[mawr, mohr] 
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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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| 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.] |
more or less
Approximately, as in The truck will hold nine yards of dirt, more or less. This usage was first recorded in 1589.
Basically, essentially, as in We more or less agree on the substance of the letter. This usage was first recorded about 1225.
