–adjective, compar. of much or many with most as superl.
1.
in greater quantity, amount, measure, degree, or number: I need more money.
2.
additional or further: Do you need more time? More discussion seems pointless.
–noun
3.
an additional quantity, amount, or number: I would give you more if I had it. He likes her all the more. When I could take no more of such nonsense, I left.
4.
a greater quantity, amount, or degree: More is expected of him. The price is more than I thought.
5.
something of greater importance: His report is more than a survey.
6.
(used with a plural verb) a greater number of a class specified, or the greater number of persons: More will attend this year than ever before.
–adverb compar. of much with most as superl.
7.
in or to a greater extent or degree (in this sense often used before adjectives and adverbs, and regularly before those of more than two syllables, to form comparative phrases having the same force and effect as the comparative degree formed by the termination -er): more interesting; more slowly.
8.
in addition; further; longer; again: Let's talk more another time. We couldn't stand it any more.
constituting or forming a large number; numerous: many people.
2.
noting each one of a large number (usually fol. by a or an): For many a day it rained.
–noun
3.
a large or considerable number of persons or things: A good many of the beggars were blind.
4.
the many, the greater part of humankind.
–pronoun
5.
many persons or things: Many of the beggars were blind. Many were unable to attend.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME mani, meni, OE manig, menig; akin to OS, OHG manag, menig, Dan mange, Goth manags]
—Synonyms 1. multifarious, multitudinous, myriad; divers, sundry, various. Many,innumerable,manifold,numerous imply the presence or succession of a large number of units. Many is a popular and common word for this idea: many times. Numerous, a more formal word, refers to a great number or to very many units: letters too numerous to mention. Innumerable denotes a number that is beyond count or, more loosely, that is extremely difficult to count: the innumerable stars in the sky. Manifold implies not only that the number is large but also that there is variety or complexity.
great in quantity, measure, or degree: too much cake.
–noun
2.
a great quantity, measure, or degree: Much of his research was unreliable.
3.
a great, important, or notable thing or matter: The house is not much to look at.
–adverb
4.
to a great extent or degree; greatly; far: to talk too much; much heavier.
5.
nearly, approximately, or about: This is much like the others.
—Idioms
6.
make much of,
a.
to treat, represent, or consider as of great importance: to make much of trivial matters.
b.
to treat with great consideration; show fondness for; flatter.
7.
much as,
a.
almost the same as: We need exercise, much as we need nourishment.
b.
however much: Much as she wanted to stay at the party, she had to leave.
[Origin: 1150–1200; ME muche, moche, apocopated var. of muchel, mochel, OE mycel; r. ME miche(l), OE micel great, much (cf. mickle), c. ON mikill, Goth mikils, Gk mégal-, suppletive s. of mégas great]
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English politician, humanist scholar, and writer who refused to comply with the Act of Supremacy, by which English subjects were enjoined to recognize Henry VIII's authority over the pope, and was imprisoned in the Tower of London and beheaded for treason. His political essay Utopia (1516) speculates about life under an ideal government. More was canonized in 1935.
O.E. mara (adj.) "greater, more," used as a comp. of micel "great" (see mickle), from P.Gmc. *maizon (cf. O.S. mera, O.N. meiri, O.Fris. mara, M.Du. mere, O.H.G. mero, Ger. mehr), from PIE *meis (cf. Avestan mazja "greater," O.Ir. mor "great," Gk. -moros "great," Oscan mais "more"). O.E. used related ma "more" as adv., n., from P.Gmc. *mais; this became M.E. mo, but more in this sense began to predominate in later M.E.
(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" [ant: less]
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" [ant: fewer]
adverb
1.
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs; "more interesting"; "more beautiful"; "more quickly" [ant: less]
2.
comparative of much; to a greater degree or extent; "he works more now"; "they eat more than they should" [ant: less]
noun
1.
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
a greater number or quantity of Example: I've more pencils than he has.
