Greater

American  

[grey-ter] / ˈgreɪ tər /

adjective

1. designating a city or country and its adjacent area.

   Greater New York; Greater Los Angeles.

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Greater British  

/ ˈɡreɪtə /

adjective

1. (of a city) considered with the inclusion of the outer suburbs

   Greater London

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Etymology

Origin of Greater

First recorded in 1570–80; great + -er ⁴

Example Sentences

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Greater

Japan’s key data releases include the June current-account balance on Monday and July producer-price inflation on Thursday, ING chief economist for Greater China, Lynn Song, said in a report.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Greater candidate control over spending makes it clearer to voters who is responsible for a campaign that gets too negative.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Greater Anglia also said Network Rail officers were on site, "working as quickly as possible" to help restore train services to normal.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

She said she wanted to make "every kid" in Greater Manchester "feel they can succeed".

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

After years of living apart up on the mountain, the people of Bithynios, my grandmother’s village, had emerged into the safety of the Meg ale Idea—the Big Idea, the dream of Greater Greece.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides