More Definition

môr

adjective

Greater in number.

A hall with more seats.

American Heritage

Greater in amount, degree, or number.

We have more time than we thought.

Webster's New World

Additional; further.

Take more tea.

Webster's New World

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less
fewer

noun

A greater amount, quantity, or degree.

Webster's New World

A greater number (of persons or things)

More of us are going.

Webster's New World

A greater number of persons or things.

Webster's New World

Something additional or further.

More can be said.

Webster's New World

Something of greater importance.

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sir thomas more
Thomas More
pluralness

pronoun

A greater or additional number of persons or things.

I opened only two bottles but more were in the refrigerator.

American Heritage

The Volta-Congo language of the Mossi people, mainly spoken in part of Burkina Faso.

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A surname.

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adverb

In or to a greater degree or extent.

More satisfying, more intensely.

Webster's New World

Used to form the comparative of many adjectives and adverbs.

More difficult; more softly.

American Heritage

In addition; further; again; longer.

Webster's New World

Moreover; furthermore.

American Heritage

(now poetic) In negative constructions: any further, any longer; any more. [from 10th c.]

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less
fewer

determiner

Comparative form of many: in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.)

More people are arriving; there are more ways to do this than I can count.

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Comparative form of much: in greater quantity, amount, or proportion. (Used for a continuous quantity.)

I want more soup; I need more time.

There's more caffeine in my coffee than in the coffee you get in most places.

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verb

To root up.

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suffix

(archaic) Used to form a comparative of certain adjectives and adverbs, usually ending in -er.

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Used for placenames.

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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to More

Origin of More

From Middle English more, from Old English māra (“more"), from Proto-Germanic *maizô (“more"), from Proto-Indo-European *mÄ“- (“many"). Cognate with Scots mair (“more"), West Frisian mear (“more"), Dutch meer (“more"), Low German mehr (“more"), German mehr (“more"), Danish mere (“more"), Swedish mera (“more"), Icelandic meiri, meira (“more").

From Wiktionary
From Middle English more, moore (“carrot, parsnip") from Old English more, moru (“carrot, parsnip") from Proto-Germanic *murhō(n), *murhijō(n) (“carrot"), from Proto-Indo-European *mork- (“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.

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Middle English from Old English māra māre mē-³ in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Scottish Gaelic mór (“big"). Also a variant of Moore.

From Wiktionary
From Middle English moren, from the noun. See above.

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From Middle English -more

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