to a greater extent

1. 1.

   used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs

   “more interesting”

   “more beautiful”

   “more quickly”

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Questions about to a greater extent

What does to a greater extent mean?

to a greater extent means "used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs".

What is another word for to a greater extent?

Close synonyms include more. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is to a greater extent a common word?

to a greater extent is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.