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Definition: Meaning of, more in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / mɔː /

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  1. [used before an adjective or adverb to form the comparative] having a particular quality to a greater degree
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  2. used to say that something happens a greater number of times or for longer
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  3. used to say that something happens to a greater degree
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  4. more and more used to say that a quality, situation etc gradually increases [=  increasingly]
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  5. more or less almost
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  6. once more again, and often for the last time
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  7. once more used to say that someone or something returns to the situation they were in before
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  8. not any more also no more literary if something does not happen any more, it used to happen but does not happen now
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  9. more than happy/welcome/likely etc very happy, welcome, likely etc - used to emphasize what you are saying
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  10. the more ..., the more/less ... used to say that if a particular activity increases, another change happens as a result
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  11. be more something than something to be one thing rather than another
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  12. more than a little formal fairly
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  13. no more does/has/will etc somebody spoken old-fashioned used to say that a negative statement is also true about someone else [=  nor, neither]
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  14. no more ... than used to emphasize that someone or something does not have a particular quality or would not do something
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more
[comparative of 'many' and 'much']
  1. a greater amount or number
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  2. an additional number or amount
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  3. more and more an increasing number or amount
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  4. not/no more than something used to emphasize that a particular number, amount, distance etc is not large
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  5. the more ..., the more/less ... used to say that if an amount of something increases, another change happens as a result
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  6. be more of something than something to be one thing rather than another
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  7. no more than used to say that something is not too much, but exactly right or suitable
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  8. no more than also little more than used to say that someone or something is not very great or important
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  9. (and) what's more used to add more information that emphasizes what you are saying
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  10. no more something used to say that something will or should no longer happen
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Definition: Meaning of, More in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈmɔːri /

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  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
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More used in phrases

  • More, Sir Thomas
    1. (1478-1535) an English politician and writer. His most famous work is Utopia, which describes his idea of a perfect society. He was a powerful adviser to King HENRY VIII, but he opposed the king's DIVORCE (= the official ending of a marriage) and refused to accept him as the head of the CHURCH OF ENGLAND . For this the king put him in prison and ordered his head to be cut off. The Roman Catholic Church later made him a SAINT .
  • Sir Thomas More (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
  • Thomas More (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
  • more and more (adverb)
    1. advancing in amount or intensity
  • more often than not (adverb)
    1. most of the time; in most cases
  • more or less (adverb)
    1. of quantities imprecise but fairly close to correct
    2. to a small degree or extent
  • more than (adjective)
    1. comparative of 'much' used with mass nouns a quantifier meaning greater in size, amount, extent or degree
  • no more (adverb)
    1. not now
    2. referring to the degree to which a certain quality is present
  • once more (adverb)
    1. another time, repeating
  • s'more (noun)
    1. snack food made by combining graham crackers, marshmallows and chocolate, typically toasted on a camp fire
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Pronunciation: ˈsʌmə ˈsnəʊfleɪk
Parts of Speech: noun
common Old World herb having grasslike leaves and clusters of star-shaped white flowers with green stripes; naturalized in the eastern United States