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synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples & translations of more in English

English Online Dictionary. What means more‎? What does more mean?

English

Etymology 1

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”).

Alternative forms

(informal or nonstandard) mo, mo'
(Internet slang) moar

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: mô; IPA^(key): /mɔː/
(General American) enPR: môr; IPA^(key): /mɔɹ/
(rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: mōr; IPA^(key): /mo(ː)ɹ/
(non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /moə/
(non-rhotic, dough-door merger, African-American Vernacular) IPA^(key): /moʊ/
Homophones: moor, Moor, Moore (pour–poor merger); maw (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger); mow (non-rhotic, dough–door merger)
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)

Determiner

more

comparative degree of many: in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.)
comparative degree of much: in greater quantity, amount, or proportion. (Used for a continuous quantity.)
Additional; further.
Bigger, stronger, or more valuable.

Antonyms

fewer
less

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

more

To a greater degree or extent. [from 10^thc.]
Used to form the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs. [from 13^thc.]
(now poetic) In negative constructions: any further, any longer; any more. [from 10^thc.]
(now dialectal, humorous or proscribed) Used in addition to an inflected comparative form. [from 13^thc.; standard until 18^thc.]

Derived terms

more or less
more so

Translations

Pronoun

more

A greater number or quantity (of something).
An extra or additional quantity (of something).

Derived terms

Adjective

more

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

Etymology 2

From Middle English more, moore (“root”), from Old English more, moru (“carrot, parsnip”) from Proto-West Germanic *morhā, from Proto-Germanic *murhǭ (“carrot”), from Proto-Indo-European *merk- (“edible herb, tuber”).

Akin to Old Saxon moraha (“carrot”), Old High German morha, moraha (“root of a plant or tree”) (German Möhre (“carrot”), Morchel (“mushroom, morel”)). More at morel.

Alternative forms

moor (dialectal)

Noun

more (plural mores)

(obsolete) A carrot; a parsnip.
(dialectal) A root; stock.
(dialectal) A plant; flower; shrub.

Etymology 3

From Middle English moren, from the noun. See above.

Verb

more (third-person singular simple present mores, present participle moring, simple past and past participle mored)

(transitive) To root up.

Etymology 4

Back-formation from mores.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɔː.ɹeɪ/

Noun

more (plural mores)

(nonstandard) singular of mores

Anagrams

Mero, Omer, Orem, Orme, Rome, erom, mero, mero-, moer, omer

Albanian

Etymology 1

According to Orel from the aoristic form of marr without a clear sense development. It could also be a remnant of a grammatical structure of a lost substrate language, which may be the source of the same interjection found in all Balkan languages. Alternatively, from Greek μωρέ (moré, “mate”, interjection, literally “stupid!”), a frozen vocative of μωρός (mōrós). In that case, it may be a doublet of bre.

Interjection

more

man!, mate!, dude!, bro! (vocative particle used in a call to a man)

Usage notes

Can be placed before or after the noun, whereas bre can only be placed after.

Alternative forms

mor, ore

Related terms

Descendants

→ Ottoman Turkish: موره (more)

Etymology 2

Probably borrowed from Southern Slavic море ("sea").

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmo.re]

Adjective

more

dark blue Glossed as Polish szafirowe by Simon Kazanxhiu (ca. 1820).

Alternative forms

morre

Synonyms

e kaltër

References

Basque

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /moɾe/ [mo.ɾe]
Rhymes: -oɾe
Hyphenation: mo‧re

Noun

more inan

purple

Declension

References

“more”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
“more”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmorɛ]

Noun

more

vocative singular of mor

Danish

Etymology

Derived from moro (“fun”), which may be a compound of mod, from Old Norse móðr (“mind”) and ro, from ró (“rest”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmoːʌ/

Verb

more (imperative mor, infinitive at more, present tense morer, past tense morede, perfect tense har moret)

To amuse, entertain

Derived terms

morskab c
morsom
morsomhed c

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin mora.

