Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.

Definitions: A Great Deal |
A Great DealAdverb1. To a very great degree or extent; "we enjoyed ourselves very much"; "she was very much interested"; "this would help a great deal". 2. Frequently or in great quantities; "I don't drink much"; "I don't travel much". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: A Great DealSynonyms: a good deal (adv), a lot (adv), much (adv), often (adv), very much (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: A Great Deal |
| English words defined with "a great deal": bookworm, by a long shot, by-product ♦ conciseness, concision ♦ difficulty ♦ gasbag ♦ humid ♦ labor, labour, landscaping ♦ nonrational ♦ pithiness ♦ risk arbitrage ♦ So as, succinctness ♦ takeover arbitrage, toil ♦ watering, windbag. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "a great deal": Cannon, Carriage Company ♦ Embedded Mode ♦ Figure, filk ♦ GLUTTON ♦ Hubble Space Telescope ♦ Iced out ♦ level 3 actions, liar paradox ♦ mining purposes ♦ Security Administrator's Integrated Network Tool ♦ thermite, trip change ♦ VALESQUEZ. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Well, I say it with a great deal of charm. (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.) I think you'll find that things have changed a great deal since your time. (Alien: Resurrection; writing credit: Dan O'Bannon; Ronald Shusett) There's a great deal of difference between that and pure science, you know. (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco) A man learns a great deal sitting on top of an armed nuclear bomb for twenty-four hours. (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea; writing credit: Charles Bennett) Mr. Deeds, there has been a great deal of damaging testimony against you. Your behavior, to say the least, has been most strange. (Mr. Deeds Goes to Town; writing credit: Clarence Budington Kell; Robert Riskin) | |
Clever | My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it. (references; author: Mark Twain) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Author | Quotation |
Benjamin Franklin | Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy. |
Jean De La Bruyere | Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed. |
John Ruskin | Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back. |
Miguel De Cervantes | Everyone is as God made him, and often a great deal worse. |
Nathaniel Hawthorne | Death possesses a great deal of real estate, namely the graveyard in every town. |
Oscar Wilde | Bad art is a great deal worse than no art at all. |
Samuel Johnson | He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything. |
Sydney Smith | A great deal of talent is lost in the world for want of courage. |
Thomas Carlyle | I don't pretend to understand the Universe -- it's a great deal bigger than I am. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
The Little Prince | Antoine de Saint-Exupery | I have lived a great deal among grown-ups. |
Emma | Austen, Jane | While they are with us, we shall explore a great deal, I dare say. |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | Hallo! A great deal of steam! |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | And have a great deal to pay. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Autism varies a great deal in severity. (references) | |
It often requires a great deal of adjustment in outlook and lifestyle. (references) | ||
In recent years, researchers have learned a great deal about kidney disease. (references) | ||
Business | At one time, video conferencing was an expensive method of communication that required a great deal of hardware and software. (references) | |
At the moment that this report was being prepared, there was a great deal of uncertainty about the future direction of the market. (references) | ||
In addition, a great deal of locally produced equipment consists of metal structures fitted with imported electronic and mechanical systems. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | South Africa | This bill was the subject of a great deal of domestic and foreign media scrutiny and criticism. (references) |
Eritrea | Nonetheless, criticism tended to be limited and fairly mild, and the media practiced a great deal of self-censorship. (references) | |
China | Although knowledgeable Internet users can find a great deal of sensitive material, government net censorship intimidates many Web content providers into censoring themselves. (references) | |
Economic History | New Zealand | U.S.-based companies have found a great deal of success in franchising in New Zealand. (references) |
