Great persons
1great — greatness, n. /grayt/, adj., greater, greatest, adv., n., pl. greats, (esp. collectively) great, interj. adj. 1. unusually or comparatively large in size or dimensions: A great fire destroyed nearly half the city …
2great — [[t]greɪt[/t]] adj. great•er, great•est, 1) unusually or comparatively large in size or dimensions; big 2) large in number; numerous: great herds of buffalo[/ex] 3) unusual or considerable in degree, power, intensity, etc.: great pain[/ex] 4)… …
3great — I. a. 1. Large, big, vast, huge, bulky, ample, immense, gigantic, Herculean, Cyclopean, enormous. 2. Much, excessive, high. 3. Numerous, countless. 4. Considerable, important, weighty. 5. Distinguished, eminent, prominent, exalted, elevated,… …
4Great ape personhood — is a movement to create legal recognition of bonobos, common chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans (the non human great apes) as bona fide persons.First stepsOn February 28, 2007 the parliament of the Balearic Islands, an autonomous province of… …
5Great Purge — ( ru. Большая чистка, transliterated Bolshaya chistka ) was a series of campaigns of political repression and persecution in the Soviet Union orchestrated by Joseph Stalin in 1937 1938. Orlando Figes The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin s… …
6Great Ape Project — Founder(s) Peter Singer and Paola Cavalieri Founded 1994 Focus Animal rights …
7Great Books — refers to a curriculum and a book list. Mortimer Adler lists three criteria for including a book on the list:* the book has contemporary significance; that is, it has relevance to the problems and issues of our times; * the book is inexhaustible; …
8Great Fire of Smyrna — Great Fire of Smyrna, 14 September 1922 The Great Fire of Smyrna or the Catastrophe of Smyrna[1][2][3] (Greek: Καταστροφή της Σμύρνης, Turkish …
9GREAT POLAND — (Pol. Wielkopolska; Heb. פּוֹלִין גָּדוֹל), historic administrative unit of Poland Lithuania, and a Jewish historical geographical entity within the framework of the councils of the lands . The region, which lay on both sides of the Warta River,… …
10Great Harbour Cay — (pronounced key or quay , IPAEng|ˈkiː) is the major island in the north Berry Islands. The Islands are a stirrup shaped chain of thirty large cays and numerous small cays of about thirty two miles in length. The islands are located to the south… …
