talented;
- immeasurable.
When there are enough substitutions, we choose the ten most interesting ones. Naturally, not all replacements are identical in content to the object of study. Therefore, one must be vigilant about the context and the accuracy of the expression when the need arises for synonyms.
Only history will judge who is great and who is the foam of days
As we said, people are very fond of stereotypes. Life is easier with them. Our object of study today - the adjective "great" - has fallen victim to this habit of people to generalize. Now we reward likean epithet for everyone we like. But in fact, the greatness of a person can only be judged after his death, when the result of life has been summed up. And, as a rule, only history can issue medals. But that's the way a person is arranged, he is an addictive nature. Moreover, the synonyms that were mentioned just above indicate that the meaning of the word "great" suggests different interpretations.