Guatemala | For the most part, these investors do not know a great deal about the specific industry. (references) | |
Sri Lanka | Privatization: The state retains control over a great deal of infrastructure (ports, roads, rail and electricity). (references) | |
Human Rights | Hungary | The lack of a bail system gives a great deal of flexibility to judges. (references) |
India | Militants killed and injured numerous security personnel and destroyed a great deal of security force property; many civilians also were killed. (references) | |
Qatar | Traditional attitudes of respect for the sanctity of the home and the privacy of women provide a great deal of protection against arbitrary intrusion for citizens and residents; there is no distinction between citizens and noncitizens. (references) | |
Minorities | Cote d'Ivoire | The country's Islamic communities are subject to a great deal of societal discrimination. (references) |
Political Economy | Jordan | Political parties were legalized in 1992 and approximately 20 are licensed, but they do not exert a great deal of influence on Jordanian political life. (references) |
Burma | In several cases, these agreements have ceded a great deal of autonomy over territory and security to the local ethnic organizations, and the government does not have the means to police them. (references) | |
Trade | Ukraine | Common business practice in Ukraine is to utilize a "closed" bonded warehouse; opening a bonded warehouse is a very complicated affair involving the State Customs Committee, a great deal of paperwork, and possibly organized crime. (references) |
Travel | France | One could pay less or a great deal more than this $234 amount. (references) |
Egypt | A good Egyptian agent will help you a great deal in directing you to success. (references) | |
Women | Panama | The Ministry of Youth, Women, Children, and Family Affairs is largely a consolidation of departments previously operating in other government ministries, and its activities have not attracted a great deal of public attention. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Julia Child | I know a lot more about wine than I did at the beginning. Unfortunately, I can't drink a great deal of it any more. |
Robert Novak | There's been a great deal of opposition in the North Carolina legislature over a plan by the University of North Carolina to require reading of a book about the Koran for incoming freshman. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Calvin Coolidge | 1923-1929 | While we can look with a great deal of pleasure upon what we have done abroad, we must remember that our continued success in that direction depends upon what we do at home. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | That, and patience-and I mean a great deal of patience. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | If all of this seems like a great deal of trouble, think what's at stake. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | They've done a great deal to highlight the importance of family in our life, and now they're turning their attention to getting more parents involved in their children's learning all the way through school. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Expressions using "a great deal": a great deal of ♦ give a great deal of trouble ♦ have a great deal to do ♦ have suffered a great deal ♦ make a great deal of ♦ owe smb. a great deal ♦ talk a great deal. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "a great deal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | telendis (bring discredit upon smb., give a great deal of trouble, indispose). (various references) | |
Czech | natrápit se (have suffered a great deal), moc mluvit (talk a great deal), být komu velmi zavázán (owe smb. a great deal). (various references) | |
Finnish | aika tavalla (a lot), koko joukon (a good deal, quite a lot), hyvin paljon (very much). (various references) | |
French | très bonne opération, grande chose, beaucoup (a great many, a lot, a lot of). (various references) | |
German | viel (a great deal of, a lot, a lot of, deal, extensively, lots of, many, much, plenty of, some). (various references) | |
Greek | μεγάλη ποσότητα (scad), πολύ (confoundedly, considerableably, deucedly, greatly, loads of, much, too, very). (various references) | |
Hebrew | "מון (a great many, a world of, crowd, herd, hoi polloi, legion, loads of, many, mass, mob, multitude, oodle, plenty, swarm, throng), "רב" (a great many, a lot of, lots of, many, much, plenty). (various references) | |
