What does greater mean?

Definitions for greater
ˈgreɪ tərgreater

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. greateradjective

    greater in size or importance or degree

    "for the greater good of the community"; "the greater Antilles"

Wiktionary

  1. greateradjective

    Used in referring to a region or place together with the surrounding area; (of a city) metropolitan.

Wikipedia

  1. Greater

    Greater is the second single by contemporary Christian music band MercyMe for their eight studio album, Welcome to the New (2014). It was released as a single on March 25, 2014. The song peaked at No. 2 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart, blocked from the top by "Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)" by Hillsong United. It was their record-extending twelfth Christian Airplay chart topper. It lasted 49 weeks on the overall chart. It also peaked at No. 14 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100. The song is played in a D major key, and 116 beats per minute. The song also appears the compilation album, WOW Hits 2016.

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  1. greater

    Greater is an adjective that is used to compare two or more things, indicating that one thing is of a larger size, amount, importance, or degree than another. It signifies a higher level, extent, or value in comparison to something else.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'greater' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #669

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'greater' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1176

Anagrams for greater »

  1. terrage

  2. regrate

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of greater in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of greater in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of greater in a Sentence

  1. Pierre Hudry:

    These funds have performed very well as an asset class, leading to increased capital inflows and greater firepower.

  2. Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield:

    The heart never grows better by age I fear rather worse always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older.

  3. Alfred Lord Tennyson:

    The greater man the greater courtesy.

  4. Agneta Rising:

    Maybe we are now looking at 200 GW by 2030, making it the leading nuclear country by capacity, but there is still potential for nuclear to take an even greater share.

  5. Pietro Parolin:

    It is hoped ... that a measure like this (ending the embargo) will also bring with it a greater openness from the point of view of freedom and human rights.

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