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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Determiner 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Adverb 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Noun 1.5.1 Derived terms 1.5.2 Translations 1.6 See also 1.7 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Verb 2.2.1 Derived terms 3 Dutch 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 4 French 4.1 Adjective 4.1.1 Related terms 5 Italian 5.1 Noun 5.2 Verb 5.2.1 Synonyms 6 Norwegian 6.1 Verb 7 Serbo-Croatian 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Noun 7.2.1 Declension 7.2.2 Derived terms 8 Slovak 8.1 Etymology 8.2 Noun 8.2.1 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Old English māra.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: mô, IPA: /mɔː(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /mO:(\r)/
• (US) enPR: môr, IPA: /moʊɹ/, /mɔɹ/, SAMPA: /mOr\/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)
• Homophones: moor, Moor, Moore

[edit] Determiner

more

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

   More people are arriving.

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

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

   I want more soup.

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

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more

1. Comparative form of much: more much.; further, in addition, longer

   He walks more in the morning.

2. Used in forming the comparative form of many adjectives and almost all comparable adverbs.

   more beautiful; more beautifully

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• more or less

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[edit] 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.

[edit] Derived terms

• less is more

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[edit] See also

• most

[edit] Anagrams

• Rome

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Verb

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

1. To amuse, entertain

[edit] Derived terms

• morskab c.
• morsom
• morsomhed c.

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology

From Latin mora?mos

[edit] Noun

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

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

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more (f. moree, m. plural mores, f. plural morees)

1. alternative spelling of maure 'Moorish'

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• More m.

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more f.

1. Plural form of mora.

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more

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

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• muore

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[edit] 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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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Noun

mȏre n. (Cyrillic spelling мо̑ре)

1. sea

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[edit] Derived terms

• mòrskī

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[edit] Slovak

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Derived terms

• morský -á -é
• zámorie n.