Definition/Meaning of more
- English - Determiner: more (comparative) comparative degree of many : in greater number . (Used for a discrete quantity.) There are more ways to do this than I can count. 2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2020: One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground…
- English - Adverb: more To a greater degree or extent . More advanced students. I could no more climb that than fly! Used to form the comparative form of adjective s and adverbs. I am much more eager to help than you. You're a great deal more beautiful than I ever imagined. (poetic) In negative constructions: any further, any longer ; any more . 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum ii”, in [Le…
- English - Pronoun: more A greater number or quantity (of something). I'd love to see more of Bob and Linda. There isn’t enough salt in this. You need to add more . An extra or additional quantity (of something). There aren’t many people here yet, but more should be arriving soon. 2016, Arun P. Mukherjee, “English Studies in Contemporary India”, in M. Sridhar, Sunita Mishra, editors, Language Policy and Education…
- English - Adjective: more (comparative) comparative degree of many : in greater number . (Used for a discrete quantity.) Last year’s applications received from new and returning students were more than each of the previous four years. (comparative) comparative degree of much : in greater quantity , amount , or proportion . (Used for a continuous quantity.)
- English - Noun: more (plural mores) (obsolete) A carrot ; a parsnip . (dialectal) A root ; stock . (dialectal) A plant ; flower ; shrub . more (plural mores) (nonstandard, singular) singular of mores 2008, Barak A. Salmoni, Paula Holmes-Eber, “[Dimension Five – Belief Systems] Some Features of Belief Systems”, in Operational Culture for the Warfighter: Principles and Applications, Quantico, Va.: Marine Corps…