more

Meanings

1. 1
   det

   A larger number or amount of something.

   There are more people here than I expected.

2. 2
   adv

   To a greater degree or extent.

   I like cake, but I like chocolate more.

3. 3
   det

   Additional; further.

   If you run out, there are more bandages in the cupboard.

From Middle English more, from Old English māra (“more”), from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *maizô (“more”), from Proto-Indo-European *mē- (“many”). Cognate with Scots mair (“more”), Saterland Frisian moor (“more”), West Frisian mear (“more”), Dutch meer (“more”), Low German mehr (“more”), German mehr (“more”), Danish mere (“more”), Swedish mera (“more”), Norwegian Bokmål mer (“more”), Norwegian Nynorsk meir (“more”), Icelandic meiri, meira (“more”).

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