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English [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • ( Received Pronunciation ) enPR: mô; IPA(key): /mɔː/
  • ( Full general American ) enPR: môr; IPA(key): /mɔɹ/
  • ( rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger ) enPR: mōr; IPA(central): /moʊɹ/
  • ( not-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger ) IPA(key): /moə/
  • ( non-rhotic, dough-door merger, AAVE ) IPA(key): /moʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
  • Homophones: moor, Moor, Moore ( all iii only in accents with the cascade–poor merger ); maw ( non-rhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger ); mow ( non-rhotic accents with the dough-door merger )

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Middle English more, from Quondam English māra ( " more " ), from Proto-Germanic *maizô ( " more " ), from Proto-Indo-European *mē- ( " many " ).

Cognate with Scots mair ( " more than " ), Saterland Frisian moor ( " more than " ), Westward Frisian mear ( " more " ), Dutch meer ( " more " ), Low German language mehr ( " more " ), German mehr ( " more " ), Danish mere ( " more " ), Swedish mera ( " more " ), Norwegian Bokmål mer ( " more than " ), Norwegian Nynorsk meir ( " more than " ), Icelandic meiri, meira ( " more than " ).

Alternative forms [edit]

  • ( informal or nonstandard ) mo, mo'
  • ( Internet slang ) moar

Determiner [edit]

more

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

    There are more ways to do this than I can count.

    • 2014 June 14, "It'south a gas", in The Economist‎[ane], volume 411, number 8891:

      I of the hidden glories of Victorian applied science is proper drains. Isolating a city'south effluent and aircraft it away in underground sewers has probably saved more than lives than any medical process except vaccination.

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

    There's more than caffeine in my coffee than in the java y'all get in most places.

    • 2013 June 29, "A dial in the gut", in The Economist‎[ii], volume 407, number 8842, page 72-3:

      Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more than calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.

  4. Additional; farther.

    If you lot run out, there are more than bandages in the starting time help cupboard.

    More than people are arriving.

    I want more than soup.

    I need more fourth dimension.

  5. Bigger, stronger, or more than valuable.

    He is more than than the ten years he spent behind confined at our local prison, as he is a changed man and his past does not define him.

Antonyms [edit]
  • fewer
  • less
Derived terms [edit]
  • morefold
  • more haste, less speed
  • moreness
  • more power to someone
  • more power to your elbow
Translations [edit]

Adverb [edit]

more

  1. To a greater caste or extent. [from 10thc.]

    I like cake, but I like chocolate more.

    I could no more climb that than fly!

    More advanced students.

    I have more than carried out my obligation.

    I have no complaints and no more does my mom.

    • 2013 July 19, Ian Sample, "Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains", in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number vi, page 34:

      Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits.  ¶ Going to bed at a unlike time each nighttime affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.

  3. Used to form the comparative course of adjectives and adverbs. [from 13thursdayc.]

    You're more cute than I e'er imagined.

    • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, affiliate V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, Northward.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698:

      Then nosotros relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation past laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to express mirth ourselves, and instantly felt better.

    • 2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, "Geothermal Energy", in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:

      Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal effectually a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into repast.

  4. ( at present poetic ) In negative constructions: any further, whatsoever longer; whatever more than. [from 10thursdayc.]

    • a. 1472, Thomas Malory, "Capitulum ii", in [Le Morte Darthur] , book XV, [London: [ … ] past William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, OCLC 71490786; republished every bit H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur [ … ] , London: David Nutt, [ … ] , 1889, OCLC 890162034:

      Than was there pees betwyxte thys erle and thys Aguaurs, and grete surete that the erle sholde never warre agaynste hym more.
  5. ( now dialectal, humorous or proscribed ) Used in addition to an inflected comparative form. [from 13thc.; standard until xviiithursdayc.]

    I was more than better at English language than you.

Derived terms [edit]
  • more or less
  • more and so
Translations [edit]
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Pronoun [edit]

more than

  1. A greater number or quantity (of something).
    We're running out of napkins. I should take bought more.
    In that location isn't enough salt in this. You need to add together more.
  2. An actress or additional quantity (of something).
    There aren't many people here nonetheless, just more should be arriving soon.
Derived terms [edit]
  • less is more
  • more'southward the compassion
  • more than one bargained for
  • say no more than
  • the more the merrier

See as well [edit]

  • almost

Etymology 2 [edit]

From Middle English language more than, moore ( " carrot, parsnip " ) from Sometime English more, moru ( " carrot, parsnip " ) from Proto-West Germanic *morhā, from Proto-Germanic *murhǭ ( " carrot " ), from Proto-Indo-European *mork- ( " edible herb, tuber " ).

