GREATNESS
Greatness
Greatness is a concept of a state of superiority affecting a person, object, or place. Greatness can also be referred to individuals who possess a natural ability to be better than all others. The concept carries the implication that the particular person or object, when compared to others of a similar type, has clear advantage. As a descriptive term it is most often applied to a person or their work, and may be qualified or unqualified. An example of an expression of the concept in a qualified sense would be "Winston Churchill was one of the greatest wartime leaders". In the unqualified sense it might be stated "Winston Churchill ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Greatness
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greatness
Noun
- The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc.
- Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em. — Shakespeare
- : Pride; haughtiness.
- It is not of pride or greatness that he cometh not aboard your ships. — .
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