Meaning

3 senses

  1. (intransitive)To become great or large; increase; dilate.

  2. (transitive)To make great; magnify; enlarge; increase.

  3. (intransitive, obsolete)To become great with child; become pregnant.

Origin

From Middle English gretnen (“to become great, be pregnant”), equivalent to great + -en.

From Middle English gretnen (“to become great, be pregnant”), equivalent to great + -en.

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Forms

greatens, greatening, greatened, greatened
Base formgreaten · to greaten
3rd person singulargreatens
Present participlegreatening
Past simplegreatened
Past participlegreatened

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygreaten
he, she, itgreatens

Past simpleLesson

all personsgreatened

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave greatened
he, she, ithas greatened

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill greaten

Antonyms

2 antonyms
decreaseB1lessenB1

Word family

1 related words
Relatedengreaten

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
greatA1greatergreatlyA2greatnessB2greave
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