more

See also More, moře, Moore, -more, and mores

English

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Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: mô, IPA: /mɔː(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /mO:(\r)/
• (US) enPR: môr, IPA: /mɔɹ/, /moʊɹ/, SAMPA: /mOr\/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)
• Homophones: moor, Moor, Moore, maw

Etymology 1

From Middle English more, from Old English māra.

Determiner

more

1. Comparative form of many: in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.)

   More people are arriving.

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

2. ​ Comparative form of much: in greater quantity, amount, or proportion. (Used for a continuous quantity.)

   I want more soup.

   I need more time.

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

Translations

comparative of many

Arabic: أكثر (ar) ('ákthar) Bulgarian: още (bg), повече (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 更多 (cmn) (gèngduō) Czech: víc (cs), více (cs) French: plus (fr) German: mehr (de) Hungarian: több (hu) Interlingua: plus (ia) Japanese: よりたくさん (ja) (...yori takusan), より多く (ja) (...yori ōku), もっと多く (ja) (motto ōku)

Norwegian: flere (no) Persian: بیشتر (fa) (bištar) Polish: więcej (pl) Russian: больше (ru) (ból'še) Scots: mair Scottish Gaelic: motha (gd) Slovak: viac (sk), viacej (sk), viacero (sk) Swedish: fler (sv), flera (sv) Vietnamese: nhiều hơn (vi)

comparative of much

Arabic: أكثر (ar) ('ákthar) Armenian: ավելի շատ (aveli šat) Bulgarian: още (bg), повече (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 更多 (cmn) (gèngduō) Czech: víc (cs), více (cs) Finnish: enemmän (fi) French: plus (fr) Galician: máis (gl) German: mehr (de) Hungarian: több (hu) Interlingua: plus (ia)

Italian: più (it) Japanese: よりたくさん (ja) (...yori takusan), より多く (ja) (...yori ōku), もっと多く (ja) (motto ōku) Norwegian: mer (no) Persian: بیشتر (fa) (bištar) Portuguese: mais (pt) Romanian: mai (ro) Russian: ещё (ru) (ješó), больше (ru) (ból'še) Scots: mair Scottish Gaelic: motha (gd), tuilleadh (gd) Slovak: viac (sk), viacej (sk), viacero (sk) Spanish: más (es) Swedish: mer (sv)

Adverb

more

1. To a greater degree or extent. [from 10th c.]

   He walks more in the morning these days.

2. (now poetic) In negative constructions: any further, any longer; any more. [from 10th c.]
   • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XV:

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

3. ​ Used alone to form the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs. [from 13th c.]

   You're more beautiful than I ever imagined.

4. (now dialectal or humorous) Used in addition to an inflected comparative form. (Standard until the 18th century.) [from 13th c.]

   I was more better at English than you.

Derived terms

• more or less
• more so

Translations

comparative of much

Arabic: أكثر (ar) ('ákthar) Armenian: ավելին (avelin) Bulgarian: повече (bg) Catalan: més Chinese: Mandarin: 更多 (cmn) (gèngduō), 更加 (cmn) (gèngjiā) Czech: víc (cs), více (cs) Danish: mere (da) Finnish: enemmän (fi) French: plus (fr), davantage de (fr) German: mehr (de)

Interlingua: plus (ia) Irish: tuilleadh (ga) m. Japanese: よりたくさん (ja) (...yori takusan), よりおおく (ja) (...yori ōku), もう (ja) (mō) Latin: plus (la) n., abundantior (la) m. and f. Norwegian: mer (no) Persian: بیشتر (fa) (bištar) Russian: больше (ru) (ból'še), ещё (ru) (ješčó) (when asking) Scots: mair Scottish Gaelic: motha (gd), tuilleadh (gd) Slovak: viac (sk), viacej (sk), viacero (sk) Swedish: mer (sv), mera (sv)

word to form a comparative

Armenian: ավելի (hy) (aveli) Bulgarian: по- (bg) (before adjectives and adverbs as a prefix), по̀ (bg) (before verbs, nouns and prepositions), повече (bg) (before verbs) Catalan: més Chinese: Mandarin: 更 (cmn) (gèng) Czech: (uses a suffix) Danish: mere (da) Finnish: enemmän (fi) (with some adverbs only) French: plus (fr) Galician: máis (gl) Greek: πιο (el) (pio) Hindi: ज़्यादा (hi) (zyādā), और (hi) (aur) Interlingua: plus (ia)

