Meaning

2 senses

  1. A greater number or quantity (of something).

    We’re running out of napkins. I should have bought more.

    There isn’t enough salt in this. You need to add more.

  2. An extra or additional quantity (of something).

    There aren’t many people here yet, but more should be arriving soon.

Examples

21931 sentences

  1. I want to be more independent.

    Я хочу бути більш незалежним. — deniko

    ruЯ хочу быть более независимым. — paul_lingvo

    deIch will unabhängiger sein. — MUIRIEL

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  2. It's more difficult than you think.

    Це важче, ніж ти думаєш. — aandrusiak

    ruЭто труднее, чем ты думаешь. — shanghainese

    deEs ist schwieriger, als du glaubst. — MUIRIEL

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  3. I wish we had more time.

    Я хотів би, щоб у нас було більше часу. — deniko

    ruХотел бы я, чтобы у нас было больше времени. — Gruzilkin

    deIch wünschte, wir hätten mehr Zeit. — MUIRIEL

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  4. I wish I earned more money.

    Я б хотів заробляти більше. — deniko

    ruЯ бы хотел больше зарабатывать. — marafon

    deSchön wär’s, wenn ich mehr Geld verdiente. — raggione

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  5. Take things a little more seriously.

    Сприймай речі трохи серйозніше. — deniko

    ruВоспринимай вещи немного серьёзнее. — Lenin_1917

    deNimm die Dinge etwas ernster. — Espi

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Origin

From Middle English more, from Old English māra (“more”), from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō,

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”).

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Forms

Collocations

12 patterns
  • more time
  • any more
  • a little more
  • a lot more
  • more days days
  • be more careful
  • a few more
  • more money
  • spend more time
  • more than three
  • more careful
  • little more

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
morassmoratoriummoraymorbidmoreishmoreoverB1morganmorgue

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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