moreover

B1
US /moɹˈoʊ.vɚ/ UK /mɔːˈɹəʊ.və/
adv Freq #9091

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    In addition to what has been said.

    For three years there had been pestilence, and in the last of the three a famine; moreover, there was imminence of war.

  2. 2
    adv

    in addition

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English moreover, moreovere, morover, mooreover, more-overe, mare over, equivalent to more + over.

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adv · in addition to what has... ;additionallyagainalsoas a matter of factas wellfurtherfurthermorein factwithal
2 adv · in addition besides

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