gree
/ɡɹiː/
gree noun: one of a flight of steps.
Noun (1)
gree (plural grees)
- One of a flight of steps.
- "My grand-daughter doesn't like to be kept waitin' when the tea is ready, for it takes me time to crammle aboon the grees, for there be a many of 'em, and miss, I lack belly-timber sairly by the clock."1897, Bram Stoker, chapter 5, in Dracula
- A stage in a process; a degree of rank or station.
- He is a shepherd great in gree.1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Iuly. Ægloga Septima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC
- A degree.
Noun (2)
gree (countable and uncountable, plural grees)
- Pre-eminence; victory or superiority in combat (hence also, the prize for winning a combat).
- bycause Sir Palomydes beganne fyrste, and never he wente nor rode oute of the fylde to repose hym, but ever he was doynge on horsebak othir on foote, and lengest durynge, Kynge Arthure and all the kynges gaff Sir Palomydes the honoure and the gre as for that day.1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book X
- And thenne the kynge lete blowe to lodgynge
and by cause sir Palomydes beganne fyrste
and neuer he went nor rode oute of the feld to repose
but euer was doynge merueyllously wel outher on foote or on horsbak
and lengest durynge Kynge Arthur and alle the kynges gaf sir Palomydes the honour and the...1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “lxxj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book X
Noun (3)
gree (uncountable)
- Pleasure, goodwill, satisfaction.
- Accept in gree, my lord, the words I spoke.1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield...
- When it was the Second Night, said Dunyazad to her sister Shahrazad, "O my sister, finish for us that story of the Merchant and the Jinni;" and she answered "With joy and goodly gree, if the King permit me."1885, Sir Richard Francis Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume 1
Verb
gree (third-person singular simple present grees, present participle greeing, simple past and past participle greed)
- To agree.
- Gob. […]how dooſt thou and thy Maſter agree, I haue brought him a preſent; how gree you now?c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
gree meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
gree in Tamil
- கிருதம், வெற்றிக்கான விலை
gree in Urdu
- برتری, انعام, منزل, رتبہ
gree in Bengali
- পদক্ষেপের একটি ফ্লাইট, একটি প্রক্রিয়ার একটি পর্যায়, পদমর্যাদা, স্টেশনের একটি ডিগ্রি, প্রাক বিশিষ্টতা, যুদ্ধে বিজয়
Forms of gree
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | grees |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | grees |
| present participle | greeing |
| past participle | greed |
| past | greed |
Origin of gree
From Middle English gre, from Old French gré, from Latin gradum (“step”). Compare degree. Doublet of grade.
From (pre-reform) Scottish Gaelic gré, from Old Scottish Gaelic gray.
From Middle English gre, from Old French gré (“pleasure, goodwill”), from Latin gratum, a noun use of the neuter of gratus (“pleasing”).
Words that rhyme with gree
Questions about gree
- What does gree mean?
- Gree means one of a flight of steps.
- What is gree in Tamil?
- Gree in Tamil is கிருதம், வெற்றிக்கான விலை. See Gree meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is gree?
- Gree can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce gree?
- Gree is pronounced /ɡɹiː/.
- What is the plural of gree?
- The plural of gree is grees.
Words near gree in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: gree (page history and authors); gree (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gree (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gree (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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