greater
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: note: ɹ
enpr: grā'tə
ipa: /ˈɡɹeɪtə/
ipa: /ˈɡɹeɪtɚ/
ipa: [ˈɡɹeɪɾɚ]
rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
homophone: grater
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Senses: examples: text: greater yellowlegs
antonyms: lesser
glosses: Of two (or, rarely, more than two) things: the larger in size (bigger), in value, in importance etc.
examples: text: Greater Antilles
text: GMRLC is a regional consortium of medium-size research libraries (17 in 1995) located in the greater Midwest.
ref: 1997, Virginia Boucher, “Interlibrary Cooperation”, in Interlibrary Loan Practices Handbook, 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 98, column 1:
glosses: 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).
examples: text: Greater London
text: Greater New York includes adjacent parts of three states, as well as the City itself.
text: “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.
ref: 1883, Edward Walford, Greater London: A Narrative of its History, its People, and its Places, volume 1, London: Cassell & Company, page 1:
text: […]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.
ref: 1990, Chikara Higashi, Geza Peter Lauter, The Internationalization of the Japanese Economy, →ISBN, page 285:
text: The rate in isolated counties was about a third higher than in the greater metropolitan counties.
ref: 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:
text: In February 2010, the largest high—concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) solar power plant in Asia began operation in Lujhu, located in the Greater Kaohsiung area.
ref: 2013, Peter Newman, Anne Matan, “The Renewable Energy City”, in Green Urbanism in Asia: The Emerging Green Tigers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 41:
glosses: In the names of places or geographic features:
Including the surrounding urban areas and conurbation (of a city or other large settlement).
examples: text: Greater Armenia
glosses: 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.
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