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GREATER
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Greater in size or importance or degree
Example:
the greater Antilles
Classified under:
Antonym:
lesser (of less size or importance)
Context examples:
Moreover, before I definitively resolve on quitting England, I will know for certain whether I cannot be of greater use by remaining in it than by leaving it.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Her desire of hearing from Isabella grew every day greater.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
She had some satisfaction in finding that he was really going out of Bath the next morning, going early, and that he would be gone the greater part of two days.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
They possessed greater mastery over matter than the gods he had known, most powerful among which was Grey Beaver.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Metahexamide has greater potency than chlorpropamide and tolbutamide.
(Metahexamide, NCI Thesaurus)
BikDD binds with greater affinity to anti-apoptotic proteins bcl-2, bcl-xl, bcl-w and Mcl-1 and is more potent than wild-type Bik.
(C-VISA BikDD:Liposome, NCI Thesaurus)
Any technique in which a sample is condensed in order to afford greater sensitivity for the detection of microorganisms.
(Microbial Concentration Method, NCI Thesaurus)
Milodistim exhibits greater receptor binding affinity and colony stimulating activity than its parent cytokines.
(Milodistim, NCI Thesaurus)
This questionnaire can be scored between 0 and 18, where a score greater than 7 suggests vascular involvement.
(Modified Hachinski Ischemic Scale-NACC Version Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)
A neoplasm of keratinocytes with local invasion and/or metastasis with evidence of keratinization apparent in greater than 1/3 of the neoplasm but less than 2/3 of the neoplasm.
(Moderately-differentiated Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Mouse Skin, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
