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[mawr, mohr]
–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.
—Idioms| 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. |
| 9. | moreover. |
| 10. | more and more, to an increasing extent or degree; gradually more: They became involved more and more in stock speculation. |
| 11. | more or less,
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Related forms:
moreness, noun
man⋅y
[men-ee]
adjective, more, most, noun, pronoun –adjective
| 1. | 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
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.
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.
Antonyms:
1. few, single.
1. few, single.
much
[muhch]
adjective, more, most, noun, adverb, more, most.–adjective
| 1. | 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
—Idioms| 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. |
| 6. | make much of,
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| 7. | much as,
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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
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

Mos⋅si
[mos-ee]
–noun, plural -sis, (especially collectively
) -si for 1.
) -si for 1. | 1. | an agricultural people of Africa living mainly in Burkina Faso. |
| 2. | Also called Moré. the language of the Mossi people, a Gur language of the Niger-Congo family. |
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more (môr, mōr) adj. Comparative of many, much.
pron. (used with a pl. verb) A greater or additional number of persons or things: I opened only two bottles but more were in the refrigerator. adv. Comparative of much.
[Middle English, from Old English māra and māre; see mē-3 in Indo-European roots.] |
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More\, n. [AS. m[=o]r. See Moor a waste.] A hill. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.More
More\, n. [AS. more, moru; akin to G. m["o]hre carrot, OHG. moraha, morha.] A root. [Obs.] --Chaucer.More
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.More
More\, n. 1. A greater quantity, amount, or number; that which exceeds or surpasses in any way what it is compared with. And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. --Ex. xvi. 17. 2. That which is in addition; something other and further; an additional or greater amount. They that would have more and more can never have enough. --L'Estrange. O! That pang where more than madness lies. --Byron. Any more. (a) Anything or something additional or further; as, I do not need any more. (b) Adverbially: Further; beyond a certain time; as, do not think any more about it. No more, not anything more; nothing in addition. The more and less, the high and low. [Obs.] --Shak. "All cried, both less and more." --Chaucer.More
More\, adv. 1. In a greater quantity; in or to a greater extent or degree. (a) With a verb or participle. Admiring more The riches of Heaven's pavement. --Milton. (b) With an adjective or adverb (instead of the suffix -er) to form the comparative degree; as, more durable; more active; more sweetly. Happy here, and more happy hereafter. --Bacon. Note: Double comparatives were common among writers of the Elizabeth period, and for some time later; as, more brighter; more dearer. The duke of Milan And his more braver daughter. --Shak. 2. In addition; further; besides; again. Yet once more, Oye laurels, and once more, Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere, I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude. --Milton. More and more, with continual increase. "Amon trespassed more and more." --2 Chron. xxxiii. 23. The more, to a greater degree; by an added quantity; for a reason already specified. {The more -- the more}, by how much more -- by so much more. "The more he praised in himself, the more he seems to suspect that in very deed it was not in him." --Milton. To be no more, to have ceased to be; as, Cassius is no more; Troy is no more. Those oracles which set the world in flames, Nor ceased to burn till kingdoms were no more. --Byron.More
More\, v. t. To make more; to increase. [Obs.] --Gower.
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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.
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In addition to the idioms beginning with more, also see bite off more than one can chew; irons in the fire, more than one; wear another (more than one) hat; what is more.
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