greatest thing

collocation in English

meaningsofgreatandthing

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great
adjective
uk
/ɡreɪt/us
/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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thing
noun
uk
/θɪŋ/us
/θɪŋ/
used to refer in an approximate way to an object or to avoid ...
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(Definition ofgreatandthingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I thought it was thegreatestthingthat had ever happened in the mining industry.
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Therefore, being entertained and taken into people's homes, is thegreatestthingthey can have.
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I am talking about thegreatestthingwe have ever done, in my judgment.
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I understood him to say that thegreatestthingin our lives is territory.
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Thegreatestthingwe must do after the war is to keep our vast industries busy.
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The local council thought that they were thegreatestthingsince sliced bread.
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It is not true that we achieved thegreatestthingsince sliced bread.
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That is probably the singlegreatestthingon which they pride themselves.
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It was thegreatestthingsince the £5 note.
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But that is not thegreatestthingthat remains to be disposed of.
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Thegreatestthingthat we want in the service is sympathy and understanding.
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The general growth of scepticism that can be expected to follow education is perhaps thegreatestthingwe can hope for in this particular matter.
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Thegreatestthingwe can give to our children is a state where the moral are encouraged and the immoral are discouraged.
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That is thegreatestthingthat the industry of the country has to fight to-day, and the greatest cause of it is uncertainty about employment.
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I came to think that thegreatestthingthey can conserve is our freedom, because that must be conserved.
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I regard this as being possibly thegreatestthingthat could be done to reduce the number of casualties.
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Thegreatestthingfor somebody who is faced with death, perhaps through the tragedy of cancer, is the ability to die with dignity.
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So, from an industrial point of view, thegreatestthingwe need is a sense of confidence and understanding among all the people who are working together.
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I remember that somebody once said that thegreatestthingin the world was to have a good deed done by stealth and to have it found out by accident.
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He has said that thegreatestthingthey are out to do now is to bring about the amalgamation or grouping of water undertakers.
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