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[edit] English
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- (UK) enPR: mô, IPA: /mɔː(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /mO:(\r)/
- (US) enPR: môr, IPA: /mɔɹ/, /moʊɹ/, SAMPA: /mOr\/
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- Homophones: moor, Moor, Moore, maw
[edit] Etymology 1
From Middle English more, from Old English māra.
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more
- 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.
- 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.
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more
- To a greater degree or extent. [from 10th c.]
- He walks more in the morning these days.
- (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.
- 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XV:
- Used alone to form the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs. [from 13th c.]
- You're more beautiful than I ever imagined.
- (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.
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more (uncountable)
- 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.
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[edit] 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.
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more (plural mores)
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Derived from moro (“fun”), which may be a compound of mod, from Old Norse móðr (“mind”) and ro, from Old Norse ró (“rest”).
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more (imperative mor, infinitive at more, present tense morer, past tense morede, past participle har moret)
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more ? (plural moren, diminutive moretje) m. and f.
- The unit of length (short or long) in poetic metre
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- More m.
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more f.
- Plural form of mora.
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more
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mōre
- ablative singular of mōs
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more (present tense morer; past tense mora/moret; past participle mora/moret; present participle morende; imperative mor)
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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.
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more f.
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more
- First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of verb morar.
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of verb morar.
- Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of verb morar.
- Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of verb morar.
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From Proto-Slavic *more, *morě, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.
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mȏre n. (Cyrillic spelling мо̑ре)
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| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | more | mora |
| genitive | mora | mora |
| dative | moru | morima |
| accusative | more | mora |
| vocative | more | mora |
| locative | moru | morima |
| instrumental | morem | morima |
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From Proto-Slavic *more, *morě, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.
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more n. (declension pattern srdce, plural moria, stem mor, genitive singular mora, genitive plural morí)
- A body of salt water, sea.
- (colloquial) A huge amount, a plenty (+genitive)
- máme more času – we have plenty of time
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more (infinitive morar)
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