greatest player

collocation in English

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great
adjective
uk
/ɡreɪt/us
/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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player
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpleɪ.ər/us
/ˈpleɪ.ɚ/
someone who takes part in a game ...
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(Definition ofgreatandplayerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Let's toast him as thegreatestplayerever.
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Other writers have said that he was arguably thegreatestplayerever, without reaching a definitive conclusion.
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She will go down as thegreatestplayerto ever play the game.
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Many of our greatest players went through their careers without ever being sent off.
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To select the team, a panel of experts first compiled a list of the 100 greatest players from the past century.
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Neary is regarded as one of the greatest players of all-time.
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He is considered by many one of the greatest players in the team's history.
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She is regarded as one of the greatest players of all-time.
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Delaney is regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation.
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At the age of 27 it looked as if the hurling world had lost one of its greatest players.
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The league used this season to mark its 50th anniversary, which included the unveiling of the league's list of its 50 greatest players.
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Both were led by the greatest players its school has ever seen.
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Counihan is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation.
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He is regarded as one of the greatest players of all-time.
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He was regarded as one of the greatest players of his era and one of the first superstars of the game.
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One of the greatest players of all time, he was renowned for his exceptional endgame skill and speed of play.
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He is still widely considered to be one of the greatest players in the history of the game.
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He is considered one of the greatest players of the pre-war era.
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On fan club pages he is regarded as one of the greatest players in the club's history.
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