Greats

/ ɡreɪts /

plural noun

1. the Honour School of Literae Humaniores, involving the study of Greek and Roman history and literature and philosophy
2. the final examinations at the end of this course

Example Sentences

More than a few 20th-century acting greats, we decided, would have thrived on being techno-celebrities.

From The Daily Beast

Food, in large part, is what is currently putting this city up there with the greats.

From The Daily Beast

Today, Clarksdale's Delta Blues Museum honors all the greats, including Muddy Waters.

From The Daily Beast

Regardless of where you rank him, however,Cobain has secured a prominent place in the pantheon of music greats, Cross said.

From The Daily Beast

It paid tribute to the greats that came before it, all while laughing at itself and chronicling a legendary friendship.

From The Daily Beast

Langham felt a dismal certainty before many weeks were over that Elsmere would miss his First in Greats.

From Project Gutenberg

And he thought much that day, this perplexed man, our grandfather with so many "greats" before the word.

From Project Gutenberg

Far enough away now seemed Greats and not very alarming Plato and Aristotle at these first tentative encounters.

From Project Gutenberg

Letitia tried to count how many “greats” belonged to the ancestors who had first owned these treasures, but it made her dizzy.

From Project Gutenberg

The ubiquitous cheese of classical greats, imitated all around the world and back to Italy again.

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