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great [greɪt]1. adjectivea. (in size, importance) grand• the greatest names in football/poetry les plus grands noms du football/de la poésie• you were great! tu as été sensationnel ! (inf)• he's the greatest! il est formidable !• that's great! c'est super ! (inf)c. ( = enthusiastic) he's a great angler il est passionné de pêche2. adverba. ( = excellently) super bien (inf)3. exclamation4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━GREAT BRITAIN, UNITED KINGDOMDans l'usage courant, il est fréquent d'employer les mots Britain ou England pour désigner l'ensemble du Royaume-Uni, mais cet usage est impropre.La Grande-Bretagne, Great Britain ou Britain en anglais, est, strictement parlant, un terme géographique. Il désigne la plus grande des îles Britanniques et englobe donc l'Écosse et le pays de Galles. Avec l'Irlande, l'île de Man et les îles Anglo-Normandes, la Grande-Bretagne constitue les îles Britanniques ou British Isles, qui sont également une notion géographique puisqu'elles comprennent deux pays: le Royaume-Uni (capitale: Londres) et la République d'Irlande (capitale: Dublin).Le Royaume-Uni (de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord), en anglais United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) ou UK, est la désignation officielle d'une entité politique. Ses citoyens sont des Britanniques.* * *[greɪt] 1.2.the great — (+ v pl) les grands mpl
1) ( large) [height, speed, majority, object, danger, improvement] grand (before n); [number] grand (before n), important; [increase] fort (before n), important2) ( as intensifier) [excitement, surprise, relief, success, tragedy] grand (before n); [heat] fort (before n)a great many people — beaucoup de personnes, un grand nombre de personnes
you're a great help! — iron tu m'aides vraiment beaucoup!
3) ( remarkable) [person, name, painting, discovery] grand (before n)4) (colloq) ( excellent) [book, party, weather] génial (colloq), formidable (colloq); [opportunity] formidable (colloq)you look great! — ( healthy) tu as l'air en pleine forme!; ( attractive) tu es superbe!
that dress looks great on you — cette robe est géniale (colloq) sur toi
X is the greatest! — X est génial! (colloq)
5) (colloq) ( talented) génial (colloq), formidable (colloq)to be great at — être un as (colloq) à [tennis, football]
to be great with — être génial (colloq) avec [children, animals]
to be great on — être imbattable (colloq) sur [history, architecture]
6) (colloq) ( inveterate) [worrier, organizer] de première (colloq); [admirer, fan] grand (before n)3.(colloq) adverb•• -
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A n1 ( in title) Peter the Great Pierre le Grand ;D adj1 ( large) [height, width, distance, speed, majority, object, danger] grand (before n) ; [number, amount, percentage] grand (before n), important ; [increase] fort (before n), important ; [improvement, difference] grand (before n), considérable ; at great speed très vite, à grande vitesse ; a pay rise of 10% or £1200, whichever is the greater une augmentation de 10% ou de 1 200 livres sterling, le chiffre le plus élevé étant pris en compte ;2 ( as intensifier) [excitement, surprise, relief, success, tragedy, force, advantage] grand (before n) ; [heat, pain] fort (before n) ; a great deal (of) beaucoup (de) ; a great many people/houses beaucoup de personnes/maisons, un grand nombre de personnes/maisons ; to have great difficulty doing avoir beaucoup de mal à faire ; in great detail dans les moindres détails ; the map was a great help la carte a été très utile ; you're a great help! iron tu m'aides vraiment beaucoup! ;3 ( remarkable) [person, writer, name, achievement, painting, discovery] grand (before n) ;4 ○ ( excellent) [book, film, party, vacation, weather] génial ○, formidable ○ ; [opportunity] formidable ○ ; it's great to be back/to see you c'est formidable ○ d'être de retour/de te revoir ; to feel great se sentir en pleine forme ; you look great! ( healthy) tu as l'air en pleine forme! ; ( attractive) tu es superbe! ; that dress looks great on you cette robe est géniale ○ sur toi ; to have a great time bien s'amuser ; X is the greatest! X est génial ○ ! ;5 ○ ( talented) [teacher, singer, team] génial ○, formidable ○ ; to be great at être un as ○ à [tennis, football] ; to be great at fixing cars être génial ○ quand il s'agit de réparer des voitures ; to be great with être génial ○ avec [children, animals] ; to be great on être imbattable ○ sur [history, architecture] ;6 ○ ( enthusiastic) [worrier, flirt, organizer] de première ○ ; [admirer, friend, fan] grand (before n) ; he' s a great theatregoer/walker il adore aller au théâtre/marcher ; I've never been a great reader la lecture n'a jamais été mon truc ○.E ○ adv everything's going great tout marche comme sur des roulettes ○ ; I'm doing great ça marche très bien pour moi ○ ; the car/machine is working great la voiture/machine marche très bien.to cross the great divide faire le grand saut.
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