Dictionary Definition
more adj
1 (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"
[syn: more(a), more than]
[ant: less(a)]
2 (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" [syn: more(a)] [ant:
fewer]
3 existing or coming by way of addition; "an
additional problem"; "further information"; "there will be further
delays"; "took more time" [syn: additional, further(a),
more(a)] n
: 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 [syn: Thomas More,
Sir
Thomas More] adv
1 used to form the comparative of some adjectives
and adverbs; "more interesting"; "more beautiful"; "more quickly"
[syn: to a
greater extent] [ant: less]
2 comparative of much; to a greater degree or
extent; "he works more now"; "they eat more than they should" [ant:
less]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
mara.Determiner
- comparative of many
- comparative of much
- A larger quantity or amount of.
- I want more soup.
- A greater proportion of.
- There's more caffeine in my coffee than in the coffee you get in most places.''
Translations
larger quantity or amount
- Finnish: enemmän
- Russian: ещё
- Spanish: más
- Swedish: mer
greater proportion
- Finnish: enemmän
- Russian: больше
- Spanish: más
- Swedish: mer
Adverb
more- comparative of many
- comparative of much
- Used in forming the comparative form of many
adjectives and almost
all comparable adverbs.
- more beautiful; more beautifully
- Further, in addition,
longer.
- There's nothing more we can do.
Derived terms
Translations
word to form a comparative
- Finnish: enemmän (with some adverbs only)
- Latin: plus
- Russian: более
- Spanish: más
- Swedish: mer
further, in addition
- Finnish: enemmän
- Russian: больше
- Spanish: más
- Swedish: mer
- ttbc Amuzgo: cheⁿ
- ttbc Arabic: (’ákθar), (ziyāda), (’ázyad)
- ttbc Armenian: ավելի (avelee)
- ttbc Catalan: més
- ttbc Chinese: 更多 (gèngduō)
- ttbc Czech: více
- ttbc Danish: mer
- ttbc Dutch: meer (1,2), verder (2)
- ttbc Esperanto: ankoraŭ (adj. 1), pli da (adj. 2), pli (adv. 1), plia (adv. 2)
- ttbc French: plus
- ttbc German: mehr
- ttbc Greek: πιο
- ttbc Hebrew: יותר
- ttbc Hungarian: több
- ttbc Ido: plu multa
- ttbc Irish: tuilleadh
- ttbc Italian: più, ancora
- ttbc Japanese: もっと (motto)
- ttbc Korean: 더 (deo), 더 밚은 (deo maneun)
- ttbc Macedonian: повеќе (povekje), уще (ušte), по- (po-)
- ttbc Latin: plus, magis
- ttbc Norwegian: mer
- ttbc Portuguese: mais
- ttbc Romanian: mai, mai mult, încă
- ttbc Romansch: pli
- ttbc Scots: mair
- ttbc Slovak: viac, viacej, viacero (1); navyše (2)
- ttbc Serbian: još
- ttbc Slovene: več
- ttbc Spanish: más
- ttbc Swedish: mer (1,2), ytterligare (2)
Noun
- 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.
- If we can sell more, we will turn this business into a success.
Translations
increased amount
- Finnish: enemmän, lisää
- Polish: więcej
- Russian: больше, ещё
- Spanish: más
- Swedish: mera
See also
Anagrams
Bosnian
Etymology
From , from .Noun
Declension
Croatian
Etymology
From , from .Noun
Declension
Italian
Noun
more- Plural of mora
Verb
Synonyms
Serbian
Etymology
From , from .Noun
Declension
Slovak
Etymology
From , from .Noun
Extensive Definition
More or Mores may refer to:
Music
- More (UK band), a New Wave of British Heavy Metal band in the early 1980s
- "More" (1956 song), a song by Alex Alstone and Tom Glazer, and popularized by Perry Como
- "More" (Trace Adkins song), a 2000 single by Trace Adkins
- "More" (Sisters of Mercy song), a 1990 single by The Sisters of Mercy
- "More" (Theme from Mondo Cane), a musical theme from the film Mondo Cane
- More, More, More, a 1976 song by Andrea True Connection
- More, a 2008 promotional song by Black Eyed Peas
- More (Tamia album), a 2004 album released by Tamia
- More (Vitamin C album) is the second album from pop singer Vitamin C
- More... (Trace Adkins album), a 2000 album by Trace Adkins
- Music from the Film More, a soundtrack album by Pink Floyd for the film of the same name
Film
- More (film), a 1969 film directed by Barbet Schroeder
- More (short), a short film by Mark Osborne
Literature
- More (magazine), an American women's lifestyle magazine
- More'' (Punk magazine from Belgium), a Belgian punk magazine published in 1977
Food
- Hershey's S'mores, candy bar made by The Hershey Company
- S'more, traditional campfire treat popular in the United States and Canada
Computers
- MORE (application), a discontinued outliner application for classic Mac OS.
- more (command), a shell command that is used to display one screen of output at a time
Other
- More (cigarette), a cigarette brand marketed specifically to women
- More language, language spoken primarily in Burkina Faso by the Mossis
- Mores, strongly held norms or customs
- Mores (SS), a comune (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia
See also
more in Danish: More
more in German: More
more in Spanish: More
more in French: More
more in Italian: More
more in Polish: More
more in Portuguese: More
more in Slovak: More (rozlišovacia
stránka)
more in Slovenian: More
more in Swedish: More
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
a certain number, a few, above, accessory, added, additional, additionally, again, all included, along, also, altogether, among other
things, ancillary, and
all, and also, and so, another, as well, au reste,
auxiliary, beside, besides, better, beyond, certain, collateral, composite, contributory, else, en plus, ever more, extra, farther, for lagniappe, fresh, further, furthermore, greater and
greater, growingly, in
addition, increasingly, inter alia,
into the bargain, item,
likewise, more and
more, more than one, moreover, new, nonuniqueness, not
singular, numerous,
numerousness, on
and on, on the side, on top of, other, over, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, plurality, pluralness, plurative, plus, several, similarly, some, spare, supernumerary, supplemental, supplementary, surplus, then, therewith, to boot, too, ulterior, variety, various, yet