Etymology : Middle English, from Old English manig; akin to Old High German manag many, Old Church Slavonic munogu much
Pronunciation : me-nE
Function : adjective
Date : before 12th century
1. family name; Sir Thomas More (1478-1535), English statesman and scholar, author of "Utopia". larger quantity; additional amount; greater degree. larger in quantity; in additional amounts; extra; greater in number, larger in size; further; greater in degree. adto a greater degree; additionally; further; again. more\more\, adv.
2. in a greater quantity; in or to a greater extent or degree. (a) with a verb or participle. admiring more the riches of heaven's pavement. (b) with an adjective or adverb (instead of the suffix -er) to form the comparative degree; as, more durable; more active; more sweetly. happy here, and more happy hereafter.note: double comparatives were common among writers of the elizabeth period, and for some time later; as, more brighter; more dearer. the duke of milan and his more braver daughter.
3. in addition; further; besides; again. yet once more, oye laurels, and once more, ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere, i come to pluck your berries harsh and crude.more and more, with continual increase. "amon trespassed more and more." xxxiii. 23.
4. A hill.
5. A root.
6. Greater; superior; increased Greater in quality, amount, degree, quality, and the like; with the singular.
7. Greater in number; exceeding in numbers; with the plural.
8. Additional; other; as, he wept because there were no more worlds to conquer.
9. A greater quantity, amount, or number; that which exceeds or surpasses in any way what it is compared with.
10. That which is in addition; something other and further; an additional or greater amount.
11. In a greater quantity; in or to a greater extent or degree.
12. With a verb or participle.
13. With an adjective or adverb to form the comparative degree; as, more durable; more active; more sweetly.
14. In addition; further; besides; again.
15. To make more; to increase.
16. 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 used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs; "more interesting"; "more beautiful"; "more quickly" comparative of much; to a greater degree or extent; "he works more now"; "they eat more than they should".
17. A retinue of servants; a household.
18. Consisting of a great number; numerous; not few.
19. The populace; the common people; the majority of people, or of a community.
20. A large or considerable number. a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number; "many temptations"; "the temptations are many"; "a good many"; "a great many"; "many directions"; "take as many apples as you like"; "too many clouds to see"; "never saw so many people".
21. more More is often considered to be the comparative form of much and many.
22. You use more to indicate that there is a greater amount of something than before or than average, or than something else. You can use `a little', `a lot', `a bit', `far', and `much' in front of more. More and more people are surviving heart attacks He spent more time perfecting his dance moves instead of gym work. teaching more children foreign languages other than English ¡Ù less More is also a pronoun. As the level of work increased from light to heavy, workers ate more He had four hundred dollars in his pocket. Billy had more. More is also a quantifier. Employees may face increasing pressure to take on more of their own medical costs in retirement.
23. You use more than before a number or amount to say that the actual number or amount is even greater. The Afghan authorities say the airport had been closed for more than a year. classy leather and silk jackets at more than £250. = over.
24. You use more to indicate that something or someone has a greater amount of a quality than they used to or than is average or usual. Prison conditions have become more brutal We can satisfy our basic wants more easily than in the past. ¡Ù less.
25. If you say that something is more one thing than another, you mean that it is like the first thing rather than the second. The exhibition at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts is more a production than it is a museum display He's more like a film star than a life-guard, really She looked more sad than in pain Sue screamed, not loudly, more in surprise than terror She's more of a social animal than me. ¡Ù less.
26. If you do something more than before or more than someone else, you do it to a greater extent or more often. When we are tired, tense, depressed or unwell, we feel pain much more What impressed me more was that she knew Tennessee Williams. ¡Ù less.
27. You can use more to indicate that something continues to happen for a further period of time. Things might have been different if I'd talked a bit more. You can use some more to indicate that something continues to happen for a further period of time. We walked some more.
28. You use more to indicate that something is repeated. For example, if you do something `once more', you do it again once. This train would stop twice more in the suburbs before rolling southeast toward Munich The breathing exercises should be repeated several times more.
29. You use more to refer to an additional thing or amount. You can use `a little', `a lot', `a bit', `far' and `much' in front of more. They needed more time to consider whether to hold an inquiry. More is also an adjective. We stayed in Danville two more days Are you sure you wouldn't like some more wine? More is also a pronoun. Oxfam has appealed to western nations to do more to help the refugees `None of them are very nice folks.' --- `Tell me more.'.
30. You use more in conversations when you want to draw someone's attention to something interesting or important that you are about to say. Europe's economies have converged in several areas. More interestingly, there has been convergence in economic growth rates More seriously for him, there are members who say he is wrong on this issue. ¡Ù less.
31. You can use more and more to indicate that something is becoming greater in amount, extent, or degree all the time. Her life was heading more and more where she wanted it to go.
32. vagueness If something is more or less true, it is true in a general way, but is not completely true. The Conference is more or less over He more or less started the firm.
33. If something is more than a particular thing, it has greater value or importance than this thing. He's more than a coach, he's a friend.
34. You use more than to say that something is true to a greater degree than is necessary or than average. Lithuania produces more than enough food to feed itself.
35. emphasis You use no more than or not more than when you want to emphasize how small a number or amount is. He was a kid really, not more than eighteen or nineteen. ¡Ù no less than.
36. emphasis If you say that someone or something is nothing more than a particular thing, you are emphasizing that they are only that thing, and nothing more interesting or important. The newly discovered notes are nothing more than Lang's personal journal.
37. emphasis You can use what is more or what's more to introduce an extra piece of information which supports or emphasizes the point you are making. You should remember it, and what's more, you should get it right. = moreover, furthermore.
38. all the more: see:
all any more: see any. English politician, humanist scholar, and writer who refused to comply with the Act of Supremacy, by which English subjects were enjoined to recognize Henry VIII's authority over the pope, and was imprisoned in the Tower of London and beheaded for treason. His political essay Utopia (1516) speculates about life under an ideal government. More was canonized in 1935.
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