[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/greatest/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [G](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/g/) / greatest # greatest adjective (great, greater, greatest) «greatest» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Greatest means the biggest or the most of all. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greatest/#m1) 2. Greatest also means the best or most important: the greatest player of all time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greatest/#m2) ### In the lessons In maths: asks for the largest number or amount; compare all; part of «greatest common divisor» (also called greatest common factor); «greatest number of equal groups» uses it; «greatest 3-digit number» is 999. In history and stories: the greatest inventors, the greatest adventure. Phrases: the greatest, greatest common factor, greatest common divisor, greatest of all. ### Examples - Which number is the greatest? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greatest/#x1) - Find the greatest number of equal groups. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greatest/#x2) - The greatest score was 95. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greatest/#x3) - What is the greatest 3-digit number? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greatest/#x4) - Order the numbers from greatest to least. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greatest/#x5) - The blue whale is the greatest animal that ever lived. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greatest/#x6) - Some say she is the greatest tennis player ever. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greatest/#x7) - The greatest common factor of 12 and 18 is 6. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greatest/#x8) - It is one of my greatest pleasures. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greatest/#x9) ### Note Superlative of «great»: great, greater, greatest. In maths «greater than» is the sign \>. Asks for the largest; compare all. In «greatest number of groups» look for the greatest common divisor. Trap: «greatest» is not «total». ## In Jewish tradition In maths: asks for the largest number or amount; compare all; part of «greatest common divisor» (also called greatest common factor); «greatest number of equal groups» uses it; «greatest 3-digit number» is 999. In history and stories: the greatest inventors, the greatest adventure. Phrases: the greatest, greatest common factor, greatest common divisor, greatest of all. ### Examples - Although there is an exuberance of weeds, we will find, nevertheless, many germs of truisms, which are of the greatest importance. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greatest/#x1) - The Pythagorean philosophy is the greatest enigma of all philosophical systems of antiquity. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greatest/#x2) - Now the name of Hebron beforetime was Kiriath-arba, which Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. (Prophets JOS.14.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greatest/#x3) - These of the sons of Gad were captains of the host; he that was least was equal to a hundred, and the greatest to a thousand. (Writings 1CH.12.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greatest/#x4) - And the people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. (Prophets JON.3.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greatest/#x5) ### Note Superlative of «great»: great, greater, greatest. In maths «greater than» is the sign \>. Asks for the largest; compare all. In «greatest number of groups» look for the greatest common divisor. Trap: «greatest» is not «total». ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «greatest» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greatest/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«greatest» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/greatest.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «greatest» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greatest/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«greatest» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/greatest.html) on Mova free.