# greater
## English
### Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) enPR: grā'tə(ɹ) IPA: /ˈɡɹeɪ.tə(ɹ)/
* (US) IPA: /ˈɡɹeɪ.tɚ/, [ˈɡɹeɪ.ɾɚ]
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* Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
* Homophone: grater

### Adjective

greater
* comparative form of great: more great
** 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: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.

### Adjective

greater (not comparable)
* Of two (or, rarely, more than two) things: the larger in size (bigger), in value, in importance etc.
    Antonym: lesser
    greater yellowlegs
* (attributive) 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).
    Greater Antilles
*** 1997, Virginia Boucher, “Interlibrary Cooperation”, in Interlibrary Loan Practices Handbook, 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 98, column 1:GMRLC is a regional consortium of medium-size research libraries (17 in 1995) located in the greater Midwest.
** (usually capitalized) Including the surrounding urban areas and conurbation (of a city or other large settlement).
    Greater London
    Greater New York includes adjacent parts of three states, as well as the City itself.
*** 1883, Edward Walford, Greater London: A Narrative of its History, its People, and its Places‎, volume 1, London: Cassell & Company, page 1:“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.
*** 1990, Chikara Higashi, Geza Peter Lauter, The Internationalization of the Japanese Economy‎, →ISBN, page 285:[…] 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.
*** 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:The rate in isolated counties was about a third higher than in the greater metropolitan counties.
*** 2013, Peter Newman, Anne Matan, “The Renewable Energy City”, in Green Urbanism in Asia: The Emerging Green Tigers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 41:In February 2010, the largest high—concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) solar power plant in Asia began operation in Lujhu, located in the Greater Kaohsiung area.
*** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:greater.
** Referring to a state at its fullest historical (or desired future) extent including colonies, annexed land, etc.
    Greater Armenia

#### Derived terms

* Greater Accra
* greater adjutant
* Greater Adria
* greater alar cartilage
* Greater Antilles
* greater argentine
* greater argonaut
* Greater Armenia
* greater bamboo lemur
* Greater Bendigo
* greater big-footed mouse
* greater bilby
* greater black-backed gull
* Greater Britain
* greater capybara
* Greater Caucasus
* greater celandine
* greater crested tern
* greater evil
* greater flamingo
* greater fool theory
* greater galago
* greater galangal
* Greater Geelong
* Greater Geraldton
* Greater German Reich
* greater glider
* greater good
* greater green leafbird
* Greater Hebrides
* Greater Iran
* greater kudu
* Greater London
* Greater Manchester
* Greater Middle East
* Greater Minnesota
* Greater Mongolia
* greater mouse-eared bat
* greater multangular
* Greater Napanee
* greater occipital nerve
* greater of two evils
* greater omentum
* greater one-horned rhinoceros
* greater palatine artery
* greater petrosal nerve
* greater plantain
* Greater Poland
* greater prairie chicken
* greater rhea
* greater roadrunner
* greater sac
* greater sandplover
* greater saphenous vein
* greater scaup
* Greater Shepparton
* greater short-toed lark
* greater siren
* greater spotted eagle
* Greater Sudbury
* Greater Syria
* greater than
* greater trochanter
* Greater United States
* Greater Upper Nile
* Greater Vancouver
* greater wax moth
* greater weever
* greater white-fronted goose
* greater whitethroat
* Greater Willington
* greater wing
* greater yam
* greater yellow-headed vulture
* northern greater galago
* to a greater extent

#### Related terms

* greatest

#### Translations
### References

* “greater”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

### Anagrams

* Traeger, Tregear, regrate