a great deal

English

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• a good deal

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Adverb

a great deal (not comparable)

1. (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

a great deal (uncountable)

1. (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.

See also

• great deal