greater
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- adjective
- /ˈɡreɪtər/
- She has a greater talent for painting than her siblings.
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Watch on YouTubeSo for me, I require a greater sense of comfort.
- So for me, I require a greater sense of comfort.
- And I'm part of something so much greater than myself, right?
- It would require much greater, much greater skill than the human mind has.
- The potential for reward is greater and the risk gets smaller.
- He'll, he'll talk about this at greater length in later chapters.
- Well, we live in a world that does have greater and lesser probabilities.
- I think I would say yes, there is a greater awareness of of sleep.
- How are we supposed to align ourselves with those greater forces than ours?
- So then we then develop a greater sense of value around those things.
- If recourse isn't greater than moral outcome.
- Just reminding myself that this has such a greater power than than me.
- But give me, is there any greater, greater gift than a purpose?
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How are we supposed to align ourselves with those greater forces than ours?
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The potential for reward is greater and the risk gets smaller.
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And the pain of that was greater than this.
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Your same marketing efforts has a greater impact on the community.
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So then we then develop a greater sense of value around those things.
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So for me, I require a greater sense of comfort.
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We also need to plan for an even greater threat from AI itself.
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I think I would say yes, there is a greater awareness of of sleep.
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YOU KNOW, THEY SAY THAT THERE'S NO GREATER LOSS THAN WHEN A FATHER LOSES HIS SON.
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MR. BAILY, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THE PEOPLE OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION WHO ARE SUFFERING UNDER HARDSHIPS EVEN GREATER THAN YOUR OWN HERE IN THE UNITED STATES?
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- Specialized
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9.6
A large brown bird that lives in North American grasslands and makes loud mating calls
- Specialized
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7.9
A large fold of tissue that hangs from the stomach and covers the intestines
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4.2
A group of large islands in the western West Indies, including Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico
- South African
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9.3
A large African antelope with long spiral horns and white stripes on its body
- Specialized
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9.9
A large shorebird with long yellow legs and a long thin bill that wades in marshes
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9.9
A plant with bright yellow flowers and woody stems that grows in Europe and western Asia
A very large Swiss working dog with a three-colour coat that pulls carts and guards farm animals
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5.6
A group of large islands in Southeast Asia including Borneo, Sumatra, Java, and Sulawesi
Two large bridges that cross the Mississippi River at New Orleans and carry vehicles
- Specialized
A large chest muscle that pulls the arm toward the body and turns it inward
- Specialized
The main space inside the belly around the stomach and intestines
- Specialized
A rare burrowing armadillo with pinkish armor that lives underground in South America
- Specialized
A muscle in the upper back that pulls the shoulder blade toward the spine
- Specialized
A large plant with heart-shaped leaves and a root you can eat for food and medicine
A European orchid with large dark green flowers that have a faint smell
A European herb with scented roots, big leaves at the base, and clusters of white or pink flowers
A tall plant that grows near water with long spear-shaped leaves and yellow flowers
A tall plant with white flower clusters that grows in shallow fresh water
A small brown bird with a white throat that sings in hedges in Europe and western Asia
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Etymology
Greater comes from the word great plus the ending -er, where great originally meant 'big' and -er means 'more'. So greater is like the word bigger; it means 'more big' or 'more important', which is why we use it to compare size or importance.