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1[ mawr, mohr ]
adjective
- in greater quantity, amount, measure, degree, or number:
I need more money.
- additional or further:
Do you need more time? More discussion 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 take no more of such nonsense, I left.
- a greater quantity, amount, or degree:
More 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 class specified, or the greater number of persons:
More will attend this year than ever before.
adverb
- in or to a greater extent or degree (in this sense often used before adjectives and adverbs, and regularly before those of more than two syllables, to form comparative phrases having the same force and effect as the comparative degree formed by the termination -er ): more slowly.
more interesting;
more slowly.
- in addition; further; longer; again: We couldn't stand it any more.
Let's talk more another time.
We couldn't stand it any more.
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2[ mawr, mohr ]
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 author: canonized in 1935.
Moré
3[ muh-rey ]
noun
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1/ mɔː /
noun
- MoreHannah17451833FEnglishRELIGION: religious writer Hannah. 1745–1833, English writer, noted for her religious tracts, esp The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain
- MoreSir Thomas14781535MEnglishPOLITICS: statesmanPHILOSOPHY: humanistRELIGION: saintWRITING: writer Sir Thomas . 1478–1535, English statesman, humanist, and Roman Catholic Saint; Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII (1529–32). His opposition to the annulment of Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon and his refusal to recognize the Act of Supremacy resulted in his execution on a charge of treason. In Utopia (1516) he set forth his concept of the ideal state. Feast day: June 22 or July 6
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2/ mɔː /
determiner
- ( as pronoun; functioning as sing or plural )
he has more than she has
even more are dying every day
- additional; further
no more bananas
- ( as pronoun; functioning as sing or plural )
I can't take any more
more than expected
- more ofto a greater extent or degree
we see more of Sue these days
more of a nuisance than it should be
adverb
- used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
a more believable story
more quickly
- the comparative of much
people listen to the radio more now
- additionally; again
I'll look at it once more
- more or less
- as an estimate; approximately
- to an unspecified extent or degree
the party was ruined, more or less
- more soto a greater extent or degree
- neither more nor less thansimply
- think more ofto have a higher opinion of
- what is moremoreover
Usage
Other Words From
- moreness noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of more1
Idioms and Phrases
- more and more, to an increasing extent or degree; gradually more:
They became involved more and more in stock speculation.
- more or less,
- to some extent; somewhat:
She seemed more or less familiar with the subject.
More idioms and phrases containing more
- bite off more than one can chew
- irons in the fire, more than one
- wear another (more than one) hat
- what is more
Example Sentences
“What we’re doing is more for the history,” he said finally.
I started reading a lot more, I started carrying a lot more.
Praxis put up more than $200,000 of its own funds and worked without compensation to prove that partnering with legacy landowners to create new housing can work, she said.
“People have been passing around the same bills for more than a year now,” says Al-Ashqar, who was displaced from Gaza City.
What a moment ago was festive theme park fare becomes something more reflective, all while slightly nodding to the holiday’s more spiritual underpinnings.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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