Arabic:
أكْثَر
Chinese (Simplified):
较多的
Chinese (Traditional):
較多的，更多的
Czech:
více
Danish:
mere; flere
Dutch:
meer
Estonian:
rohkem
Finnish:
enemmän
French:
plus (de)
German:
mehr
Greek:
περισσότερος
Hungarian:
több
Icelandic:
meiri, fleiri
Italian:
più
Japanese:
もっと多くの
Korean:
더 많은, 더 큰
Latvian:
vairāk
Lithuanian:
daugiau, labiau
Polish:
więcej
Portuguese (Brazil):
mais
Portuguese (Portugal):
mais
Russian:
больший
Spanish:
más
Swedish:
mer, mera, fler, flera
Turkish:
daha fazla, *çok
more2[moː]adjective
an additional number or quantity of Example: We need some more milk.
Arabic:
أكْثَر، إضافي
Chinese (Simplified):
更多的
Chinese (Traditional):
附加的﹐額外的
Czech:
ještě trochu
Danish:
mere; flere
Dutch:
meer
Estonian:
veel
Finnish:
lisää
French:
d'autres, encore
German:
mehr
Greek:
περισσότερος, κι άλλος
Hungarian:
(még valamivel) több
Icelandic:
fleiri, meiri
Italian:
più
Japanese:
さらに追加の
Korean:
추가적인, 여분의
Latvian:
vēl
Lithuanian:
dar
Polish:
więcej
Portuguese (Brazil):
mais
Portuguese (Portugal):
mais
Russian:
дополнительный;ещё
Spanish:
más
Swedish:
mer, ytterligare
Turkish:
daha (çok, *fazla)
more1[moː]adverb
used to form the comparative of many adjectives and adverbs, especially those of more than two syllables Example: She can do it more easily that I can; He is much more intelligent than they are.
Arabic:
تُسْتَعْمَل مع الصِّفات ا لمكوَّنه من أكْثَر من مَقْطَ
Chinese (Simplified):
更
Chinese (Traditional):
更
Czech:
více
Danish:
mere; -ere
Dutch:
meer
Estonian:
(keskvõrre)
French:
plus
German:
zur Bildung des Komperatives
Greek:
πιο, περισσότερο
Hungarian:
(középfok:) -bb (pl. intelligensebb)
Icelandic:
enn, meira
Indonesian:
lebih
Italian:
più
Japanese:
もっと
Korean:
더
Latvian:
(vairāk)
Norwegian:
mer, —ere
Polish:
bardziej
Portuguese (Brazil):
mais
Portuguese (Portugal):
mais
Romanian:
mai
Russian:
более
Slovak:
viac(ej)
Slovenian:
bolj
Spanish:
más
Swedish:
mer
Turkish:
daha
more2[moː]adverb
to a greater degree or extent Example: I'm exercising a little more now than I used to.
Arabic:
بِدَرَجَةٍ أكْبَر
Chinese (Simplified):
更多
Chinese (Traditional):
更多地
Czech:
více
Danish:
mere
Dutch:
meer
Estonian:
rohkem
Finnish:
enemmän, useammin
French:
davantage
German:
mehr
Greek:
περισσότερο
Hungarian:
inkább
Icelandic:
meir, meira
Indonesian:
lebih banyak
Italian:
più
Japanese:
さらに多く
Korean:
보다 많이
Latvian:
vairāk
Lithuanian:
daugiau, labiau
Norwegian:
mer
Polish:
więcej, bardziej
Portuguese (Brazil):
mais
Portuguese (Portugal):
mais
Romanian:
mai mult
Russian:
больше, более
Slovak:
viac(ej)
Slovenian:
več
Spanish:
más
Swedish:
mer
Turkish:
daha fazla, *çok
more3[moː]adverb
again Example: We'll play it once more.
Arabic:
ثانِيَةً
Chinese (Simplified):
再
Chinese (Traditional):
再
Czech:
ještě
Danish:
igen
Dutch:
opnieuw
Estonian:
veel kord
Finnish:
uudestaan
French:
encore
German:
noch
Greek:
πάλι
Hungarian:
ismét, még egyszer
Icelandic:
enn, í viðbót
Indonesian:
lagi
Italian:
ancora
Japanese:
さらに
Korean:
다시, 더하여
Latvian:
atkal; vēlreiz
Lithuanian:
dar kartą, vėl
Norwegian:
én gang til
Polish:
jeszcze
Portuguese (Brazil):
mais
Portuguese (Portugal):
mais
Romanian:
încă (o dată)
Russian:
ещё; опять
Slovak:
ešte
Slovenian:
še
Spanish:
más
Swedish:
till
Turkish:
tekrar, yine
more1[moː]pronoun
a greater number or quantity ' Example: `Are there a lot of people?' `There are far more than we expected.
