"greatness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡreɪtnəs/ Audio: en-us-greatness.ogg [US] Forms: greatness [singular], [plural]
Etymology: great + -ness Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|great|ness}} great + -ness Head templates: {{noun4}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Greatness is the quality of being very important, powerful, or skillful.
    Sense id: simple-greatness-en-noun-JXTUF9uD
  2. Greatness is the state of being very large or grand.
    Sense id: simple-greatness-en-noun-7r9dvlfC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ness
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