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MOR/mɔɹ/MAW/mɔː(ɹ)/

15 meanings of more

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  1. 1
    greater numberdeterminer
    The comparing form of many and much. It means a bigger number or amount of something.

    Our town has more parks than any other city nearby.

    More people came than we expected.

    UsageSay many more books but much more time.

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  2. 2
    comparing descriptionsadverb
    Used before a long adjective or adverb to compare, as in 'more beautiful'.

    You are more beautiful than I imagined.

    Please drive more carefully.

    UsageSay more careful or easier (not incorrect: more easier).

    Oppositeless

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  3. 3
    pronoun
    A larger amount or number, or some extra, of something already mentioned.

    Few people are here yet, but more are coming.

    Some changes have been made and more are planned.

    UsageSay more are coming for things you count, more is for bread or water.

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  4. 4
    determiner
    Extra, or further, as in 'more time'.

    There are more bandages in the cupboard if you run out.

    Could I please have a little more rice with my chicken?

    UsageSay two more days (not incorrect: more two days).

    Oppositeless, fewer

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  5. 5
    adverb
    To a greater degree, as in 'I like this more'.

    Think of it like a dial turned up a notch.

    My dog loves my sister, but he loves my mom even more.

    She reads more than she watches television.

    UsagePut it after the verb: I miss her more.

    Oppositeless

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  6. 6
    added timeadverb
    Again, or for some extra time, as in once more or two minutes more.

    Can you read the story once more before bed?

    Let the cake bake ten minutes more, then take it out.

    UsageGoes after the amount: once more, two minutes more (or two more minutes).

    Similaragain, longer

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  7. 7
    determiner
    Greater or better than something suggests, as in 'he is more than his past'.

    A good teacher is more than someone who just hands out grades.

    This town is more than its factories.

    UsageSay more than a label: She is more than her job.

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Origins

Meanings 1–10

From Old English māra, meaning "more." It comes from older Germanic and Indo-European roots.

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Meanings 12–13, 15

From Old English more, meaning "carrot" or "parsnip," from an older Germanic word for a carrot or edible root.

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  • The noun more derives from Old English more, meaning carrot or parsnip. en.wiktionary.org
  • Old English more derives from an older Germanic word for carrot or edible root. en.wiktionary.org
Meaning 14

From Middle English moren, made from the old noun more, meaning "root."

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Meaning 11

Formed from the word "mores."

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  • The noun "more", the singular of "mores", was formed from "mores" by back-formation. en.wiktionary.org