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more determiner [ mɔː ]

• a greater or additional amount or degree of.
• "she poured herself more coffee"
Similar: additional, further, added, extra, increased, fresh, new, other, supplementary, supplemental, spare, alternative,
Opposite: less, fewer,

more pronoun

• a greater or additional amount of something.
• "tell me more"

more adverb

• forming the comparative of adjectives and adverbs, especially those of more than one syllable.
• "for them enthusiasm is more important than talent"
• to a greater extent.
• "I like chicken more than turkey"
Similar: to a greater extent, further, longer, some more, better,
• again.
• "repeat once more"
• moreover.
• "he was rich, and more, he was handsome"
Similar: moreover, furthermore, besides, what's more, in addition, also, as well, too, to boot, additionally, on top of that, over and above that, into the bargain, withal, forbye,
Origin: Old English māra, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch meer and German mehr .

More noun

• the language of the Mossi people of Burkina Faso, a member of the Gur family of languages with about 4 million speakers.
Origin: the name in More.

many determiner

• a large number of.
• "many people agreed with her"
Similar: numerous, a great/good deal of, a lot of, a large/great number of, great quantities of, plenty of, countless, innumerable, scores of, crowds of, droves of, an army of, a horde of, a multitude of, a multiplicity of, multitudinous, numberless, multiple, untold, several, various, sundry, diverse, assorted, multifarious, copious, abundant, profuse, an abundance of, a profusion of, frequent, lots of, umpteen, eleventy, loads of, masses of, stacks of, scads of, heaps of, piles of, bags of, tons of, oodles of, dozens of, hundreds of, thousands of, millions of, billions of, zillions of, shedload, a slew of, gazillions of, bazillions of, gobs of, a swag of, myriad, divers, a shitload of,
Opposite: few,
Origin: Old English manig, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch menig and German manch .

much adverb

• to a great extent; a great deal.
• "did it hurt much?"
Similar: greatly, to a great extent/degree, a great deal, a lot, exceedingly, considerably, appreciably, decidedly, indeed,
Origin: Middle English: shortened from muchel, from Old English micel (see mickle).

more and more

• at a continually increasing rate.
"vacancies were becoming more and more rare"

more or less

• speaking imprecisely; to a certain extent.
"they are more or less a waste of time"

more than

• extremely (used before an adjective conveying a positive feeling or attitude).
"she is more than happy to oblige"

no more

• nothing further.
"there was no more to be said about it"



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