more
//mɔː(ɹ)//
Definitions
1.To a greater degree or extent.
- I could no more climb that than fly!
- I like cake, but I like chocolate more.
- I have more than carried out my obligation.
2.Used to form the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs.
- I am much more eager to help than you.
- You're a great deal more beautiful than I ever imagined.
3.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.
1.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: 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; further.
- If you run out, there are more bandages in the first aid cupboard.
4.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.
1.A greater number or quantity (of something).
- I'd love to see more of Bob and Linda.
- There isn’t enough salt in this. You need to add more.
- We’re running out of napkins. I should have bought more.
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #83
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Common
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Common
- Literature
- Uncommon
Related words
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”).