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Meaning of महान in English

  • Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; -- opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length.
  • Large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude, series, etc.
  • Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval.
  • Superior; admirable; commanding; -- applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings.
  • Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, etc.
  • Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent; distingushed; foremost; principal; as, great men; the great seal; the great marshal, etc.
  • Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as, a great argument, truth, or principle.
  • Pregnant; big (with young).
  • More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree; as, to use great caution; to be in great pain.
  • Older, younger, or more remote, by single generation; -- often used before grand to indicate one degree more remote in the direct line of descent; as, great-grandfather (a grandfather's or a grandmother's father), great-grandson, etc.
  • The whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by the great.
  • Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a noble heart.
  • Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid; as, a noble edifice.
  • Of exalted rank; of or pertaining to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn; as, noble blood; a noble personage.
  • A person of rank above a commoner; a nobleman; a peer.
  • An English money of account, and, formerly, a gold coin, of the value of 6 s. 8 d. sterling, or about $1.61.
  • A European fish; the lyrie.
  • To make noble; to ennoble.

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