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Meanings

det
  1. comparative degree of many: in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.)
  2. comparative degree of much: in greater quantity, amount, or proportion. (Used for a continuous quantity.)
  3. Additional; further.
  4. Bigger, stronger, or more valuable.
adv
  1. To a greater degree or extent.
  2. Used to form the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs.
  3. In negative constructions: any further, any longer; any more.
  4. Used in addition to an inflected comparative form.
pron
  1. A greater number or quantity (of something).
  2. An extra or additional quantity (of something).
adj
  1. comparative degree of many: in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.)
  2. comparative degree of much: in greater quantity, amount, or proportion. (Used for a continuous quantity.)
noun
  1. A carrot; a parsnip.
  2. A root; stock.
  3. A plant; flower; shrub.
verb
  1. To root up.
noun
  1. singular of mores
name
  1. The Volta-Congo language of the Mossi people, mainly spoken in part of Burkina Faso.
name
  1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  2. A small village and civil parish (without a council) in south-west Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO3491).

Pronunciation

mô /mɔː(ɹ)/ En-uk-more.ogg môr /mɔɹ/ en-us-more.ogg mōr /mo(ː)ɹ/ /moə/ /moʊ/ /ˈmɔː.ɹeɪ/ /mɔːˈreɪ/ /ˈmɔɹ/ /ˈmɔː/ /ˈmo(ː)ɹ/ /ˈmoə/

Word forms

more mo mo' moar mores moor moring mored Mòoré Mooré Moré Moshi Mossi Moore Morus

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”), Icelandic meiri, meira (“more”).

Antonyms

fewer less

Related words

most

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

Translations

Aghwan: 𐔼𐕀𐕒𐔺 Arabic: أَكْثَر Armenian: ավելին Assamese: বেছি Belarusian: бо́льш Bourguignon: pus Bulgarian: повече Catalan: més Chinese: 閣較 /阁较 Chinese Mandarin: 更多 Chinese Mandarin: 更加 Czech: víc Czech: více Danish: mere Dutch: meer Esperanto: pli Estonian: rohkem Finnish: enemmän French: plus French: davantage de Friulian: plui Galician: máis Galician: chus German: mehr Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌹𐍃 Greek: περισσότερο Ancient Greek: μᾶλλον Gujarati: વધારે Hindi: अधिक Hindi: ज्यादा Hungarian: jobban Ido: plu Ido: plu multe Interlingua: plus Irish: tuilleadh Istriot: pioûn Italian: più Japanese: よりたくさん Japanese: よりおおく Japanese: もう Javanese: luwih Korean: 더 Ladin: plu Latin: magis Latin: plūs Latin: abundantior Mansaka: labi Marathi: जास्त Mongolian: дээр Nepali: धेरै
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