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• n  the property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence
• n  unusual largeness in size or extent or number

• Greatness is a compliment generally conferred in retrospect.
• Much like yourself, the Emmy voters chose not to acknowledge greatness.
• Tragically, Mao's belief in restoring China's greatness and achieving modernity was inextricably intertwined with his ideological desire to transform China into a socialist and .

• illustriousness
• enormousness
• grandness
• immenseness
• immensity
• sizeableness
• vastness
• wideness

News & Articles

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• Mario Kart 8 Embraces Its Glorious History [Wii U]
  It's all right to recognize greatness, even when a franchise doesn't change much through the years.
  June 12, 2013 - GameSpot
• Berkman searching for answers at plate in 15th season
  Is he still capable of greatness? That's the question Lance Berkman occasionally asks himself.
  June 12, 2013 - Major League Baseball
• D.J. Chark Commits to LSU: What Stud WR Brings to Tigers
  LSU continues to set itself up for greatness on the 2014 recruiting trail, as D.J. Chark , 3-star wide receiver, becomes the next recruit to commit to Les Miles ' class . ESPN.com's Sam Khan Jr. reports on LSU's latest commitment, who hails from Alexandria, La.: LSU was a dream school for Alexandria (La.) Senior High School receiver  D.J. Chark  growing up.  So when the 2014 prospect got the ...
  June 11, 2013 - Bleacher Report

Quotes

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• Thomas Jefferson in Bahama Islands Info
  Speaking on Independence Day to a group of Americans, he said, "We gather to affirm the greatness of our nation - not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very...
• Barack Obama in Bloomberg
  Obama said his former pastor expressed views that "denigrate both the greatness and the goodness of our nation; that rightly offend white and black alike."
• John McCain in New York Times
  I don't seek the presidency on the presumption that I am blessed with such personal greatness,Mr. McCain said. "That history has anointed me to save my country in its hour of need."