greater en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Meanings
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(comparative, form-of) comparative form of great: more great
form of great
The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile. Only the city zoo offers greater species diversity.
2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects as chefs put bugs back on the menu”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:
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(not-comparable) Of two (or, rarely, more than two) things: the larger in size (bigger), in value, in importance etc.
greater yellowlegs
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(attributive, not-comparable) In the names of places or geographic features: ▸ The larger geographic or administrative area that encompasses or belongs to a place (especially if both share the same name).
GMRLC is a regional consortium of medium-size research libraries (17 in 1995) located in the greater Midwest.
1997, Virginia Boucher, “Interlibrary Cooperation”, in Interlibrary Loan Practices Handbook, 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 98, column 1:Greater Antilles
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(attributive, capitalized, not-comparable, usually) In the names of places or geographic features: ▸ Including the surrounding urban areas and conurbation (of a city or other large settlement).
In February 2010, the largest high—concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) solar power plant in Asia began operation in Lujhu, located in the Greater Kaohsiung area.
2013, Peter Newman, Anne Matan, “The Renewable Energy City”, in Green Urbanism in Asia: The Emerging Green Tigers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 41:“Greater London!” What a vague and ill-defined term! We all known London proper, comprising of the City and Westminster, and making up one metropolis.
1883, Edward Walford, Greater London: A Narrative of its History, its People, and its Places, volume 1, London: Cassell & Company, page 1:The rate in isolated counties was about a third higher than in the greater metropolitan counties.
2004, Janet Golden, Richard Alan Meckel, Heather Munro Prescott, Children and Youth in Sickness and in Health: A Historical Handbook and Guide, →ISBN, page 201:[…]statistics revealing that while greater Tokyo has a total area that represents only 3.6 percent of the total land available[…]more than 25 percent of the country's population live there.
1990, Chikara Higashi, Geza Peter Lauter, The Internationalization of the Japanese Economy, →ISBN, page 285:Greater New York includes adjacent parts of three states, as well as the City itself.
Greater London
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(attributive, not-comparable) In the names of places or geographic features: ▸ Referring to a state at its fullest historical (or desired future) extent including colonies, annexed land, etc.
Greater Armenia
Antonyms
Deriveds
Greater Accra · Greater Britain · greater glider · greater alar cartilage · greater petrosal nerve · greater adjutant · Greater London · greater short-toed lark · Greater United States · Greater China · Greater Middle East · Greater Antilles · greater trochanter · Greater Vancouver · Greater Syria · Greater Manchester · greater of two evils · greater crested tern · greater one-horned rhinoceros · Greater Sudbury · greater rhea · greater omentum · greater than · greater siren · greater sac · greater green leafbird · greater celandine · greater bamboo lemur · greater scaup · greater mouse-eared bat · Greater Armenia · Greater Geraldton · greater saphenous vein · Greater Iran · greater kudu · greater yellow-headed vulture · Greater Mongolia · Greater Shepparton · greater bilby · Greater Caucasus · greater yam · Greater Hebrides · Greater Upper Nile · greater weever · greater palatine artery · greater black-backed gull · greater fool theory · greater good · Greater Adria · greater roadrunner · greater big-footed mouse · Greater Napanee · greater galago · Greater Bendigo · greater wing · greater occipital nerve · northern greater galago · greater flamingo · greater argentine · greater white-fronted goose · greater prairie chicken · Greater Geelong · greater evil · greater whitethroat · Greater Poland · greater sandplover · to a greater extent · Greater Willington · greater spotted eagle · Greater Israel · Greater Minnesota · Greater German Reich · greater plantain · greater argonaut · greater galangal · greater wax moth · greater multangular · greater capybara
Relateds
Translations (16)
cmn 大 (of two things, the larger in size, value, importance etc) · es mayor (of two things, the larger in size, value, importance etc) · fi suur- (area with surrounding region) · de Groß- (area with surrounding region) · te ఘనతర (area with surrounding region) · de groß (of two things, the larger in size, value, importance etc) · da Stor- (area with surrounding region) · ar كُبْرَى (of two things, the larger in size, value, importance etc) · fi suuri (of two things, the larger in size, value, importance etc) · ru большо́й (area with surrounding region) · he רבתי (area with surrounding region) · fr grand (area with surrounding region) · cmn 大 (area with surrounding region) · es más grande / importante / grandioso (of two things, the larger in size, value, importance etc) · ar أَكْبَر (of two things, the larger in size, value, importance etc) · fi suurempi (of two things, the larger in size, value, importance etc)