greater

adj

1. (comparative, form-of)comparative form of great: more great

   “The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile. Only the city zoo offers greater species diversity.”

2. (not-comparable)Of two (or, rarely, more than two) things: the larger in size (bigger), in value, in importance etc.

   “greater yellowlegs”

3. (attributive, not-comparable)In the names of places or geographic features:

   “Greater Antilles”

   “GMRLC is a regional consortium of medium-size research libraries (17 in 1995) located in the greater Midwest.”

4. (attributive, capitalized, not-comparable, usually)In the names of places or geographic features:

   “Greater London”

   “Greater New York includes adjacent parts of three states, as well as the City itself.”

   ““Greater London!” What a vague and ill-defined term! We all known London proper, comprising of the City and Westminster, and making up one metropolis.”

   “[…]statistics revealing that while greater Tokyo has a total area that represents only 3.6 percent of the total land available[…]more than 25 percent of the country's population live there.”

   “The rate in isolated counties was about a third higher than in the greater metropolitan counties.”

5. (attributive, not-comparable)In the names of places or geographic features:

   “Greater Armenia”