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Greater

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Adjective

1. greater

greater in size or importance or degree

Example Sentences:
'for the greater good of the community'
'the greater Antilles'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Greater

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adjective
(of a city) considered with the inclusion of the outer suburbs
Greater London

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Greater

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adjective
[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

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Greater

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adj.
1. Of, relating to, or being a city considered together with its populous suburbs: the greater metropolitan area of Dallas; Greater Los Angeles.
2. Of, relating to, or being a region considered to be the rightful homeland of a particular people, particularly when extending beyond the current boundaries of their country: Hitler's desire for a Greater Germany led him to annex the Sudetenland.

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