Pronunciation

Noun

more m or f (plural moren, diminutive moretje n)

the unit of length (short or long) in poetic metre

Anagrams

moer, roem, Rome

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɔʁ/
Homophones: mord, mords, mores, mors, mort, morts (general), maure, maures (one pronunciation)

Noun

more f (plural mores)

(phonology) mora

Adjective

more (plural mores)

(dated) Alternative spelling of maure

Related terms

More m

Anagrams

orme, Rome

Friulian

Pronunciation

Noun

more f (plural moris)

mulberry

Noun

more f (plural moris)

(phonology) mora

Galician

Verb

more

inflection of morar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.re/
Rhymes: -ɔre
Hyphenation: mò‧re

Noun

more f

plural of mora

Adjective

more

feminine plural of moro

Verb

more

(slang) third-person singular present indicative of morire

Alternative forms

muore

References

Anagrams

-mero, Remo, Rome, ermo, mero, orme, remo, remò

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmoː.re/, [ˈmoːrɛ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.re/, [ˈmɔːre]

Noun

mōre m

ablative singular of mōs (“manner, custom”)

References

"more", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Latvian

Noun

more f (5 declension, masculine form: moris)

(archaic) black woman, blackamoor, black moor

Declension

Maori

Noun

more

taproot

Synonyms

tāmore

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English māra, from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *maizô.

Alternative forms

mare, moore

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɔːr(ə)/

Determiner

more

Descendants

English: more
Geordie English: mair
Scots: mair
Yola: mo', more

References

“mōr(e, adj. (comparative).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old English more and moru (“carrot, parsnip”), from Proto-West Germanic *morhā, *morhu, from Proto-Germanic *murhǭ, *murhō.

Alternative forms

moore, morre

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɔːr(ə)/

Noun

more (plural mores or (early) moren)

root (of a plant)
Synonym: rote
(rare) root, (of a hair, tooth, or tongue)
(figuratively, rare) source, root

Descendants

English: more (dialectal)

References

“mōr(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Verb

more (present tense morer, past tense mora or moret, past participle mora or moret)

amuse, entertain

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *morhā, from Proto-Germanic *murhǭ (“carrot”). Cognate with Old Saxon moraha (“carrot”), Old High German moraha (German Möhre).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmo.re/

Noun

more f

carrot
parsnip

Declension

Weak:

Related terms

moru

Descendants

Middle English: more, moore, morre
- English: more (dialectal)
→ Welsh: moron

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Verb

more

inflection of morar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /môːre/
Hyphenation: mo‧re

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *moře, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mári, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Noun

mȏre n (Cyrillic spelling мо̑ре, relational adjective mòrskī)

sea
(by extension, preceded by preposition na) seaside or shore (any area or place near the sea where the sea is seen as the defining feature)
Čim dođe ljeto, idemo na more! ― Once the summer is here, we're gonna go to the seaside!

Cijelo ljeto ću provesti na moru. ― I will spend the entire summer at the shore.
(figurative) a vast expanse or quantity of something, usually detrimental or unwelcome

Declension

Synonyms

(Croatia, archaic) morje

Etymology 2

From Greek μωρέ (moré). Possible doublet of bre.

Interjection

mȏre (Cyrillic spelling мо̑ре)

(Serbia) when spoken sharply, asserts that the speaker is stronger or older or more powerful than the addressee, sometimes expressing contempt or superiority
- 1824, recorded by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Narodne srpske pjesme:
(Serbia) when not spoken sharply, functions as a term of endearment or generic intensifier, cf. bre

Usage notes

More is most often used in addressing a single male, more rarely when addressing groups of males, and more rarely still when addressing females.

Related terms

References

Tomislav Maretić, editor (1911–1916), “mȍre 1”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎^[4] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 7, Zagreb: JAZU, page 4

Etymology 3

Interjection

more (Cyrillic spelling море)

(Croatia, Kajkavian, colloquial) Alternative form of može

Noun

more (Cyrillic spelling море)

inflection of mora:
1. genitive singular
2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Verb

more (Cyrillic spelling море)

third-person plural present of moriti

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *moře.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmɔre]

Noun

more n

a body of salt water, sea
(colloquial) a huge amount, plenty (+genitive)
máme more času ― we have plenty of time

Declension

Derived terms

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmoɾe/ [ˈmo.ɾe]
Rhymes: -oɾe
Syllabification: mo‧re

Verb

more

inflection of morar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

Welsh

Pronunciation

(North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔrɛ/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔra/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmoːrɛ/, /ˈmɔrɛ/

Noun

more

Nasal mutation of bore (“morning”).

Mutation

Yola

Adjective

more

Alternative form of mo'

References

Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 86

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English

Etymology 1

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Etymology 2

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Albanian

Etymology 1

Interjection

Usage notes

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Descendants

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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Basque

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References

Czech

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Danish

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Dutch

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French

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Adjective

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Friulian

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Noun

Galician

Verb

Italian

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Adjective

Verb

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References

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Latin