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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈɡɹeɪ.tə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈɡɹeɪ.tɚ/ [US], [ˈɡɹeɪ.ɾɚ] [US] Audio: Greater-pronunciation-us.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-greater.wav [US]
enPR: grā'tə(ɹ) Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ) Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|en|comparative adjective}} greater
  1. comparative form of great: more great Tags: comparative, form-of Form of: great (extra: more great)
    Sense id: en-greater-en-adj-cMdUIAhL
  2. (usually capitalized) Used in referring to a region or place together with the surrounding area pertaining to it; (of a city) metropolitan. Tags: capitalized, usually Translations (area with surrounding region): (dà) (Chinese Mandarin), Stor- [cities, region, location] (Danish), Groß- (German), רבתי (rabati) (Hebrew), большо́й (bolʹšój) (Russian), ఘనతర (ghanatara) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-greater-en-adj-roRPHjJS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of 'area with surrounding region': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: out- Related terms: greatest

Alternative forms

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      "roman": "dà",
      "sense": "area with surrounding region",
      "word": "大"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "area with surrounding region",
      "topics": [
        "cities",
        "region",
        "location"
      ],
      "word": "Stor-"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "area with surrounding region",
      "word": "Groß-"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "rabati",
      "sense": "area with surrounding region",
      "word": "רבתי"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bolʹšój",
      "sense": "area with surrounding region",
      "word": "большо́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "ghanatara",
      "sense": "area with surrounding region",
      "word": "ఘనతర"
    }
  ],
  "word": "greater"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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