Plural of great
regular plural
The plural of great is greats.
Forms of great
| Singular | great /ˈɡɹeɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | greats /ɡɹeɪts/ |
| Countable | countable |
Greats in a sentence
- Newton and Einstein are two of the greats of the history of science.
- That, in a nutshell, perhaps sums up the difference between Messi and the players on the next rung below – the ones who can be described as great footballers without necessarily being football greats.2019 May 1, Daniel Taylor, The Guardian
- Reading business biographies is interesting, but they are not cookbooks that can teach hacks how to be greats.From the entry cookbook
- Time Travel’s a cinch compared to fooling the greats of magic all the way up Magicianry’s ladder.2018, A. Reneé Olesiewicz, The Wonderer: A Darby, Baird & Co. Novel, Wisconsin: TypeWritten Smitten Publishing, →ISBN, page 224. From the entry magicianry
- South Africa′s golfing greats battle it out on one of the country′s premier courses.2011, Pippa de Bruyn, Keith Bain, Frommer′s South Africa, 7th edition, unnumbered page. From the entry premier
Meaning of great
- adjective Taking much space; large.
- adjective Much, more than usual.
- adjective Intensifying a word or expression, used in mild oaths.
Questions about the plural of great
- What is the plural of great?
- The plural of great is greats.
- Is great countable?
- Great is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: great (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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