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a_great_deal
a great deal
English
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Adverb
a great deal (not comparable)
- (idiomatic) Very much; to a great extent; a lot; lots.
- We had a great deal more money afterwards.
- They had a great deal less than we had.
- 1904, John Henry Haaren, Famous Men of the Middle Ages: Gutenberg,
- While Gutenberg was growing up a new way of making books came into use, which was a great deal better than copying by hand.
Noun
- (idiomatic) A large amount; a lot.
- 1865, Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter 11: Who Stole the Tarts?,
- “Consider your verdict,” the King said to the jury.
- “Not yet, not yet!” the Rabbit hastily interrupted. “There’s a great deal to come before that!”
- 1994 April 23, Christensen, Damaris, “Of craters and crevices”, in Science News, volume 145, number 17, page 266:
- Landh's work only points to the fact that there are a great deal of membrane structures that are not well understood
- 2010 January 13, PBS_NewsHour:
- So, theres [sic]a great deal of frustration and anger, really, that people want to know whats happening.
- 1865, Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter 11: Who Stole the Tarts?,