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/mɔː(ɹ)/UK/mɔɹ/US/mo(ː)ɹ//ˈmɔː.ɹeɪ//mɔːˈreɪ//ˈmɔɹ/US/ˈmɔː/UK/ˈmo(ː)ɹ/

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”).

  1. derived from मयूर
  2. derived from मोर — “peacock”
  3. derived from Maurus
  4. derived from more — “Moor”

Definitions

  1. comparative degree of many

    comparative degree of many: in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.)

    • There are more ways to do this than I can count.
    • One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.

  2. comparative degree of much

    comparative degree of much: in greater quantity, amount, or proportion. (Used for a continuous quantity.)

    • There's more caffeine in my coffee than in the coffee you get in most places.

  3. Additional

    Additional; further.

    • If you run out, there are more bandages in the first aid cupboard.
    • More people are arriving.
    • I want more soup.
  4. ›+ 15 more definitions

    1. Bigger, stronger, or more valuable.

      • 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.

    2. To a greater degree or extent.

      • I like cake, but I like chocolate more.
      • I could no more climb that than fly!
      • More advanced students.

    3. Used to form the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs.

      • You're a great deal more beautiful than I ever imagined.
      • I am much more eager to help than you.

    4. In negative constructions

      In negative constructions: any further, any longer; any more.

      • Than was there pees betwyxte thys erle and thys Aguaurs, and grete surete that the erle sholde never warre agaynste hym more.

    5. Used in addition to an inflected comparative form.

      • I was more better at English than you.

    6. A greater number or quantity (of something).

      • 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.

    7. An extra or additional quantity (of something).

      • 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.

    8. A carrot

      A carrot; a parsnip.

    9. A root

      A root; stock.

    10. A plant

      A plant; flower; shrub.

    11. To root up.

    12. singular of mores

      • A value is a social more or norm manifested as a result of history and culture. It is a shared understanding among people of what is good, desirable or just.
      • Given that emotions such as shame, guilt, embarrassment and others involve a violation of a social more or rule, these are often called the social emotions, self-conscious emotions or secondary emotions.

    13. The Volta-Congo language of the Mossi people, mainly spoken in part of Burkina Faso.

    14. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

    15. A small village and civil parish (without a council) in south-west Shropshire, England…

      A small village and civil parish (without a council) in south-west Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO3491).

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Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for more. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA