crete

/ˈkɹiːt/

name 2noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

ancient, big, deep, fifth-largest, gorgeous, popular

VERB + CRETE

denies, enshrined, shores

CRETE + NOUN

epicurean, fathers, island, isn, malta, plato, restaurant, rhodes

PREP.

between, in

Definitions

name

An island in the Mediterranean, and the largest in Greece.

One of the thirteen regions (peripheries) of Greece, consisting of Chania, Iraklion, Lasithi and Rethymno.

noun

A Cretan.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the largest Greek island in the Mediterranean

kriti

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The empire still included the islands of Cyprus, Crete, Rhodes, Malta, and Sicily.

Tatoeba · #6055629

"Jove's island lies, amid the deep enshrined, / Crete, hundred-towned, a land of corn and wine, / where Ida's mountain stands, the cradle of our line."

Tatoeba · #6978013

Loud rise the shouts of sailors to the sky; / "Crete and our fathers", rings for all to hear / the cry of oarsmen.

Tatoeba · #6991741

Through the deep we fly; / behind us sings the stern breeze loud and clear. / So to the shores of ancient Crete we steer.

Tatoeba · #6991811

"Not here thy destined seat, / so saith the Delian god, not thine the shores of Crete."

Tatoeba · #7005309

"Rise, and thy parent with these tidings greet, / to seek Ausonian shores, for Jove denies thee Crete."

Tatoeba · #7005686

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, crete is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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