more

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs

   more interesting

2. 2
   det

   comparative degree of many: in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.)

   There are more ways to do this than I can count.

3. 3
   det

   comparative degree of much: in greater quantity, amount, or proportion. (Used for a continuous quantity.)

   There's more caffeine in my coffee than in the coffee you get in most places.

4. 4
   det

   Additional; further.

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

5. 5
   det

   Bigger, stronger, or more valuable.

   He is more than the ten years he spent behind bars at our local prison, as he is a changed man and his past does not define him.

6. 6
   adv

   To a greater degree or extent.

   I like cake, but I like chocolate more.

7. 7
   adv

   Used to form the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs.

   You're a great deal more beautiful than I ever imagined.

8. 8
   adv

   In negative constructions: any further, any longer; any more.

   Than was there pees betwyxte thys erle and thys Aguaurs, and grete surete that the erle sholde never warre agaynste hym more.

Etymology

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”).