Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - greater

1. Greater is the comparative of great. 2. Greater is used with the name of a large city to refer to the city together with the surrounding urban and suburban area. ...Greater London. ADJ: ADJ n 3. Greater is used with the name of a country to refer to a larger area which includes that country and other land which used to belong to it, or which some people believe should belong to it. ...greater Syria. ADJ: ADJ n