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.
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noun
A greater amount, quantity, or degree.
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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.
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Something of greater importance.
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Synonyms:
  • 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.
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The Volta-Congo language of the Mossi people, mainly spoken in part of Burkina Faso.
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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.
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(now poetic) In negative constructions: any further, any longer; any more. [from 10th c.]

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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").

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  • 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.

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

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  • From Middle English -more

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