# greater

Pronunciation: US say "GRAY-tur" /ˈɡɹeɪtɚ/; UK say "GRAY-tuh" /ˈɡɹeɪtə/

## Adjective

1. Comparative form of great. — comparative form of great: more great
   - Simple: Comparative form of great. Use it to say one thing is bigger, better, or more important than another.
   - _The general's victory brought him even greater renown._
   - _Demand for housing is greater now than it has been in decades._
2. The larger of two (or, occasionally, more than two) things in size, value, or importance.
   - Simple: The bigger of two things in size, amount, or importance.
   - _Of the two routes, the greater distance offered far better scenery._
   - _The greater of the two estates passed to the eldest child._
3. Applied to a city's name so that it takes in the surrounding suburbs, towns, and connected built-up areas.
   - Simple: Used before a city's name to include the towns and built-up areas around it.
   - _Greater Tokyo ranks among the most populous urban regions in the world._
   - _A single transit network serves the whole of Greater Sydney._
4. Naming the wider geographic or administrative territory that takes in, or is associated with, a smaller place sharing its name.
   - Simple: Used in a place's name for the bigger area that surrounds and contains a smaller place of the same name.
   - _Greater Yellowstone takes in the national park along with millions of surrounding acres._
   - _Greater Sudbury was formed by merging the original city with its outlying townships._
5. Applied to a nation's name to denote its maximal territory: its fullest historical reach or a hoped-for expansion, taking in colonies, annexed lands, and claimed regions.
   - Simple: Used before a country's name for its largest size, including land it once ruled or hopes to hold.
   - _Greater Romania of the interwar period contained large ethnic minorities within its borders._
   - _Propaganda maps of Greater Serbia laid claim to wide swaths of neighboring states._

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