greatest
GRAY-tist/ˈɡɹeɪ.tɪst/
- 1Superlative of great.
Many fans consider him the greatest tennis player of his generation.
The vaccine ranks among the greatest achievements in modern medicine.
Note
The ending is the regular -est, and the form usually travels with the: the greatest player, among the greatest achievements. It carries great's senses of size, importance and excellence, but not the generational one, so there is no greatest-grandfather. William Shakespeare clips it to great'st in The Tempest, setting it against least as the two ends of a scale. Between just two things, use greater.
greatest is a form of great
great, adjective: Extremely good; excellent or wonderful. Full entry
- Spelling
- great → greatest: add -est
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