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//mɔː(ɹ)// adj, adv, det, name, noun, pron, verb

Definitions

Adjective

1
comparative degree of many: in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.) comparative, form-of
"Last year’s applications received from new and returning students were more than each of the previous four years."
2
comparative degree of much: in greater quantity, amount, or proportion. (Used for a continuous quantity.) comparative, form-of

Adjective

1
(comparative of ‘much’ used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree; above; more than wordnet
2
(comparative of ‘many’ used with count nouns) quantifier meaning greater in number wordnet

Adverb

1
To a greater degree or extent.
"I like cake, but I like chocolate more."
2
Used to form the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs.
"You're a great deal more beautiful than I ever imagined."
3
In negative constructions: any further, any longer; any more. poetic
"Than was there pees betwyxte thys erle and thys Aguaurs, and grete surete that the erle sholde never warre agaynste hym more."
4
Used in addition to an inflected comparative form. dialectal, humorous, proscribed
"I was more better at English than you."

Adverb

1
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs, indicates that the adjective or adverb is more of something wordnet
2
comparative of much; to a greater degree or extent wordnet

Determiner

1
comparative degree of many: in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.) comparative, form-of
"There are more ways to do this than I can count."
2
comparative degree of much: in greater quantity, amount, or proportion. (Used for a continuous quantity.) comparative, form-of
"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."

Proper Noun

1
The Volta-Congo language of the Mossi people, mainly spoken in part of Burkina Faso.
2
A surname from Scottish Gaelic. countable, uncountable
3
A small village and civil parish (without a council) in south-west Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO3491). countable, uncountable

Noun

1
A carrot; a parsnip. obsolete
2
singular of mores form-of, nonstandard, singular
"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 avoid some type of community service."
3
A root; stock. dialectal
4
A plant; flower; shrub. dialectal

Pronoun

1
A greater number or quantity (of something).
"We’re running out of napkins. I should have bought more."
2
An extra or additional quantity (of something).
"There aren’t many people here yet, but more should be arriving soon."

Verb

1
To root up. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

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Etymology 5

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.

Etymology 6

From Middle English moren, from the noun. See above.

Etymology 7

Back-formation from mores.

Etymology 8

From French mooré, from Moore moore (“Moore language”), from moaaga (“Mossi person”) + -re (suffix for names of languages).

Etymology 9

* 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).

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