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What does more mean?

Definitions in simple English

more Determiner

— A larger amount. He does more work than I do. A lot more than twenty people came to the meeting. You can have a little more money. More than one glass was broken. — . I want more soup.

more Adverb

— Having a larger amount of a characteristic in a group. Pat is more intelligent than Terry.

— adverb used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs more interesting more beautiful more quickly — adjective (= more than) (comparative of 'much' used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree more land more support more rain fell more than a gallon — adjective (comparative of 'many' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning greater in number a hall with more seats we have no more bananas more than one — adverb comparative of much; to a greater degree or extent he works more now they eat more than they should

— noun English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state

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Thomas More Sir Thomas More Mòoré Mossi Moshi Moré Mooré Moore

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further again greater much too much most many additional above yet still more still more than else rather furthermore other extra even more better too many less increasingly another also additionally to a greater extent much more increase in addition higher excess besides benefit -er very too to boot sufficient over and above over on next moreover comparatively beyond anew till the more than

Topics more topics

What do people use more to talk about?

States Quantity

What words refer to more of something in addition to what is already there?

more extra another added additional further supplementary spare
What words indicate an amount that is more than an amount already mentioned?

more than over and above as well as plus in addition to on top of
What words describe something that is more than another thing in number or amount?

more greater higher to a greater extent to a greater degree
What words indicate that the actual number is more than a particular number?

more over above beyond greater than in excess of upwards of plus at least
What words refer to something being more than a particular number or amount?

be more than be greater than exceed outnumber be up on pass go past surpass
What words indicate that there are many more of something?

many more much more far more far beyond way beyond a lot more

States Quantity More

Increase

What words describe something that is increasing in number or amount?

increasing rising growing mounting escalating expanding more and more cumulative
What words indicate that something happens or someone does something more than before?

increasingly gain ground get more and more become more and more grow in gain in

States Quantity All

Almost

What words indicate that something has almost reached a particular state?

almost nearly very nearly just about practically virtually all but as good as to all intents and purposes nearing approaching near to close to verging on bordering on more or less pretty much not quite
What words indicate that something is almost finished?

almost nearly just about practically as good as more or less not quite
What words indicate that something is almost some quality (such as some color or shape)?

almost more or less practically virtually not quite
What words indicate that something is true of or has happened to almost all of something?

almost nearly practically virtually pretty well more or less just about

States Quantity All Exact

Approximate

What words indicate an approximate number when the actual number is possibly more?

or so odd or more at least and maybe more barely hardly little more than scarcely
What words indicate that something is done in approximately the right way?

roughly more or less somewhat

States

Quality

What words indicate that something has more of a quality than another thing?

more surpass

Grammar Very

Degree

What words express a comparative degree?

more -er

States Time Aspectual time Once

Again

What words indicate that an event happens again?

again once again once more yet again one more time afresh fresh another time another time
What words refer to being back to the same situation that you were in before?

again once more

Language and thought Think Opinion Agree with someone

Protest

What do people say when they are protesting against something?

Down with (someone/something)! No more (something)!

Language and thought Emotion Feel good Like, love

Prefer

What words refer to preferring something?

prefer preferably in preference to favor like something better like this more than that have a preference give me something any day! be partial to

Language and thought Emotion Feel good

Interested

What words refer to making something more interesting?

make something more interesting liven up jazz up add variety

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Sad

What do people say when something bad happens and they want to say they are sad about it?

it's a pity it's a shame too bad unfortunately sadly regrettably it's unfortunate it's sad more's the pity unhappily I'm sorry sorry to hear sorry (that) wish that ... not (something hadn't happened) tragically feel sorry for someone

Social behavior Conflict War

Defeat

What words refer to defeating someone in a game or other competition?

beat defeat outplay be more than match for

Daily life Food Eat

Manner of eating

What words refer to eating more than your share?

eat more than your share be greedy

Daily life Food Eat

Satiated, full

What words refer to being full of food?

be full have had enough couldn't eat another thing bloated stuffed on a full stomach satisfied satiated no more room

States Quantity More

Less

What words describe something that is less than another thing in number or amount?

less fewer not as much not so much not as many not so many lower to a lesser degree to a lesser extent be in the minority fewer and fewer less and less not more than at the most

States Quantity All

Only

What words indicate that there is only a particular number or amount of something?

only just no more than all

States Quantity

Enough

What words refer to having more than enough, but not too much?

more than enough plenty ample

States Quantity Enough

Extra

What words indicate that there is more than enough of something?

plenty of more than enough bags of in large quantities plentiful ample abundant an abundance of in abundance copious galore to spare

States Quality Type, kind Compare

Same

What words describe two things that are the same?

same identical indistinguishable can't tell the difference can't tell them apart be no different from match be a carbon copy word for word be synonymous with be no better than be nothing more than

Grammar Very Degree

To a larger degree

What words indicate that something is larger than another thing in degree?

more than

Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods

Probably

What words indicate that something is very probably true

very probably very likely there is a strong likelihood there is a strong probability almost certain be more than likely in all probability ten to one

Grammar Connected with, related Coordinate relations

And, also

What words indicate that you are adding something new to what you just said?

and also furthermore moreover what's more besides by the way incidentally

Grammar Connected with, related Dependency relations

Limitation of topic

What words indicate the specific area or topic that is being talked about?

specify specified specification specifically in regard to with regard to in the case of concerning in the area of in with between...and as touching particular particularly more especially

Grammar Connected with, related Discourse markers

Markers of emphasis

What words indicate that a phrase or sentence is important?

then indeed surely so certainly in fact actually how you know really sure just you know don't you that how much more emphatically absolutely without question no way of course obviously you've got to be kidding it is just that the only thing is one thing that in reality only that as it were just as you can see as you know without a doubt don't you remember I am convinced that

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How do I use more in a sentence?

