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more-than

more-than adverb: to a higher degree than.

Adverb

more-than (not comparable)

  1. To a higher degree than.
    • Our profits more-than doubled last year.

Origin of more-than

From more + than.

Questions about more-than

What does more-than mean?
More-than means to a higher degree than.
What part of speech is more-than?
More-than is an adverb.

Words near more-than in the dictionary

  1. more to the point
  2. more'n
  3. more's the pity
  4. more-ish
  5. more-or-less
  6. more-than
  7. Morea
  8. Moreau
  9. Moreauvian
  10. Morebath
  11. Morebattle

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