: the quality or state of being great (as in size, skill, achievement, or power)
Today, many Inca buildings still stand—all witnesses to an empire of unforgettable greatness.—
Michelle Laliberte
Michelle LaliberteAn understanding of the visible world became a better way of understanding the greatness of God.—Mario Salvadori
Mario SalvadoriI came back convinced that bourbon and its cousins are America's contribution to world distillery, with as strong a claim to greatness as anything from Scotland, Ireland, or Canada.—Corby Kummer
Corby Kummer… young team that came within a game of reaching the World Series, a team on the verge of greatness.—Barry Rozner
Barry RoznerTyson, 33, has long since abandoned any claim to boxing greatness, having squandered his promise in two jail sentences, a suspension and several gory defeats.—Richard Hoffer
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Examples of greatness in a Sentence
a poet whose work is of enduring greatness
the overwhelming greatness of the canyon is what visitors first notice
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But Otto was the first to wear the uniform who was destined for a level of greatness the sport’s history would indelibly record.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 20 May 2024
His grandiloquent narration repeatedly expresses as much, along with assurances that greatness is his destiny, and that everyone around him is some manner of fool for not recognizing his genius.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 19 May 2024
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 20 May 2024
His grandiloquent narration repeatedly expresses as much, along with assurances that greatness is his destiny, and that everyone around him is some manner of fool for not recognizing his genius.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 19 May 2024
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“Greatness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/greatness. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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