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Meanings of greater part in English

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Usage of greater part in English
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The greater part of the forenoon was spent in collecting the horses.
Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria / In searc...
2
The greater part of the day was spent in the Midway Plaisance.
Elsie at the World's Fair
3
The greater part of the next passed much in the same manner.
The Three Midshipmen
4
That would mean the greater part of the day in the saddle-
The Avalanche: A Mystery Story
5
And in music the greater part of the evening was passed away.
Henrietta's Wish; Or, Domineering
6
For the greater part of the pilgrim life is necessarily in solitude.
A Tramp's Sketches
7
Towards the conclusion of the sermon, the far greater part of the
Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories...
8
She remained in her own room the greater part of the day.
By the Light of the Soul: A Novel
9
For in serious causes they occupy the greater part of the speech.
The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4
10
He often lay in bed for the greater part of the morning.
Children of the Market Place
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The greater part of the afternoon was passed in this engrossing work.
The Blue Birds' Winter Nest
12
So I passed the evening and the greater part of the night.
The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu
13
But the chiefs and the greater part of the people went away.
Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway
14
The transepts and the greater part of the nave were similarly flooded.
Old Saint Paul's: A Tale of the Plague and the Fire
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The greater part of her life was now spent in practising it.
Maurice Guest
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The greater part did not join in, and the song went feebly.
Now It Can Be Told
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Greater part through the time
Greater part across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common
Ireland
Rare