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adjective, comparative of much or many, with nigh as superlative.

in greater quantity, amount, measure, degree, or number: I need more than coin.

additional or further: Practise you need more time? More give-and-take seems pointless.

noun

an additional quantity, amount, or number: I would give you more if I had it. He likes her all the more. When I could have no more than of such nonsense, I left.

a greater quantity, corporeality, or degree: More than is expected of him. The price is more than I thought.

something of greater importance: His report is more than a survey.

(used with a plural verb) a greater number of a form specified, or the greater number of persons: More volition nourish this year than e'er before.

adverb, comparative of much, with virtually as superlative.

in or to a greater extent or caste (in this sense oftentimes used earlier adjectives and adverbs, and regularly before those of more than ii syllables, to form comparative phrases having the same force and effect as the comparative degree formed past the termination -er): more interesting; more than slowly.

in addition; farther; longer; again: Let's talk more than another time. We couldn't stand it whatsoever more.

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Idioms about more

more than and more than, to an increasing extent or caste; gradually more than: They became involved more and more in stock speculation.

more than or less,

1. to some extent; somewhat: She seemed more or less familiar with the subject.
2. well-nigh; approximately; in substance: We came to more than or less the same conclusion.

Origin of more

Offset recorded before 900; Middle English; Erstwhile English māra; cognate with Former High German mēro, Old Norse meiri, Gothic maiza; see about

OTHER WORDS FROM more

moreness, substantive

WORDS THAT MAY Be Confused WITH more

moor, more

Words nearby more

mordida, Mordovian Autonomous Republic, Mordred, Mordvin, Mordvinian Republic, more, Morea, more and more, Moreau, more bang for the buck, Morecambe

Other definitions for more (2 of iii)

More

[ mawr, mohr ]

/ mɔr, moʊr /

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noun

Hannah, 1745–1833, English writer on religious subjects.

Paul Elmer, 1864–1937, U.S. essayist, critic, and editor.

Sir Thomas, 1478–1535, English humanist, statesman, and writer: canonized in 1935.

Other definitions for more (three of three)

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Words related to more than

also, actress, farther, higher, new, other, better, over, as well, major, spare, longer, added, aggrandized, amassed, and, some other, augmented, besides, bounteous

How to use more in a sentence

• Equally an instance of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may exist more of a cautionary tale.

• For more than a century, Americans have been fretting almost these sorts of ghosts.

• But if Democrats are faced with the reality of a glut of qualified candidates, Republicans are assembling more of a fantasy squad.

• Simply since those rosy scenarios were beginning floated, the California political scene has grown more crowded.

• If anything the work the 2 cops and the maintenance guy were doing deserves more than respect and probably helped a lot more people.

• Madame Ratignolle, more than careful of her complexion, had twined a gauze veil nigh her caput.

• I waited three months more, in peachy impatience, then sent him back to the same post, to see if there might be a reply.

• Bernard stood at that place face up to face with Mrs. Vivian, whose eyes seemed to plead with him more than ever.

• He was as well drowsy to hold the thought more than a moment in his heed, much less to reverberate upon it.

• The vision—it had been an instantaneous flash after all and nothing more—had left his mind completely for the time.

British Dictionary definitions for more (1 of 2)

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determiner

1. the comparative of much, many more than joy than you lot know; more than pork sausages
2. (as pronoun; functioning as sing or plural) he has more she has; even more are dying every mean solar day

1. additional; further no more than bananas
2. (as pronoun; operation as sing or plural) I can't take whatsoever more; more than expected

more than of to a greater extent or degree we see more than of Sue these days; more of a nuisance than information technology should be

adverb

used to course the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs a more than believable story; more chop-chop

the comparative of much people mind to the radio more at present

additionally; once again I'll look at it once more

more or less

1. as an estimate; approximately
2. to an unspecified extent or degree the political party was ruined, more or less

more than so to a greater extent or caste

neither more nor less than just

think more of to accept a higher opinion of

what is more moreover

Word Origin for more

Old English māra; compare Old Saxon, Old Loftier German mēro, Gothic maiza. See too most

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British Dictionary definitions for more (2 of ii)

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noun

Hannah. 1745–1833, English writer, noted for her religious tracts, esp The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain

Sir Thomas . 1478–1535, English language statesman, humanist, and Roman Cosmic Saint; Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII (1529–32). His opposition to the disparateness of Henry'southward union to Catherine of Aragon and his refusal to recognize the Human action of Supremacy resulted in his execution on a accuse of treason. In Utopia (1516) he set along his concept of the ideal state. Feast solar day: June 22 or July 6

Collins English language Dictionary - Consummate & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Idioms and Phrases with more

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In addition to the idioms outset with more

• more than and more
• more blindside for the buck
• more dead than alive
• more fun than a butt of monkeys
• more in sorrow than in acrimony
• more oftentimes than not
• more or less
• more than ability to someone
• more than sinned against than sinning
• more than than meets the eye
• more than one bargained for
• more than 1 can shake a stick at
• more than one way to peel a cat
• more the merrier, the

also run into:

• seize with teeth off more than than ane can chew
• irons in the fire, more than one
• habiliment another (more than 1) chapeau
• what is more

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