Simple sentences

For some reason I feel more alive at night.

You must work more.

You must study more.

You should have been more careful.

I don't like you any more than you like me.

I love you more than you love me.

Gold is more precious than iron.

More haste, less speed.

We walked more quickly than usual.

I wish we had more time.

I always liked mysterious characters more.

I don't like it when mathematicians who know much more than I do can't express themselves explicitly.

I don't like it when mathematicians who know much more than I do can't express themselves clearly.

I don't know what to do any more.

It's useless to keep on thinking any more.

You could at least try to be a bit more polite, even though it's not like you.

I wish I could care more about my grades but it seems that, at a certain point of my life, I decided they wouldn't be so important anymore.

Their communication may be much more complex than we thought.

I lived for more than a month in Nagoya.

It took me more than two hours to translate a few pages of English.

Speak more slowly, please!

Speak more slowly, please.

I have so much work that I will stay for one more hour.

People in the world are always advocating for more freedom and equality.

I want to be more independent.

I don't want to hear any more of your complaining.

Generally, who visits their parents more, sons or daughters?

Movie subtitles

More gently!

Especially guys like you who always talk about love? I don't believe in it more.

Chaeyoon didn't you say you loved me more than yourself?

More details?

More than bloodthirsty.. These monsters are shit.

Being together is even more dangerous.

More importantly, how did you survive?

After Zero appeared, other groups apparently became more hard-working.

Suzaku-san, could you take me to one more place?

Your kind words are more than I am worthy of!

More rats than expected are confused. aren't they?

He resolved to build a new and more spectacular capital to the north, in Beijing.

More like a septic isle.

By contrast, it took the founder of the Ming dynasty 21 years to build a wall more than 20 miles long around his capital city, Nanjing.

Yes! Your kind words are more than I am worthy of!

They contain nothing more than columns of numbers, indicating the positions and brightness of all stars on the plates.

Thanks to this discovery he established his name even more so, which helped him pursue his plans for further research on the Milky Way Galaxy in collaboration with institutions abroad.

That is more easily said than done, because where to hide?

And in the first case the system has more energy than in the second case.

At a wavelength of 21 cm we could expect more radiation than at all the other wavelengths around it.

Some Parisian newspapers wrote that we're more barbarian than the barbarians.

I have more important work for you.

But more sensuous.

One week of catching, a kid can make more than two years worth of allowance.

Tell him I don't like to see a friend of mine so unhappy, so one more catch, I'll cut him loose.

I'd like to shoot hoops more than you can imagine.

And the more they want to fight, the harder it is for me to make them stop fighting.

Frankie's team was playing for greed; Bud's team was playing for justice, so it meant more to them.

More over there!

More of them and more of them, appearing everywhere!

I think there's more grub on the side.

They asked me a bunch more questions and suddenly it was all, you know, tea and toast.

They have a really great friendship, possibly more, so it's great to see them on-screen together. Lydia!

At the end of season one, people weren't sure if she was either going to pass away, and there was going to be no more Lydia Martin.

Derek knows much more than Scott how bad things can get.

Scott's responsibilities, I think, grew, in trying to protect his family more.

News and current affairs

One successful gold investor recently explained to me that stock prices languished for a more than a decade before the Dow Jones index crossed the 1,000 mark in the early 1980's.

Wouldn't it be paradoxical, then, if financial alchemy could make an ingot of gold worth dramatically more?

So, yes, there are solid fundamentals that arguably support today's higher gold price, although it is far more debatable whether and to what extent they will continue to support higher prices in the future.

Indeed, another critical fundamental factor that has been sustaining high gold prices might prove far more ephemeral than globalization.

Today, the mood is much grimmer, with references to 1929 and 1931 beginning to abound, even if some governments continue to behave as if the crisis was more classical than exceptional.

Everyone seems to be a loser, even if some are more affected than others.

But, at the same time, a wave of idealism swept across the wreckage, a collective sense of determination to build a more equal, peaceful, and safer world.

A different kind of revolution was taking place in Europe's former colonies in Asia, where native peoples had no desire to be ruled once more by Western powers, which had been so ignominiously defeated by Japan.

And the post-war social-democratic welfare state is being eroded more and more every day.

Citizens, it was thought, had to become more self-reliant; government welfare programs were making everyone soft and dependent.

This is neither a correct description nor a useful terminology for terrorist acts, which are more correctly described as criminal.

The world now wonders how many more of these non-human humans are there in how many places.

But the West's key features, democracy and the rule of law, have taken a far more severe battering at the hands of their defenders than by their attackers.

Sure, some might argue that inflation-indexed bonds offer a better and more direct inflation hedge than gold.

But gold bugs are right to worry about whether the government will honor its commitments under more extreme circumstances.

Second, whereas democracy and market capitalism appeared as clear - if more fragile than expected - winners in 1989, it is difficult in 2009, with the spread of the global crisis, to distinguish winners from losers.

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