more
Part of speech: det
adv
pron
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: 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”).
Inflected forms:
form: mo
pos: det
tags: alternative
form: mo'
pos: det
tags: alternative
form: moh
pos: det
tags: alternative
form: moar
pos: det
tags: alternative
form: mo
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: mo'
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: moh
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: moar
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: mo
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: mo'
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: moh
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: moar
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: mores
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: moring
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: mored
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: mored
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Additional; further.
pos: det
examples: If you run out, there are more bandages in the first aid cupboard.
More people are arriving.
I want more soup.
I need more time.
gloss: Bigger, stronger, or more valuable.
pos: det
examples: He is more than the ten years he spent behind bars at our local prison, as he is a changed man and his past does not define him.
gloss: To a greater degree or extent.
pos: adv
examples: I like cake, but I like chocolate more.
I could no more climb that than fly!
More advanced students.
I have more than carried out my obligation.
I have no complaints and no more does my mom.
Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.
gloss: Used to form the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs.
pos: adv
examples: You're a great deal more beautiful than I ever imagined.
I am much more eager to help than you.
Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better.
Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.
gloss: In negative constructions: any further, any longer; any more.
pos: adv
tags: poetic
examples: Than was there pees betwyxte thys erle and thys Aguaurs, and grete surete that the erle sholde never warre agaynste hym more.
gloss: Used in addition to an inflected comparative form.
pos: adv
tags: dialectal
humorous
proscribed
examples: I was more better at English than you.
gloss: A greater number or quantity (of something).
pos: pron
examples: We’re running out of napkins. I should have bought more.
There isn’t enough salt in this. You need to add more.
I'd love to see more of Bob and Linda.
gloss: An extra or additional quantity (of something).
pos: pron
examples: There aren’t many people here yet, but more should be arriving soon.
Speaking about Canada, where I teach, while the canon remains the raison d’etre of the discipline, some changes have come about and more are in the offing.
gloss: To root up.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Antonyms: fewer
less
Derived words: all the more
anymore
any more for any more
bite off more than one can chew
B-more
bollocks more like
couldn't be more different
cut off more than one can chew
delay no more
do more harm than good
ever-more
for ever more
four more years
growmore
have got more chins than a Chinese phone book
have got more chins than a Chinese phonebook
have got more chins than Chinatown
have more chins than a Chinese phone book
have more chins than a Chinese phonebook
have more chins than Chinatown
have more money than God
have one more time
honey catches more flies than vinegar
lies beget more lies
make the cheese more binding
meo more
more and more
more at eleven
more by token
more Catholic than the Pope
more confusing than a Rubik's cube
more cry than wool
more cushion for the pushin'
more dead than alive
more dollars than sense
moredom
more equal
morefold
more grease to your elbow
more haste, less speed
more heat than light
more honored in the breach
more important fish to fry
more-ish
moreish
more is more
more kicks than ha'pence
more life in a tramp's vest
more like
more like it
more money than brains
more money than sense
moreness
more often than not
more-or-less
moreover
more power to someone
more power to your arm
more power to your elbow
more royalist than the king
more sacks on the mill
more sacks to the mill
more sauce than meat
moresome
more suo
more-than
more than eleven
more than friends
more than likely
more than meets the eye
more than one can poke a stick at
more than one can shake a stick at
more than one cares to mention
more than someone has had cooked dinners
more than someone has had hot dinners
more than you can shake a stick at
more to the point
need I say more
need more time in the oven
nethermore
neverthemore
no more
no more Mister Nice Guy
no more Mr Nice Guy
no more Mr. Nice Guy
no more no less
nothing more than
once more
once more into the breach
one hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen
one more again
one more time
one more time for the sweet souvenir
overmore
piss more than one drinks
please speak more slowly
slip into something more comfortable
some more
sore boob means more boob
there are more horses' asses than horses
there are plenty more fish in the sea
there are plenty more pebbles on the beach
there's more than one way to cook an egg
there's more than one way to crack an egg
there's more than one way to feed a cat
there's more than one way to fuck a cat
there's more than one way to peel an orange
there's more than one way to skin a cat
there's more where that came from
the tongue wounds more than a lance
those that have get more
those who have get more
uttermore
what is more
what's more
you attract more flies with honey than vinegar
you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar
you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
you catch more flies with honey than vinegar
you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
you get more with a kind word and a gun than you do with a kind word alone
more or less
more so
less is more
more's the pity
more than one bargained for
say no more
the more the merrier
Translations:
lang: Aghwan
word: 𐔼𐕀𐕒𐔺
roman: ixoy
lang: Arabic
word: أَكْثَر
roman: ʔakṯar
lang: Armenian
word: ավելին
roman: avelin
lang: Assamese
word: বেছি
roman: besi
lang: Belarusian
word: бо́льш
roman: bólʹš
lang: Bourguignon
word: pus
lang: Bulgarian
word: повече
roman: poveče
lang: Catalan
word: més
lang: Chinese
word: 閣較 /阁较
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 更多
roman: gèngduō
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 更加
roman: gèngjiā
lang: Czech
word: víc
lang: Czech
word: více
lang: Danish
word: mere
lang: Dutch
word: meer
lang: Esperanto
word: pli
lang: Estonian
word: rohkem
lang: Finnish
word: enemmän
lang: French
word: plus
lang: French
word: davantage de
lang: Friulian
word: plui
lang: Galician
word: máis
lang: Galician
word: chus
lang: German
word: mehr
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌹𐍃
roman: haldis
lang: Greek
word: περισσότερο
roman: perissótero
lang: Ancient Greek
word: μᾶλλον
roman: mâllon
lang: Gujarati
word: વધારે
roman: vadhāre
lang: Hindi
word: अधिक
roman: adhik
lang: Hindi
word: ज्यादा
roman: jyādā
lang: Hungarian
word: jobban
lang: Ido
word: plu
lang: Ido
word: plu multe
lang: Interlingua
word: plus
lang: Irish
word: tuilleadh
lang: Istriot
word: pioûn
lang: Italian
word: più
lang: Japanese
word: よりたくさん
lang: Japanese
word: よりおおく
roman: ...yori ōku
lang: Japanese
word: もう
roman: mō
lang: Javanese
word: luwih
lang: Korean
word: 더
roman: deo
lang: Ladin
word: plu
lang: Latin
word: magis
lang: Latin
word: plūs
lang: Latin
word: abundantior
lang: Mansaka
word: labi
lang: Marathi
word: जास्त
roman: jāsta
lang: Mongolian
word: дээр
roman: deer
lang: Nepali
word: धेरै
roman: dherai
lang: Norman
word: pus
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: mer
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: meir
lang: Persian
word: بیشتر
roman: bištar
lang: Picard
word: pus
lang: Polish
word: więcej
lang: Portuguese
word: mais
lang: Quechua
word: yalli
lang: Quechua
word: aswan
lang: Romansh
word: pli
lang: Romansh
word: ple
lang: Romansh
word: pü
lang: Romansh
word: plü
lang: Russian
word: бо́льше
roman: bólʹše
lang: Russian
word: ещё
roman: ješčó
lang: Scots
word: mair
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: motha
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: tuilleadh
lang: Slovak
word: viac
lang: Slovak
word: viacej
lang: Slovak
word: viacero
lang: Spanish
word: más
lang: Swedish
word: mer
lang: Swedish
word: mera
lang: Turkish
word: daha fazla
lang: Ukrainian
word: бі́льше
roman: bílʹše
lang: Ukrainian
word: ще
roman: šče
lang: Zazaki
word: dehana vêşi
lang: Zazaki
word: tayna (diq)
lang: Zazaki
word: zeder