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more¹
- /mɔː/ Northern England, UK, Wales
- /moː/ Australia, British, New Zealand
- /mɔːɹ/ US
- /moɾ/ Scotland
- [moːɾ] Scotland
- /moː/
- /moə/ Eastern New England
- /mɔə/ UK, obsolete
- /moʊ/
Sounds like moor, Moor, Moore (pour–poor merger), maw (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger), mow (non-rhotic, dough–door merger) · Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)
Where it comes from
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”).
determiner mo · mo' · moh · moar
- comparative degree of many: in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.) There are more ways to do this than I can count.
- 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.
- Additional; further. If you run out, there are more bandages in the first aid cupboard.
- 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.
adverb mo · mo' · moh · moar
- To a greater degree or extent. 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. Than was there pees betwyxte thys erle and thys Aguaurs, and grete surete that the erle sholde never warre agaynste hym more.
- Used in addition to an inflected comparative form. I was more better at English than you.
pronoun mo · mo' · moh · moar
- 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 mo · mo' · moh · moar
more²
Where it comes from
From Middle English more, moore (“root”), from Old English more, moru (“carrot, parsnip”) from Proto-West Germanic *morhā, from Proto-Germanic *murhǭ (“carrot”), from Proto-Indo-European *merk- (“edible herb, tuber”).
Akin to Old Saxon moraha (“carrot”), Old High German morha, moraha (“root of a plant or tree”) (German Möhre (“carrot”), Morchel (“mushroom, morel”)). More at morel.
noun mores · moor
- A carrot; a parsnip.
- A root; stock.
- A plant; flower; shrub.
more³
Where it comes from
From Middle English moren, from the noun. See above.
verb mores · moring · mored
- To root up.
more⁴
- /ˈmɔː.ɹeɪ/
Rhymes with -ɔːɹeɪ
Where it comes from
Back-formation from mores.
noun mores
- singular of mores In the 1990s, smoking is considered dumb and a symbol of bad health habits, replete with the Surgeon General’s warnings. But even this belief is a social more, subject to time. Maybe some future society will consider smoking brave—a symbolic affront to Big Brother government—or cowardly—a cop-out to
More⁵
- /mɔːˈreɪ/
Where it comes from
From French mooré, from Moore moore (“Moore language”), from moaaga (“Mossi person”) + -re (suffix for names of languages).
proper noun Mòoré · Mooré · Moré · Moshi · Mossi · Moore
- The Volta-Congo language of the Mossi people, mainly spoken in part of Burkina Faso.
More⁶
- /ˈmɔɹ/ US
- /ˈmɔː/ UK
- /ˈmo(ː)ɹ/
- /ˈmoə/
Sounds like moor, Moor, Moore (pour–poor merger), maw (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger), mow (dough–door merger) · Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)
Where it comes from
* As a Scottish and English surname, variant of Moore.
* As a French surname, from Old French more (“Moor”), respelled from Latin Maurus. Compare Mauro.
* As a Scottish Gaelic surname, from mór (“big”).
* As an Indian (Maharashtra) surname, from Marathi मोर (mor, “peacock”), from Sanskrit मयूर (mayūra).
proper noun Mores · Morus
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- A small village and civil parish (without a council) in south-west Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO3491).
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: additional, further, added, more than, maximum, farther, anymore, better, beyond, nearly, utmost, now, rather, furthermore, main, new
Translations
Every language
det comparative of many
| Español | más |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ...よりたくさん, ...より多く ...yori ōku, もっと多く motto ōku |
| 中文 | 更多 gèng duō |
| हिन्दी | अधिकतर adhiktar |
| Português | mais |
| Français | plus, mieux (Saint-Étienne) |
| Deutsch | mehr |
| Italiano | più |
| Ελληνικά | περισσότερος perissóteros, κι άλλος ki állos |
| Română | mai mult |
| Русский | бо́льше bólʹše |
| Tiếng Việt | nhiều hơn |
| العربية | أَكْثَر ʔakṯar |
| עברית | יוֹתֵר yotér |
det comparative of much
| Español | más |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ...よりたくさん, ...より多く ...yori ōku, もっと多く motto ōku |
| 中文 | 更多 gèng duō |
| Português | mais |
| Français | plus, mieux (Saint-Étienne) |
| Deutsch | mehr |
| Italiano | più |
| Ελληνικά | περισσότερος perissóteros, κι άλλος ki állos |
| Română | mai |
| Русский | бо́льше bólʹše, ещё ješčó |
| العربية | أَكْثَر ʔakṯar |
| עברית | יוֹתֵר yotér |
adv comparative of much
| Español | más |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 더 deo |
| 日本語 | よりたくさん, よりおおく ...yori ōku, もう mō |
| 中文 | 更多 gèngduō, 更加 gèngjiā |
| हिन्दी | अधिक adhik, ज्यादा jyādā |
| Português | mais |
| Français | plus, davantage de |
| Deutsch | mehr |
| Italiano | più |
| Ελληνικά | περισσότερο perissótero |
| Русский | бо́льше bólʹše, ещё ješčó |
| العربية | أَكْثَر ʔakṯar |
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