From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Etymology
[nonlemma]
*** Pronunciation
- [grā'tə(ɹ)] [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Adjective
[en]
1. [great]
2. * [en]
*** Adjective
[-]
1. Of two (or, rarely, more than two) thing s: the larger in size ( bigger ), in value , in importance etc.
2. [en] [In the names of place s or geographic features:]
1. The larger geographic or administrative area that encompasses or belongs to a place (especially if both share the same name).
2. * [en]
3. [en] Including the surrounding urban areas and conurbation (of a city or other large settlement).
4. * [en]
5. * [en]
6. * [en]
7. * {{ quote-book
|en |year=2013 |author=吴语: Peter Newman (environmental scientist); Anne Matan
|chapter=The Renewable Energy City |title=Green Urbanism in Asia: The Emerging
Green Tigers |url= |ISBN=978-9814425476 |LCCN=2012046043 |OCLC=832330332
|page=41 |pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=1EQjyKa5PP4C&pg=PA41
|text=In February 2010, the largest high—concentration photovoltaic (HCPV)
solar power plant in Asia began operation in Lujhu, located in the GREATER
Kaohsiung area.}}
1. * [en]
2. Referring to a state at its fullest historical (or desired future) extent including colonies , annexed land, etc.
**** Derived terms
{{col|en|Greater Accra |greater adjutant |Greater Adria |greater alar
cartilage |Greater Antilles |greater argentine |greater argonaut |Greater
Armenia |greater bamboo lemur |Greater Bendigo |greater big-footed mouse
|greater bilby |greater black-backed gull |Greater Britain |greater capybara
|Greater Caucasus |greater celandine |greater crested tern |greater evil
|greater flamingo |greater fool theory |greater galago |greater galangal
|Greater Geelong |Greater Geraldton |Greater German Reich |greater glider
|greater good |greater green leafbird |Greater Hebrides |Greater Iran |greater
kudu |Greater London |Greater Manchester |Greater Middle East |Greater
Minnesota |Greater Mongolia |greater mouse-eared bat |greater multangular
|Greater Napanee |greater occipital nerve |greater of two evils |greater
omentum |greater one-horned rhinoceros |greater palatine artery |greater
petrosal nerve |greater plantain |Greater Poland |greater prairie chicken
|greater rhea |greater roadrunner |greater sac |greater sandplover |greater
saphenous vein |greater scaup |Greater Shepparton |greater short-toed lark
|greater siren |greater spotted eagle |Greater Sudbury |Greater Syria |greater
than |greater trochanter |Greater United States |Greater Upper Nile |Greater
Vancouver |greater wax moth |greater weever |greater white-fronted goose
|greater whitethroat |Greater Willington |greater wing |greater yam |greater
yellow-headed vulture |northern greater galago |to a greater extent }}
**** Related terms
- [en]
**** Translations
[greater]
[of two things, the larger in size, value, importance etc]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar]
- Chinese:
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- German: [de]
- Persian: [fa]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
[trans-bottom]
[area with surrounding region]
- Chinese:
- Danish: [da] [cities]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Russian: [ru]
- Telugu: [te]
[trans-bottom]
*** References
- [R:MWO]
*** Anagrams
- [en]