more
/mɔː/
More pronunciations (1)Fewer pronunciations
Australia/moː/
more determiner: additional; further. Also the comparative degree of many.
Determiner
more
- Additional; further.
- If you run out, there are more bandages in the first aid cupboard.
- More people are arriving.
- Bigger, stronger, or more valuable.
- He is more than the ten years he spent behind bars at our local prison, as he is a changed man and his past does not define him.
Adverb
more
- To a greater degree or extent.
- I like cake, but I like chocolate more.
- I could no more climb that than fly!
- Used to form the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs.
- You're a great deal more beautiful than I ever imagined.
- I am much more eager to help than you.
- In negative constructions: any further, any longer; any more.
- Than was there pees betwyxte thys erle and thys Aguaurs, and grete surete that the erle sholde never warre agaynste hym more.1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum ii”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book XV, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer...
- Used in addition to an inflected comparative form.
- I was more better at English than you.
Pronoun
more
- A greater number or quantity (of something).
- We’re running out of napkins. I should have bought more.
- There isn’t enough salt in this. You need to add more.
- An extra or additional quantity (of something).
- There aren’t many people here yet, but more should be arriving soon.
- Speaking about Canada, where I teach, while the canon remains the raison d’etre of the discipline, some changes have come about and more are in the offing.2016, Arun P. Mukherjee, “English Studies in Contemporary India”, in M. Sridhar, Sunita Mishra, editors, Language Policy and Education in India: Documents, Contexts and Debates, page 254
Noun
more (plural mores)
Verb
more (third-person singular simple present mores, present participle moring, simple past and past participle mored)
- To root up.
Proper noun (1) capitalized: More
IPA/mɔːˈreɪ/
More
- The Volta-Congo language of the Mossi people, mainly spoken in part of Burkina Faso.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: More
US/ˈmɔɹ/UK/ˈmɔː/
More (countable and uncountable, plural Mores)
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- A small village and civil parish (without a council) in south-west Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO3491).
Also used as
more is also the comparative degree of many.
more is also the comparative degree of much.
more is also the singular of mores.
more meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Malayalam
more in Hindi
- comparative of many
- अधिकतर adhiktar
- comparative of much
- अधिक adhik, ज्यादा jyādā
- word to form a comparative
- अधिक adhik, और aur
more in Marathi
- comparative of much
- जास्त jāsta
- word to form a comparative
- अजून ajūn
more in Urdu
- word to form a comparative
- زیادہ zyādā, اور aur
more in Malayalam
- comparative of many
- കൂടുതൽ kūṭutal
More languagesFewer languages
- more in Gujarati
- વધારે vadhāre
- more in Assamese
- সৰহ xoroh, বেছি besi
- more in Nepali
- धेरै dherai
- more in Tagalog
- mas
- more in Arabic
- أَكْثَر ʔakṯar
- more in Malay
- lebih
- more in Persian
- بیشتر bištar
- more in Thai
- อีก ìik
- more in Vietnamese
- nhiều hơn, hơn
Examples of more in a sentence
- More advanced students.
- I have more than carried out my obligation.
- I have no complaints and no more does my mom.
- I'd love to see more of Bob and Linda.
- But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company...
- With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:
Antonyms of more
Forms of more
| Determiner | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | mo |
| alternative form | mo' |
| alternative form | moh |
| alternative form | moar |
| Noun | |
| plural | mores |
| alternative form (dialectal) | moor |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | mores |
| present participle | moring |
| past participle | mored |
| past | mored |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Mòoré |
| alternative form | Mooré |
| alternative form | Moré |
| alternative form | Moshi |
| alternative form | Mossi |
| alternative form | Moore |
| plural | Mores |
| alternative form | Morus |
Origin of more
From Middle English more, from Old English māra (“more”), from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *maizô (“more”), from Proto-Indo-European *mē- (“many”). Cognate with Scots mair (“more”), Saterland Frisian moor (“more”), West Frisian mear (“more”), Dutch meer (“more”), Low German mehr (“more”), German mehr (“more”), Danish mere (“more”), Swedish mera (“more”), Norwegian Bokmål mer (“more”), Norwegian Nynorsk meir (“more”), Faroese and Icelandic meira (“more”).
From Middle English more, moore (“root”), from Old English more, moru (“carrot, parsnip”) from Proto-West Germanic *morhā, from Proto-Germanic *murhǭ (“carrot”), from Proto-Indo-European *merk- (“edible herb, tuber”). Akin to Old Saxon moraha (“carrot”), Old High German morha, moraha (“root of a plant or tree”) (German Möhre (“carrot”), Morchel (“mushroom, morel”)). More at morel.
From Middle English moren, from the noun. See above.
