suur- — meaning in English

English meaning

• grand adj Impressively large, important, or magnificent.
• greater adj Larger in size, amount, or importance than something else being compared.

Senses

suur- is used for these senses in English:

• grand Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name.
• greater (usually, capitalized) Including the surrounding urban areas and conurbation (of a city or other large settlement).

grand — full definition

1. adj Impressively large, important, or magnificent.
2. adj Excellent or wonderful (informal, especially in Irish and British English).
3. noun Informal term for a thousand units of currency, such as dollars or pounds.
4. noun Short for grand piano.

greater — full definition

1. adj Larger in size, amount, or importance than something else being compared.
2. adj Used before a place name to mean the wider metropolitan area surrounding a city.

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