Arabic:
عددٌ أكْبَر
Chinese (Simplified):
更多的数量
Chinese (Traditional):
更多的數量
Czech:
více
Danish:
mere; flere
Dutch:
meer
Estonian:
rohkem
Finnish:
enemmän
French:
plus
German:
mehr
Greek:
περισσότερος
Hungarian:
több
Icelandic:
fleiri, meiri
Indonesian:
lebih banyak
Italian:
più
Japanese:
もっと多くのもの
Korean:
더 많은 양
Latvian:
vairāk
Lithuanian:
daugiau
Norwegian:
flere, mer
Polish:
więcej
Portuguese (Brazil):
mais
Portuguese (Portugal):
mais
Romanian:
mai mult
Russian:
больше
Slovak:
viac(ej)
Slovenian:
več
Spanish:
más
Swedish:
fler
Turkish:
daha fazlası, *çoğu
more2[moː]pronoun
an additional number or amount Example: We've run out of paint. Will you go and get some more?
Ma"jor\, [L. major, compar. of magnus great: cf. F. majeur. Cf. Master, Mayor, Magnitude, More, a.]1. Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory. 2. Of greater dignity; more important. --Shak. 3. Of full legal age. [Obs.] 4. (Mus.) Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone. Major axis (Geom.), the greater axis. See Focus, n., 2. Major key (Mus.), a key in which one and two, two and three, four and five, five and six and seven, make major seconds, and three and four, and seven and eight, make minor seconds. Major offense (Law), an offense of a greater degree which contains a lesser offense, as murder and robbery include assault. Major premise (Logic), that premise of a syllogism which contains the major term. Major scale (Mus.), the natural diatonic scale, which has semitones between the third and fourth, and seventh and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees; the scale of the major mode, of which the third is major. See Scale, and Diatonic. Major second (Mus.), a second between whose tones is a difference in pitch of a step. Major sixth (Mus.), a sixth of four steps and a half step. In major keys the third and sixth from the key tone are major. Major keys and intervals, as distinguished from minors, are more cheerful. Major term (Logic), that term of a syllogism which forms the predicate of the conclusion. Major third (Mus.), a third of two steps.
Mo\, a., adv., & n. [Written also moe.] [AS. m[=a]. See More.] More; -- usually, more in number. [Obs.] An hundred thousand mo. --Chaucer. Likely to find mo to commend than to imitate it. --Fuller.
More\, a., compar. [Positive wanting; superl. Most.] [OE. more, mare, and (orig. neut. and adv.) mo, ma, AS. m[=a]ra, and (as neut. and adv.) m[=a]; akin to D. meer, OS. m[=e]r, G. mehr, OHG. m[=e]ro, m[=e]r, Icel. meiri, meirr, Dan. meere, meer, Sw. mera, mer, Goth. maiza, a., mais, adv., and perh. to L. major greater, compar. of magnus great, and magis, adv., more. [root]103. Cf. Most, uch, Major.]1. Greater; superior; increased; as: (a) Greater in quality, amount, degree, quality, and the like; with the singular. He gat more money. --Chaucer. If we procure not to ourselves more woe. --Milton. Note: More, in this sense, was formerly used in connection with some other qualifying word, -- a, the, this, their, etc., -- which now requires the substitution of greater, further, or the like, for more. Whilst sisters nine, which dwell on Parnasse height, Do make them music for their more delight. --Spenser. The more part knew not wherefore they were come together. --Acts xix. 32. Wrong not that wrong with a more contempt. --Shak. (b) Greater in number; exceeding in numbers; -- with the plural. The people of the children of Israel are more and mighter than we. --Ex. i. 9. 2. Additional; other; as, he wept because there were no more words to conquer. With open arms received one poet more. --Pope.
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