greater good

English

Noun

greater good

1. The benefit of the public, of more people than oneself.

   for the greater good

Translations

benefit of the public

• Finnish: yhteinen hyvä
• Hebrew: טובת הכלל
• Hindi: अधिक से अधिक अच्छे (adhik se adhik acche)
• Japanese: より大きな善
• Korean: 더 좋은 (deo jo'eun)
• Polish: dobro wspólne n
• Portuguese: bem maior m
• Russian: о́бщее бла́го n (óbščeje blágo)
• Spanish: bien común m
• Swedish: gemensamma bästa n

See also

• common good

Further reading

• “the greater good” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.