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Meaning of greater united states

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

greater

Pronunciation:/ˈɡɹeɪ.tə(ɹ)/

adjective

Definitions

  1. Relatively large in scale, size, extent, number (i.e. having many parts or members) or duration (i.e. relatively long); very big.

    Example: A great storm is approaching our shores.

  2. Of larger size or more importance than others of its kind.

    Example: the great auk

  3. (qualifying nouns of family relationship) Involving more generations than the qualified word implies — as many extra generations as repetitions of the word great (from 1510s). [see Derived terms]

    Example: great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, great-great-great-grandfather

  4. (followed by 'with') Pregnant; large with young; full of.

    Example: great with child