greater

CEFRA1

/ˈɡɹeɪtə/

adjective

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adjective
Larger, better, or more important than something else.
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adjective
Extra detail
In the names of places or geographic features:, The larger geographic or administrative area that encompasses or belongs to a place (especially if both share the same name).

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Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meanings

Of two (or, rarely, more than two) things: the larger in size (bigger), in value, in importance etc.
comparative form of great: more great
In the names of places or geographic features:

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The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile. Only the city zoo offers greater species diversity.
2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects as chefs put bugs back on the menu”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32
GMRLC is a regional consortium of medium-size research libraries (17 in 1995) located in the greater Midwest.
1997, Virginia Boucher, “Interlibrary Cooperation”, in Interlibrary Loan Practices Handbook, 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 98, column 1
“Greater London!” What a vague and ill-defined term! We all known London proper, comprising of the City and Westminster, and making up one metropolis.
1883, Edward Walford, Greater London: A Narrative of its History, its People, and its Places, volume 1, London: Cassell & Company, page 1
[…]statistics revealing that while greater Tokyo has a total area that represents only 3.6 percent of the total land available[…]more than 25 percent of the country's population live there.
1990, Chikara Higashi, Geza Peter Lauter, The Internationalization of the Japanese Economy, →ISBN, page 285
The rate in isolated counties was about a third higher than in the greater metropolitan counties.
2004, Janet Golden, Richard Alan Meckel, Heather Munro Prescott, Children and Youth in Sickness and in Health: A Historical Handbook and Guide, →ISBN, page 201

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