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greatest

British  
/ ˈɡreɪtɪst /

adjective

  1. the superlative of great

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. slang an exceptional person

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"All we want is you, me, a few speakers, and the Greatest Music ever played, the same Music you have listened to for years!"

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Why’d you stop before “The Greatest Songs of the Nineties”? Were there songs in the ’90s?

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

He’s the host of an ABC game show, “The Greatest Average American,” and stars in “The Breadwinner,” his first theatrical movie, out this month.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

And to mark his 100th birthday, the BBC also revisited it in a new documentary called Making Life on Earth: Attenborough's Greatest Adventure.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

I started setting up my dinosaurs and LJ said, “This ain’t right. If this really is the World’s Greatest Dinosaur War Ever we need more monsters. You should go get the rest of ’em.”

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis

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