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Definition of Greater
1. Adjective. Greater in size or importance or degree. "The greater Antilles"
Definition of Greater
1. Adjective. (comparative of great) ¹
2. Adjective. ''Used in referring to a region or place together with the surrounding area''; (''of a city'') metropolitan. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Greater
1. great [adj] - See also: great
Lexicographical Neighbors of Greater
Literary usage of Greater
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"WITH no greater events than these in the Long- bourn family, and otherwise ...
to consider it herself with greater pleasure as well as greater certainty. ..."
2. The Odyssey of Homer by Homerus (1796)
"In Homer we find a greater variety of natural incidents than in Virgil, but in
Virgil a greater ..."
3. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"For the (¡recks considered our stato to bo greater than they had ever done, oven
beyond its actual power, through tho splendor of my display as its deputy ..."
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