Akin to Old Saxon moraha ( " carrot " ), Erstwhile High German morha, moraha ( " root of a plant or tree " ) (High german Möhre ( " carrot " ), Morchel ( " mushroom, morel " )). More at morel.

Alternative forms [edit]

  • moor (dialectal)

Noun [edit]

more than (plural mores)

  1. ( obsolete ) A carrot; a parsnip.
  2. ( dialectal ) A root; stock.
  3. A plant; flower; shrub.

Etymology 3 [edit]

From Heart English moren, from the substantive. Encounter to a higher place.

Verb [edit]

more than (3rd-person atypical simple present mores, nowadays participle moring, simple past and past participle mored)

  1. ( transitive ) To root up.

Anagrams [edit]

  • Mero, Omer, Orem, Orme, Rome, erom, mero, mero-, moer, omer

Afrikaans [edit]

Adverb [edit]

more than

  1. Alternative form of môre

Albanian [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

  • mor, ore

Etymology [edit]

Co-ordinate to Orel from the aoristic course of marr without a articulate sense development. Information technology could likewise be a remnant of a grammatical structure of a lost substrate language. It is the source of same interjection found in all Balkan languages.[1]

Interjection [edit]

more

  1. vocative particle used in a call to a man.

Usage notes [edit]

Can be placed earlier or later on the noun, whereas bre tin only exist placed after.

Descendants [edit]

  • → Ottoman Turkish: موره‎ ( more )

[edit]

  • moj

References [edit]

  1. ^ Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997

Basque [edit]

Noun [edit]

more inan

  1. majestic

See likewise [edit]

Colors in Basque · koloreak (layout · text)
zuri gris beltz
gorri laranja; marroi hori
berde
oztin urdin
ubel more than arrosa

Czech [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA(fundamental): [ˈmorɛ]

Noun [edit]

more

  1. vocative singular of mor

Danish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Derived from moro ( " fun " ), which may be a compound of mod, from Old Norse móðr ( " heed " ) and ro, from ró ( " rest " ).

Verb [edit]

more (imperative mor, infinitive at more than , nowadays tense morer, past tense morede, perfect tense har moret)

  1. To charm, entertain

Derived terms [edit]

  • morskab c
  • morsom
  • morsomhed c

Dutch [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin mora.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

more m or f (plural moren, diminutive moretje n )

  1. The unit of length (brusk or long) in poetic metre

Anagrams [edit]

  • moer, roem, Rome

French [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA(key): /mɔʁ/
  • Homophones: maure, maures, mores, mort, morts

Noun [edit]

more f (plural mores)

  1. ( phonology ) mora

Describing word [edit]

more (plural mores)

  1. ( dated ) Culling spelling of maure

[edit]

  • More m

Anagrams [edit]

  • orme, Rome

Farther reading [edit]

  • "more", in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language] , 2012.

Friulian [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

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Substantive [edit]

more f (plural moris)

  1. mulberry

Noun [edit]

more f (plural moris)

  1. ( phonology ) mora

Italian [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɔre
  • Hyphenation: mò‧re

Substantive [edit]

more f

  1. plural of mora

Verb [edit]

more than

  1. ( slang ) third-person singular present indicative of morire

Synonyms [edit]

  • muore

Anagrams [edit]

  • -mero, Remo, Rome, ermo, mero, orme, remo, remò

Latin [edit]

Substantive [edit]

mōre

  1. ablative singular of mōs

References [edit]

  • more in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Brusk (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Latvian [edit]

Substantive [edit]

more than f (5 declension, masculine class: moris )

  1. ( archaic ) black woman, blackamoor, black moor

Declension [edit]

Declension of more (5th coast)

Maori [edit]

Noun [edit]

more

  1. taproot

Synonyms [edit]

  • tāmore

Centre English language [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

  • mare

Etymology [edit]

From Old English language māra.