Hungarian | sok (a good deal, a great many, a lot of, a number of, excess, lot, lots of, many, much, much/many, muckle, multi, numerous, oodles, power, respectable, scores, several, to thumb), rengeteg (a great many, a lot of, bags of, heaps of, lashings, loads of, lots of, no end of, oodles, scores, slathers, stacks of, vast, whacking-great). (various references) | |
Indonesian | berpanjang madah (talk a great deal). (various references) | |
Italian | sacco (a lot, bag, budget, bunt, crop, pack, punching bag, sac, sack, sackful, sackfuls). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 大山鳴動してねずみ一匹 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たいざ"めいどうしてねずみいっぴき (much ado about nothing, The mountains have have brought forth a mouse). (various references) | |
Manx | lansh (a large quantity, a lot, large number). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aay eatgray ealday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | muitíssimo (enormously, extremely, many-sided, most, very much). (various references) | |
Romanian | o mare cantitate de (a great deal of, a mort of), foarte mult (a good deal of, a great deal of, dearly, excessively, far and away, fat job, greatly, largely). (various references) | |
Russian | многое (much), множество (a great many, a lot of, a world of, abundance, array, bags of, cloud, crowd, dozens, ensemble, great number, heap, legion, manifold, mass, mountain, multiples, multiplicity, multitude, ocean, oodles, orgy, pack, pile, plurality, set, stacks of, the many, the million, thousand, throng), большое количество (a great many, lump, quantity). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | prepatiti mnogo (have suffered a great deal), mnogo (deal: a good deal, deal: a great deal, deal: a great deal of, great, lot, lot: a lot of, lots of, many, much, multi, plenty, plenty of, quite a few, vastly, very). (various references) | |
Spanish | una gran cantidad (a good deal), mucho (a fat lot, a good deal, a lot, a lot of, all the, badly, bags of, far, far and away, greatly, hard, heaps of, heavily, lot, lots of, much, not a few, oft, often, plenty of, sharply, significant, sorely, thick, very), muchísimo (awfully, heaps, heaps of, lot, oodles, very badly, very much, very much indeed). (various references) | |
Swedish | en hel mängd. (various references) | |
Turkish | oldukça çok (plenty of), bir hayli (a fair sum, many, numerous), çok daha (far better, much more). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | multo, multoque. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Mark Chapter 10, Verse 48 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai epetimwn autw polloi ina siwphsh o de pollw mallon ekrazen uie dabid elehson me |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et comminabantur illi multi ut taceret at ille multo magis clamabat Fili David miserere mei |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Þa buden him manege þæt he swigeden.he cleopede þa þæs þe ma. miltse medauiðes sune. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And manye thretneden hym, that he schulde be stille; and he criede myche the more, Jhesu, the sone of Dauid, haue merci on me. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And many rebuked him yt he shuld holde is peace. But he cryed the moore a greate deale thou sonne of David have mercy on me. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And some of them, turning in protest, gave him an order to be quiet: but he went on crying out all the more, Son of David, have mercy on me. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Mark Chapter 10, Verse 48 |
| Bulgarian | И мнозина го мъмреха, за да млъкне; но той още повече викаше: Сине "авидов, смили се за мене! Ч9 И тъй, Исус се спря и рече: Повикайте го. 'икат слепеца и му казват: "ерзай, стани, вика те. |
| Cebuano | Ug siya gibadlong sa kadaghanan nga nagsugo kaniya sa paghilum; apan misamot pa hinoon siya sa pagsinggit nga nag-ingon, "Anak ni David, kaluy-i intawon ako!" |
| Chinese | 有 許 多 人 責 備 他 、 不 許 他 作 聲 、 他 卻 越 發 大 聲 喊 著 說 、 大 衛 的 子 孫 " 、 可 憐 我 罷 。 |
| Croatian | Mnogi ga ušutkivahu, ali on još jaèe vikaše: "Sine Davidov, smiluj mi se!" |
| Danish | Og mange truede ham,for at han skulde tie; men han råbte meget stærkere: "Du Davids Søn, forbarm dig over mig!" |
| Dutch | En velen bestraften hem, opdat hij zwijgen zou; maar hij riep zoveel temeer: Gij Zone Davids! ontferm U mijner. |
| Finnish | Ja monet nuhtelivat häntä saadakseen hänet vaikenemaan. Mutta hän huusi vielä enemmän: "Daavidin poika, armahda minua". |
| French | Plusieurs le reprenaient, pour le faire taire; mais il criait beaucoup plus fort; Fils de David, aie pitié de moi! |
