Greater

American

[grey-ter] / ˈgreɪ tər /

adjective

designating a city or country and its adjacent area.

Greater New York; Greater Los Angeles.

Greater British

/ ˈɡreɪtə /

adjective

(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

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Astronauts traveling to Mars will face much greater exposure to solar radiation than people on Earth.

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By analyzing large cancer databases, the team found that higher amounts of TDP43 were associated with greater numbers of mutations in tumors.

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Programs focused on birds have achieved far greater success in protecting and recovering species.

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"I worked for everything I've got since the age of 15," says Hutchcroft, who grew up in a working-class household in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester.

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It encapsulates the well-founded belief that starting a war is likely to create unforeseen evils greater than the evil of the status quo.

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