Able
Great
Great adjective - Having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor.
Usage example: one of the great anthropologists
Able and great are semantically related in expert topic. Sometimes you can use "Able" instead an adjective "Great", if it concerns topics such as excellent.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- With reinforcements from his Nord forces in Skyrim, Mede was able to recapture the city, but at great cost.
- A great deal of time is put into explaining why they are able to do this and how Council ships are able to still be competitive with such tiny monsters.
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This is, in fact, the Ethereals' entire goal: looking for a species with both great physical ability as well as great intellects able to use psychic powers.
Source: Humans Are Special
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