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Originally Posted by competentone

1: proper or rightly pertinent
2: having requisite or adequate ability or qualities : fit (a competent teacher) (a competent piece of work)
3: legally qualified or adequate (a competent witness)
4: having the capacity to function or develop in a particular way ; specifically : having the capacity to respond (as by producing an antibody) to an antigenic determinant (immunologically competent cells)



Main Entry: great
\grāt, Southern also gre(ə)t\
Function:
adjective
Etymology:
Middle English grete, from Old English grēat; akin to Old High German grōz large
Date:
before 12th century

1 a: notably large in size : huge b: of a kind characterized by relative largeness —used in plant and animal names c: elaborate , ample (great detail)
2 a: large in number or measure : numerous (great multitudes) b: predominant (the great majority)
3: remarkable in magnitude, degree, or effectiveness (great bloodshed)
4: full of emotion (great with anger)
5 a: eminent , distinguished (a great poet) b: chief or preeminent over others —often used in titles (Lord Great Chamberlain) c: aristocratic , grand (great ladies)
6: long continued (a great while)
7: principal , main (a reception in the great hall)
8: more remote in a family relationship by a single generation than a specified relative (great-grandfather)
9: markedly superior in character or quality ; especially : noble (great of soul)
10 a: remarkably skilled (great at tennis) b: marked by enthusiasm : keen (great on science fiction)
11—used as a generalized term of approval (had a great time)(it was just great>

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