greatness
Syllables: great·ness/ˈɡɹeɪtnəs/
greatness noun: the state, condition, or quality of being great.
Noun
greatness (countable and uncountable, plural greatnesses)
- The state, condition, or quality of being great
- Due to the greatness of his size, he was an effective bodyguard.
- greatness of mind
- Pride; haughtiness.
- It is not of pride or greatness that he cometh not aboard your ships.1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “New Atlantis. A Worke Vnfinished.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn]...
greatness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
greatness in Hindi
- the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc
- महानता mahāntā, महिमा mahimā, बड़प्पन baṛappan, बड़ाई baṛāī, अज़मत azmat, अजमत ajmat
greatness in Tamil
- சிறப்பு, மகத்துவம், மேன்மை
greatness in Marathi
- greatness
- महत्त्व mahattva
greatness in Urdu
- the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc
- عَظْمَت 'azmat, عَظَمَت 'azamat, بَڑائِی baṛāī
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- greatness in Bengali
- মাহাত্ম্য mahattto
- greatness in Telugu
- గొప్పతనం goppatanaṁ
- greatness in Malayalam
- മഹിമ mahima, വിയം viyaṁ, മഹത്ത്വം mahattvaṁ, വലിമ valima
- greatness in Kannada
- ವೈಭವ vaibhava
- greatness in Punjabi
- ਮਹਾਨਤਾ
- greatness in Gujarati
- મહત્ત્વ mahattva
- greatness in Odia
- ବିସ୍ତାର bistāra, ବିଭୂତି bibhuti, ଭଗ bhaga
- greatness in Sanskrit
- महस् mahas
- greatness in Nepali
- महानता
- greatness in Pashto
- عظمت 'azamát
- greatness in Arabic
- عَظَمَة ʕaẓama, كِبَر kibar
- greatness in Thai
- ความยิ่งใหญ่ kwaam-yîng-yài
- greatness in Vietnamese
- sự to lớn
Examples of greatness in a sentence
- And some haue greatnesse thrust vpon them.c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, &...
- I was glad Scott had come to the same happy conclusion as to this possible greatness, but I was also glad he was beginning to run out of his speech.1964, Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 147:
- He showed his greatness when it mattered, but his occasional weakness too.2012 June 29, Kevin Mitchell, “Roger Federer Back from Wimbledon 2012 Brink to Beat Julien Benneteau”, in The Guardian, archived from the...
Forms of greatness
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Origin of greatness
From Middle English gretnesse, gretnes, greetnesse, from Old English grēatnes. Equivalent to great + -ness.
Words formed from greatness
Words that rhyme with greatness
Questions about greatness
- What does greatness mean?
- Greatness means the state, condition, or quality of being great.
- What is greatness in Hindi?
- Greatness in Hindi is महानता (mahāntā), महिमा (mahimā), बड़प्पन (baṛappan). See Greatness meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use greatness in a sentence?
- And some haue greatnesse thrust vpon them.
- What part of speech is greatness?
- Greatness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce greatness?
- Greatness is pronounced /ˈɡɹeɪtnəs/.
- What is the plural of greatness?
- The plural of greatness is greatnesses.
Words near greatness in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: greatness (page history and authors); greatness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); महत्त्व (Marathi) (page history and authors); মাহাত্ম্য (Bengali) (page history and authors); പെരുപ്പം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ವೈಭವ (Kannada) (page history and authors); greatness (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); મહત્ત્વ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ବିଭୂତି (Odia) (page history and authors); greatness (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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