Determiner [edit]

more than

  1. more than

Descendants [edit]

  • English: more
  • Scots: mair

Norwegian Bokmål [edit]

Verb [edit]

more (present tense morer, past tense mora or moret, past participle mora or moret)

  1. amuse, entertain

One-time English language [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

  • mōru

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *morhā, from Proto-Germanic *murhǭ ( " carrot " ). Cognate with Old Saxon moraha ( " carrot " ), Old High German moraha (German Möhre).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoː.re/

Noun [edit]

mōre f

  1. carrot
  2. parsnip

Declension [edit]

Declension of more (weak)

Descendants [edit]

  • Middle English: more than
    • English: more
  • → Welsh: moron

Portuguese [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • ( Brazil ) IPA(fundamental): /ˈmɔ.ɾi/
    • ( Southward Brazil ) IPA(primal): /ˈmɔ.ɾe/
  • ( Portugal ) IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.ɾɨ/

Verb [edit]

more than

  1. start-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of morar
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) nowadays subjunctive of morar
  3. third-person atypical (você) affirmative imperative of morar
  4. tertiary-person singular (você) negative imperative of morar

Serbo-Croation [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA(primal): /môːre/
  • Hyphenation: mo‧re

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Proto-Slavic *moře, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Substantive [edit]

mȏre n (Cyrillic spelling мо̑ре)

  1. sea
  2. ( by extension, preceded by preposition na ) seaside or shore (any area or place near the bounding main where the sea is seen as the defining characteristic)

    Čim dođe ljeto, idemo na more! ― Once the summer is hither, we're gonna become to the seaside!

    Cijelo ljeto ću provest na moru. ― I will spend the entire summer at the shore.

  3. ( figuratively ) a vast expanse or quantity of something, ordinarily detrimental or unwelcome

    Ako se ne pozabavimo time sada, bit ćemo u moru nevolja!

    If we do not bargain with that now, nosotros volition be in a bounding main of troubles!
Declension [edit]
Synonyms [edit]
  • (Croatia, archaic) morje
Derived terms [edit]
  • mòrskī

See too [edit]

  • Category:sh:Seas

Etymology 2 [edit]

From Greek μωρέ ( moré ).

Interjection [edit]

mȏre (Cyrillic spelling мо̑ре)

  1. ( Serbia ) when spoken sharply, asserts that the speaker is stronger or older or more powerful than the addressee, sometimes expressing antipathy or superiority
    • 1824, recorded by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Narodne srpske pjesme:
      »More, Marko, ne ori drumova!« / »More than, Turci, ne gaz'te oranja!«
      » More than , Marko, don't plow up our roads!« / » More , Turks, don't walk on my plowing!«
  2. ( Serbia ) when not spoken sharply, functions as a term of endearment or generic intensifier, cf. bre
Usage notes [edit]

More is nigh often used in addressing a single male, more rarely when addressing groups of males, and more rarely still when addressing females.

[edit]
  • bre

References [edit]

  • Tomislav Maretić, editor (1911-1916), "mȍre 1", in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 7, Zagreb: JAZU, folio 4

Etymology 3 [edit]

Interjection [edit]

more than (Cyrillic spelling море)

  1. ( Croatia, Kajkavian, vernacular ) Alternative form of može

Noun [edit]

more (Cyrillic spelling море)

  1. inflection of mora :
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Verb [edit]

more (Cyrillic spelling море)

  1. third-person plural present of moriti

Slovak [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Slavic *moře, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔrɛ/

Substantive [edit]

more than n (genitive singular mora, nominative plural moria, genitive plural morí, declension pattern of srdce)

  1. A body of salt water, sea.
  2. ( vernacular ) A huge amount, plenty (+genitive)

    máme more času ― we have plenty of time

Declension [edit]

Derived terms [edit]

  • morský
  • zámorie north

Farther reading [edit]

  • more than in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoɾe/, [ˈmo.ɾe]

Verb [edit]

more

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative class of morar.
  2. Outset-person atypical (yo) present subjunctive form of morar.
  3. Formal 2nd-person singular (usted) present subjunctive course of morar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted ?) present subjunctive form of morar.

Welsh [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • ( North Wales ) ( standard ) ( vernacular ) IPA(primal): /ˈmɔrɛ/
    • ( North Wales ) ( colloquial ) IPA(key): /ˈmɔra/
  • ( South Wales ) IPA(key): /ˈmoːrɛ/, /ˈmɔrɛ/

Noun [edit]

more

  1. Nasal mutation of bore ( " morning time " ) .

Mutation [edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
diameter fore more unchanged
Notation: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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