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/mɔː(ɹ)/

determiner

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In plain English

  1. 01

    determiner

    A greater amount, number, or degree of something.

  2. 02

    determiner

    Extra detail

    Additional; further.

Examples

  • For some reason I feel more alive at night.

  • She was far more intelligent than her sister.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈmɔː.ɹeɪ/
  • /mo(ː)ɹ/

Deep Dive

determiner

Extra meanings

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

  2. Bigger, stronger, or more valuable.

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

More examples

In context

  • I always liked mysterious characters more.

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

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

Antonyms

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Origin

determiner

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”), Faroese and Icelandic meira (“more”).