noun
Meaning 1
One of a flight of steps.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
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/ɡɹiː/
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rhymes with -iː
noun
Meaning 2
A stage in a process; a degree of rank or station.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 3
A degree.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
Pre-eminence; victory or superiority in combat (hence also, the prize for winning a combat).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
Pleasure, goodwill, satisfaction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 6
To agree.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Nigeria, intransitive, obsolete
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History
Etymology
From Middle English gre, from Old French gré, from Latin gradum (“step”). Compare degree. Doublet of grade.
From (pre-reform) Scottish Gaelic gré, from Old Scottish Gaelic gray.
From Middle English gre, from Old French gré (“pleasure, goodwill”), from Latin gratum, a noun use of the neuter of gratus (“pleasing”).
From Middle English green (“to agree”), from Old French greer, from gré (hence Etymology 3).