Definitions
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- adjective Of, relating to, or being a city considered together with its populous suburbs.
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- adjective
comparative form ofgreat : moregreat - adjective Used in referring to a region or place together with the surrounding area; (of a city)
metropolitan .
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- adjective greater in size or importance or degree
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Examples
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"Perhaps Carlotta's right was greater -- _could it be greater_ than her husband's?"
The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus Lawrence Turnbull
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We frankly admit that where the evil of slavery is felt to a greater extent than in the states to which we have adverted, not only must _greater exertions_ be used, but even the plans of proceeding must be somewhat varied.
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'Tis my comfort that I shall be one of the last that are called in question; and, whilst the greater offenders are calling to account, I shall have leisure to amend; for it would be unreasonable to punish _the less troublesome_, whilst we are infested with _the greater_.
The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded Delia Bacon 1835
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_the greater congregation_; but if the weight be _greater_, the former motion _yields_.
The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded Delia Bacon 1835
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/rV tirtue ten thoufand cimei greater — deaf hoySf Jt't rirt&e Un thoufand timet greater*
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As the term greater good is employed to indicate the degree in which a quality serves as a means, so may the higher good show the degree in which it is an end.
The Nature of Goodness George Herbert Palmer 1887
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In a Guardian article, the former foreign secretary says the prime minister's "muscular liberalism" offers little to people who are craving what he calls a "greater sense of security" in an ever changing world.
David Miliband attacks David Cameron's 'muscular liberalism' 2011
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The strategy document itself articulates the principle as follows: The greater the threat, the greater is the risk of inaction — and the more compelling the case for taking anticipatory action to defend ourselves, even if uncertainty remains as to the time and place of the enemy's attack.
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The enemy is starting to morph, and demonstrate what he calls greater resiliency.
Jayne Lyn Stahl: General McChrystal and His "Retail War" 2009
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The greater the specificity of the interacting components required to produce the function, the greater is our confidence in the conclusion of design.
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