Irish: níos mó Japanese: もっと (ja) (motto) Latin: plus (la), -ior (la), -or (la), (with some adverbs only) -ius (la), -us (la) Norwegian: mer (no) Persian: -تر (fa) (-tar) (more beautiful : زیباتر) Russian: более (ru) (bóleje) Scots: mair Scottish Gaelic: (uses nas/na bu + suffix) Slovak: (uses a suffix) Spanish: más (es) Swedish: mer (sv) Urdu: زیادہ (ur) (zyādā), اور (ur) (aur) Vietnamese: (after adjectives) hơn (vi)

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Amuzgo: cheⁿ Arabic: اكثر (’ákθar), زيادة (ziyāda), ازيد (’ázyad) Czech: víc (cs), více (cs) Dutch: meer (1,2), verder (2) Esperanto: ankoraŭ (adj. 1), pli da (adj. 2), pli (adv. 1), plia (adv. 2) French: plus, plus de, en plus German: mehr Hebrew: יותר Hungarian: több Ido: plu multa

Italian: più, ancora Japanese: もっと (motto) Korean: 더 (deo), 더 많은 (deo maneun) Macedonian: повеќе (povekje), уще (ušte), по- (po-) Latin: plus, magis Portuguese: mais Romanian: mai, mai mult, încă Romansch: pli Serbo-Croatian: još Slovene: več Spanish: más Swedish: mer (1,2), ytterligare (2) Volapük: plu

Noun

more (uncountable)

1. An increased amount or quantity.

   If we can sell more, we will turn this business into a success.

   When it comes to parties, the more, the merrier.

Derived terms

• less is more

Translations

increased amount

Catalan: més Chinese: Mandarin: trad. and simpl. 更多 (pinyin: gèngduō) Finnish: enemmän (fi), lisää (fi) Latin: -or (la), -ior (la), -us (la), -ius (la)

Polish: więcej (pl) Russian: больше (ru) (ból'še), ещё (ru) (ješčó) Scots: mair Spanish: más (es) Swedish: mera (sv)

See also

• most

Etymology 2

From Middle English more, moore "carrot, parsnip" from Old English more, moru "carrot, parsnip" from Proto-Germanic *murhō(n), *murhijō(n) (“carrot”), from Proto-Indo-European *mork- (“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

more (plural mores)

1. (obsolete) a carrot; a parsnip
2. (dialectal) a root

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: when · if · there · #53: more · out · into · up

Anagrams

• omer
• Rome

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Danish

Etymology

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

Verb

more (imperative mor, infinitive at more, present tense morer, past tense morede, past participle har moret)

1. To amuse, entertain

Derived terms

• morskab c.
• morsom
• morsomhed c.

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Dutch

Etymology

From Latin mora?mos

Noun

more ? (plural moren, diminutive moretje) m. and f.

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

Anagrams

• moer, roem, Rome

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɔʁ/
• Homophones: maure, maures, mores

Adjective

more (epicene, plural mores)

1. (dated) Alternative spelling of maure.

Related terms

• More m.

Anagrams

• orme
• Rome

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Italian

Noun

more f.

1. Plural form of mora.

Verb

more

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

Synonyms

• muore

Anagrams

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

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Latin

Noun

mōre

1. ablative singular of mōs

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Norwegian

Verb

more (present tense morer; past tense mora/moret; past participle mora/moret; present participle morende; imperative mor)

1. To amuse, entertain

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *murhō(n), *murhijō(n) (“carrot”), from Proto-Indo-European *mork- (“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 more, morel.

Noun

more f.

1. carrot
2. parsnip

Declension

    Declension of more (weak)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	more	moran
accusative	moran	moran
genitive	moran	morena
dative	moran	morum

Synonyms

• moru

Descendants

• Middle English more
• English more

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Portuguese

Verb

more

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of verb morar.
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of verb morar.
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of verb morar.
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of verb morar.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *more, *morě, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Noun

mȏre n. (Cyrillic spelling мо̑ре)

1. sea

Declension

    declension of more

	singular	plural
nominative	more	mora
genitive	mora	mora
dative	moru	morima
accusative	more	mora
vocative	more	mora
locative	moru	morima
instrumental	morem	morima

Derived terms

• mòrskī

See also

• Category:sh:Seas

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *more, *morě, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Noun

more n. (declension pattern srdce, plural moria, stem mor, genitive singular mora, genitive plural morí)

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

   máme more času – we have plenty of time

Derived terms

• morský -á -é
• zámorie n.

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Spanish

Verb

more (infinitive morar)

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