greater
1Greater — may refer to: *Greatness, the state of being great *Greater than, in inequality …
2greater — [grāt′ər] adj. [often G ] designating a big city and the cities and towns surrounding it, esp. such an area included in the U.S. census [Greater Cleveland] …
3greater — index best, superior (excellent), superior (higher) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4greater — O.E. gryttra, Anglian *gretra; comparative of GREAT (Cf. great) …
5Greater — /gray teuhr/, adj. designating a city or country and its adjacent area: Greater New York; Greater Los Angeles. [1570 80; GREAT + ER4] * * * (as used in expressions) Greater London Antilles Greater and Lesser Greater Manchester * * * …
6greater — [[t]gre͟ɪtə(r)[/t]] 1) Greater is the comparative of great. 2) ADJ: ADJ n Greater is used with the name of a large city to refer to the city together with the surrounding urban and suburban area. ...Greater London. 3) ADJ: ADJ n Greater is used… …
7greater — Sometimes a pointer to wordiness, as here: The cost for a 17 year old living in the greater London area ... (Times). In greater London or in the London area says the same thing as in the greater London area, but says it more simply …
8greater — adjective greater in size or importance or degree (Freq. 46) for the greater good of the community the greater Antilles • Ant: ↑lesser …
9Greater — Great•er [[t]ˈgreɪ tər[/t]] adj. designating a large city and its adjacent areas: Greater New York; Greater Los Angeles[/ex] • Etymology: 1570–80 …
10Greater — Great Great (gr[=a]t), a. [Compar. {Greater}; superl. {Greatest}.] [OE. gret, great, AS. gre[ a]t; akin to OS. & LG. gr[=o]t, D. groot, OHG. gr[=o]z, G. gross. Cf. {Groat} the coin.] 1. Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous;… …
