more (mɔː) ![]() | |
| —determiner | |
| 1. | a. much the comparative of many : more joy than you know; more pork sausages |
| b. (as pronoun; functioning as sing or plural): he has more than she has; even more are dying every day | |
| 2. | a. additional; further: no more bananas |
| b. (as pronoun; functioning as sing or plural): I can't take any more; more than expected | |
| 3. | more of to a greater extent or degree: we see more of Sue these days; more of a nuisance than it should be |
| —adv | |
| 4. | used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs: a more believable story; more quickly |
| 5. | the comparative of much : people listen to the radio more now |
| 6. | additionally; again: I'll look at it once more |
| 7. | more or less |
| a. as an estimate; approximately | |
| b. to an unspecified extent or degree: the party was ruined, more or less | |
| 8. | more so to a greater extent or degree |
| 9. | neither more nor less than simply |
| 10. | think more of to have a higher opinion of |
| 11. | what is more moreover |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
"Take some more tea," the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly.
"I've had nothing yet," Alice replied in an offended tone, "so I can't take more."
"You mean you can't take less," said the Hatter: "it's very easy to take more than nothing."
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