great deal

plural great deals

1. idiomaticsingularusuallyLarge number, amount, or extent; profusion.

   We have a great deal of territory to cover.

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   Few expressed any great deal of confidence in the legislative branch.

   The audience is generally unaware of the great deal of work that goes into its creation.

   They didn't realize he had this great deal of intellectual depth.

   Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.

   1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN

   Physicians wield a great deal of power.

   1996, Kevin Hogan, The psychology of persuasion, page 60

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see great, deal.

   I got a great deal on a motorcycle.

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   There are plenty of great deals on flights.