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great deal en · NOUN

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic, singular, usually) Large number, amount, or extent; profusion.
   • This means a clear disadvantage for its [English's] non-native speakers, who have to invest a great deal of time, energy and money in language learning and may still communicate with difficulty[…], a fact described as “unfair competition” by Ammon (1994). 2022, Sabine Fiedler, Cyril Robert Brosch, “What is a lingua franca?” (chapter 2), in Esperanto – Lingua Franca and Language Community, John Benjamins Publishing Company, →DOI, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OL, page 11:
   • Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship. 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN:
   • Few expressed any great deal of confidence in the legislative branch.
   • They didn't realize he had this great deal of intellectual depth.
   • The audience is generally unaware of the great deal of work that goes into its creation.
   • Physicians wield a great deal of power. 1996, Kevin Hogan, The psychology of persuasion, page 60:
   • We have a great deal of territory to cover.
   • The low-keyed vision of Poland as a small and humble supplicant of the European Union still has a great deal of supporters. 2008, Andrzej Nowak, History and geopolitics: a contest for Eastern Europe, page 195:
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see great, deal.
   • There are plenty of great deals on flights.
   • I got a great deal on a motorcycle.

Forms

Relateds

good deal · a great deal

Translations (6)

pl masa (a large number, amount) · pl wiele (a large number, amount) · ga mórchuid (a large number, amount) · cic i̠lawa (a large number, amount) · cic lawa (a large number, amount) · pl mnóstwo (a large number, amount)