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/mɔː/ determiner

In Latin: plus Wiktionary

determiner Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about more at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

comparative degree of many: in greater number.
There are more ways to do this than I can count.
comparative degree of much: in greater quantity, amount, or proportion.
There's more caffeine in my coffee than in the coffee you get in most places.
Additional; further.
If you run out, there are more bandages in the first aid cupboard.

adverb

To a greater degree or extent. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
I like cake, but I like chocolate more.
Used to form the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs.
You're a great deal more beautiful than I ever imagined.
In negative constructions: any further, any longer; any more.

pronoun

A greater number or quantity (of something).
We’re running out of napkins. I should have bought more.
An extra or additional quantity (of something).
There aren’t many people here yet, but more should be arriving soon.

adjective

comparative degree of many: in greater number.
Last year’s applications received from new and returning students were more than each of the previous four years.
comparative degree of much: in greater quantity, amount, or proportion.

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”).

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