Words formed from more
- all the more
- anymore
- any more for any more
- bite off more than one can chew
- B-more
- bollocks more like
- couldn't be more different
- cut off more than one can chew
- delay no more
- do more harm than good
- ever-more
- for ever more
- four more years
- growmore
- have got more chins than a Chinese phone book
- have got more chins than a Chinese phonebook
- have got more chins than Chinatown
- have more chins than a Chinese phone book
- have more chins than a Chinese phonebook
- have more chins than Chinatown
- have more money than God
- have one more time
- honey catches more flies than vinegar
- lies beget more lies
- make the cheese more binding
- meo more
- more and more
- more at eleven
- more by token
- more Catholic than the Pope
- more confusing than a Rubik's cube
- more cry than wool
- more cushion for the pushin'
- more dead than alive
- more dollars than sense
- moredom
- more equal
- morefold
- more grease to your elbow
- more haste, less speed
- more heat than light
- more honored in the breach
- more important fish to fry
- more-ish
- moreish
- more is more
- more kicks than ha'pence
- more life in a tramp's vest
- more like
- more like it
- more money than brains
- more money than sense
- moreness
- more often than not
- more-or-less
- moreover
- more power to someone
- more power to your arm
- more power to your elbow
- more royalist than the king
Phrases with more
- more so
- no more
- any more
- Ben More
- more suo
- Glen More
- lurk more
- once more
- some more
- say no more
- what's more
- less is more
121 more phrasesFewer phrases
- more betoken
- more or less
- what is more
- one more time
- one more again
- more tea, vicar
- need I say more
- no more no less
- more than eleven
- more than likely
- had one more time
- has one more time
- more than friends
- more to the point
- nothing more than
- the more you know
- much will have more
- no more Mr Nice Guy
- now, more than ever
- having one more time
- more sauce than meat
- no more Mr. Nice Guy
- the more the merrier
- the more fool someone
- more often than naught
- more often than nought
- more sacks on the mill
- more sacks to the mill
- not in Kansas any more
- did more harm than good
- had more money than God
- has more money than God
- more plates, more dates
- more than meets the eye
- no more Mister Nice Guy
- those who have get more
- does more harm than good
- done more harm than good
- please speak more slowly
- them that has, gets more
- them what has, gets more
- those that have get more
- those who have, get more
- doing more harm than good
- once more into the breach
- people who have, get more
- piss more than one drinks
- sore boob means more boob
- those that have, get more
- having more money than God
- need more time in the oven
- pissed more than one drank
- more than one bargained for
- needs more time in the oven
- pisses more than one drinks
- made the cheese more binding
- needed more time in the oven
- pissing more than one drinks
- had more chins than Chinatown
- has more chins than Chinatown
- makes the cheese more binding
- needing more time in the oven
- making the cheese more binding
- more than one cares to mention
- once on shore, we pray no more
- cuts off more than one can chew
- bit off more than one could chew
- bites off more than one can chew
- cut off more than one could chew
- having more chins than Chinatown
- biting off more than one can chew
- in more shit than a Werribee duck
- more comfortable than an old shoe
- more than one can poke a stick at
- there's more where that came from
- cutting off more than one can chew
- more than one can shake a stick at
- more than you can shake a stick at
- bitten off more than one could chew
- the tongue wounds more than a lance
- one more time for the sweet souvenir
- slip into something more comfortable
- the more you know, the higher you go
- more than someone has had hot dinners
- there are plenty more fish in the sea
- had more chins than a Chinese phonebook
- has more chins than a Chinese phonebook
- there's more than one way to feed a cat
- there's more than one way to fuck a cat
- there's more than one way to skin a cat
- had more chins than a Chinese phone book
- has more chins than a Chinese phone book
- more than someone has had cooked dinners
- there are more horses' asses than horses
- there's more than one way to cook an egg
- there's more than one way to crack an egg
- had more of something in one's finger than
- has more of something in one's finger than
- having more chins than a Chinese phonebook
- there are plenty more pebbles on the beach
- had got more chins than a Chinese phonebook
- has got more chins than a Chinese phonebook
- have more of something in one's finger than
- having more chins than a Chinese phone book
- there's more than one way to peel an orange
- had got more chins than a Chinese phone book
- has got more chins than a Chinese phone book
- you catch more flies with honey than vinegar
- having more of something in one's finger than
- having got more chins than a Chinese phonebook
- you attract more flies with honey than vinegar
- having got more chins than a Chinese phone book
- you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar
- you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
- the more things change, the more they stay the same
- you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
- there is nothing more permanent than a temporary solution
- one hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen
- the more one learns about people, the more one likes one's pet
- all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others
- you get more with a kind word and a gun than you do with a kind word alone
Words that rhyme with more
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Questions about more
- What does more mean?
- More means additional; further.
- What is more in Hindi?
- More in Hindi is अधिकतर (adhiktar), अधिक (adhik), ज्यादा (jyādā). See More meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use more in a sentence?
- More advanced students.
- What part of speech is more?
- More can be a determiner, an adverb, a pronoun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce more?
- More is pronounced /mɔː/ (UK).
Words near more in the dictionary
Source and license
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