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Greater

[ grey-ter ]

adjective

  1. designating a city or country and its adjacent area:

    Greater New York; Greater Los Angeles.



Greater

/ ˈɡɪə /

adjective

  1. (of a city) considered with the inclusion of the outer suburbs

    Greater London

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Greater1

First recorded in 1570–80; great + -er 4
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That will never happen because there are greater problems.

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People have to be given space to make longer-term plans, to pursue a greater diversity of objectives, and shareholders and investors are going to have to deal with that.

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However, an equal, if not greater, factor in the Lakers’ 116-104 loss to the Timberwolves in Game 3 was the team’s complete inability to protect the rim.

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Andy Hacking, 61, said he bought the RAF uniform about five years ago in a shop in Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester, and discovered the letter in a pocket with a post mark dated 17 December 1945.

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Reform UK's candidate to be the mayor of Greater Lincolnshire is entitled to stand in the contest after she was challenged over her right to do so, an electoral official has said.

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