| Gaelic | Is mhaoith moran air, fiach am biodh e samhach. Ach `sann bu mhua gu mor a ghlaodh e: A Mhic Dhaibhidh, dian trocair orm. |
| German | Und viele bedrohten ihn, er sollte stillschweigen. Er aber schrie viel mehr: Du Sohn Davids, erbarme dich mein! |
| Haitian Creole | Anpil moun t'ap kouri dèyè l' pou te fè l' pe bouch li, men li t'ap rele pi rèd: -Pitit David la, gen pitye pou mwen. |
| Hungarian | És sokan feddik vala õt, hogy hallgasson; de õ annál jobban kiáltja vala: Dávidnak Fia, könyörülj rajtam! |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Ia dimarahi oleh banyak orang dan disuruh diam. Tetapi ia lebih keras lagi berteriak, "Anak Daud, kasihanilah saya!" |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka banyak orang menengking dia, menyuruh diam, tetapi makin sangat ia berseru, "Ya Anak Daud, kasihankanlah hamba ini!" |
| Italian | Molti lo sgridavano per farlo tacere, ma egli gridava più forte: «Figlio di Davide, abbi piet di me!». |
| Korean | 많 은 사 람 이 꾸 짖 어 하 라 하 되 그 가 " 욱 소 리 질 러 가 로 되 ` 다 윗 의 자 손 이 여, 나 를 불 쌍 히 여 기 소 서 !' 하 " 지 라 |
| Latvian | Un daudzi to apsauca, lai viòð paliktu klusu. Bet viòð vçl skaïâk sauca: Dâvida Dçls, apþçlojies par mani! |
| Maori | A he tokomaha ki te riri i a ia kia noho puku, heoi tino rahi ake tana karanga, E te Tama a Rawiri, kia aroha ki ahau. |
| Modern Greek | Και επεπληττον αυτον πολλοι δια να σιωπηση· αλλ' εκεινος πολλω μαλλον εκραζεν· Υιε του "αβιδ, ελεησον με. |
| Norwegian | Og mange truet ham at han skulde tie; men han ropte enda meget mere: Du Davids sønn! miskunn dig over mig! |
| Portuguese | E muitos o repreendiam, para que se calasse; mas ele clamava ainda mais: Filho de Davi, tem compaixão de mim. |
| Rumanian | Mulyi kl certau sq tacq; dar el wi mai tare striga: ,,Fiul lui David, ai milq de mine!`` |
| Russian | нОПЗЙЕ ЪБУФБЧМСМЙ ЕЗП НПМЮБФШ; ОП ПО ЕЭЕ 'ПМЕЕ УФБМ ЛТЙЮБФШ: уЩО дБЧЙ"ПЧ! ПНЙМХК НЕОС. |
| Shuar | Tura Untsurí nui matsamarmia nu niin chicharainiak "Takamatsata" tiarmiayi. Niisha Nú nankaamas untsummiayi "Tawit Weeá Jesusá, winia waitnentrurta." |
| Spanish | Muchos le regañaban para que se callara, pero él gritaba aun más fuerte: --¡Hijo de David, ten misericordia de mí! |
| Swahili | Watu wengi walimkemea ili anyamaze, lakini yeye akazidi kupaaza sauti, "Mwana wa Daudi, nihurumie!" |
| Swedish | Och många tillsade honom strängeligen att han skulle tiga; men han ropade ännu mycket mer: "Davids son, förbarma dig över mig." |
| Thai | มีหลายคนห้ามเขาให้เขานิ่งเสีย แต่เขายิ่งร้องเสียง"ังขึ้นว่า "บุตร"าวิ"เจ้าข้า ขอทรงเมตตาข้าพระองค์เถิ"" |
| Ukrainian | І сварились на нього багато-хто, щоб мовчав, а він іще більше кричав: Сину "авидів, змилуйся надо мною! |
| Uma | Wori' tauna mpokaroe-i, ra'uli': "Ngkalino-ko!" Aga hangkedi' kanapesukui-na mekio': "Muli Magau' Daud, poka'ahi' -a-kuwo!" |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-d-e-e-g-l-r-t" | |
-2 letters: galeated, laagered. | |
-3 letters: aerated, alerted, altered, dealate, galatea, galeate, gelated, gradate, lagered, laterad, legated, regaled, related, treadle. | |
-4 letters: aerate, aglare, agreed, alated, alegar, argala, argled, dartle, dealer, delate, derate, dragee, eaglet, elated, elater, ergate, galeae, galere, geared, gelada, gelate, gelder, glared, grated, laager, leader, ledger, legate, redate, redleg, regale, reglet, relate, teared, telega, tergal. | |
-5 letters: adage, agate, aglee, aglet, agree, alate, alder, alert, algae, altar, alter, areae, areal, arete, argal, argle, artal, artel, dater, dealt, delta, derat, deter, eager, eagle, eagre, eared, eater, edger, egret, elate, elder, galea, gated, glade, glare, glede, gleed, gleet, graal, grade, grate, great, greed, greet, lader, lager, laree, large, lated, later, ledge, leger, raged, ragee, ratal, rated, ratel, reata, regal, relet, retag, talar, taler, tared, targe, telae, terga, trade, tread, treed. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41      47 72 65 61 74      44 65 61 6C |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
|
Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 00100000 01000111 01110010 01100101 01100001 01110100 00100000 01000100 01100101 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A   G r e a t   D e a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041      0047 0072 0065 0061 0074      0044 0065 0061 006C |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3524184716786238716778 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Quotations: Spoken | 9. Quotations: Speeches 10. Expressions 11. Translations: Modern 12. Translations: Ancient | 13. Bible Trace 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.