greatest

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɹeɪtɪst/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪtɪst
  • Hyphenation: great‧est

Adjective[edit]

greatest

  1. superlative form of great: most great
    • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
      Caliban: [] I never saw a woman / But only Sycorax, my dam, and she; / But she as far surpasseth Sycorax / As great'st does least.

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