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UK/ˈmɔː/ US/ˈmɔɹ/ very common
adverb (2) adjective (3) noun (1)

adverb

1.

used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs

  • “more interesting”
  • “more beautiful”
  • “more quickly”
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2.

comparative of much; to a greater degree or extent

  • “he works more now”
  • “they eat more than they should”
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adjective

1.

(comparative of `much'' used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

  • “more land”
  • “more support”
  • “more rain fell”
  • “more than a gallon”
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2.

(comparative of `many'' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning greater in number

  • “a hall with more seats”
  • “we have no more bananas”
  • “more than one”
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3.

existing or coming by way of addition

  • “an additional problem”
  • “further information”
  • “there will be further delays”
  • “took more time”
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noun

1.

English statesman who opposed Henry VIII''s divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state

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Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • all the more
  • any more for any more
  • bite off more than one can chew
  • bollocks more like
  • couldn't be more different
  • cut off more than one can chew
  • delay no more
  • do more harm than good
  • less is more Terms derived from more (pronoun)
  • more or less
  • more so
  • more than one bargained for Terms derived from more (pronoun)

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WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.