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more [mɔː] determiner 1. b. (as pronoun; functioning as sing or plural) he has more than she has even more are dying every day 2. a. additional; further no more bananas b. (as pronoun; functioning as sing or plural) I can't take any more more than expected more of to a greater extent or degree we see more of Sue these days more of a nuisance than it should be adv 1. used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs a more believable story more quickly 2. the comparative of much people listen to the radio more now 3. additionally; again I'll look at it once more more or less a. as an estimate; approximately b. to an unspecified extent or degree the party was ruined, more or less more so to a greater extent or degree neither more nor less than simply think more of to have a higher opinion of what is more moreover [Old English māra; compare Old Saxon, Old High German mēro, Gothic maiza. See also most] Usage: See at most More [mɔː] n
1. (Biographies / More, Hannah (1745-1833) F, English, RELIGION: religious writer) Hannah. 1745-1833, English writer, noted for her religious tracts, esp The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain 2. (Biographies / More, Sir Thomas (1478-1535) M, English, POLITICS: statesman, PHILOSOPHY: humanist, RELIGION: saint, WRITING: writer) Sir Thomas. 1478-1535, English statesman, humanist, and Roman Catholic Saint; Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII (1529-32). His opposition to the annulment of Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon and his refusal to recognize the Act of Supremacy resulted in his execution on a charge of treason. In Utopia (1516) he set forth his concept of the ideal state. Feast day: June 22 or July 6 ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
more adjective extra, additional, spare, new, other, added, further, fresh, new-found, supplementary Give them a bit more information. noun a larger amount, extra, an increase, a supplement, an addition, a greater amount I had four hundred dollars in my pocket. He had more. adverb 1. to a greater extent, longer, better, further, some more When we are tired we feel pain more. 2. moreover, also, in addition, besides, furthermore, what's more, on top of that, to boot, into the bargain, over and above that He was blind, and more, his eyepits were scooped hollows. more or less approximately, about, nearly, close to, roughly, in the region of These guys were more or less my own age. what's more besides, also, in addition, moreover, furthermore, on top of that, to boot, into the bargain, over and above that You should remember. And what's more, you should get it right. Quotations "Please, sir, I want some more" [Charles Dickens Oliver Twist] Proverbs see most"The more, the merrier" Translations more [mɔːʳ] A. ADJ → más there's more tea in the cupboard → hay más té en el aparador is there any more wine in the bottle? → ¿queda vino en la botella? a few more weeks → unas semanas más it'll take a few more days → llevará unos cuantos días más many more people → muchas más personas much more butter → mucha más mantequilla I have no more money → no me queda más dinero no more singing, I can't bear it! → ¡que no se cante más, no lo aguanto! do you want some more tea? → ¿quieres más té? you have more money than I → tienes más dinero que yo it's two more miles to the house → faltan dos millas para llegar a la casa B. N & PRON 1. → más four more → cuatro más we can't afford more → no podemos pagar más is there any more? → ¿hay más? there isn't any more → ya no hay más a bit more? → ¿un poco más? a few more → algunos más a little more → un poco más many more → muchos más much more → mucho más there isn't much more to do → no hay or queda mucho más que hacer there's no more left → no queda(nada) let's say no more about it! → ¡no se hable más del asunto! she's no more a duchess than I am → tan duquesa es como mi padre he no more thought of paying me than of flying to the moon → antes iría volando a la luna que pensar pagarme a mí I shall have more to say about this → volveré a hablar de esto some more → más he's got more than me! → ¡él tiene más que yo! it's more than a job → es(algo)más que un trabajo more than ever → más que nunca more than half → más de la mitad more than one/ten → más de uno/diez not more than 15 → no más de quince not much more than £20 → poco más de 20 libras it cost more than we had expected → costó más de lo que esperábamos and what's more → y además ... there's more where that came from! → ¡esto no es más que el principio! 2. (all) the more → tanto más it makes me (all) the more ashamed → tanto más vergüenza me da all the more so because or as or since → tanto más cuanto que ... the more you give him the more he wants → cuanto más se le da, (tanto)más quiere the more he drank the thirstier he got → cuanto más bebía más sed tenía the more the better; the more the merrier → cuantos más mejor C. ADV 1. → más more difficult → más difícil more easily → con mayor facilidad more and more → cada vez más if he says that any more → si vuelve a decir eso, si dice eso otra vez if he comes here any more → si vuelve por aquí more or less → más o menos neither more nor less → ni más ni menos "I don't understand it" - "no more do I" → -no lo comprendo -ni yo tampoco he's more intelligent than me → es más inteligente que yo the house is more than half built → la casa está más que medio construida I had more than carried out my obligation → había cumplido con creces mi obligación it will more than meet the demand → satisfará ampliamente la demanda he was more surprised than angry → más que enfadarse se sorprendió it's more a short story than a novel → más que novela es un cuento 2. (= again) once more → otra vez, una vez más 3. (= longer) he doesn't live here any more → ya no vive aquí Queen Anne is no more → la reina Ana ya no existe we shall see her no more → no la volveremos a ver MORE THAN "Más ... que" or "más ... de"? • Use más with que before nouns and personal pronouns (provided they are not followed by clauses) as well as before adverbs and prepositions: It was much more than a book Era mucho más que un libro She knows more than I do about such things Ella sabe más que yo de esas cosas Spain won more medals than ever before España logró más medallas que nunca• Use más ... de lo que/del que/de la que/de los que/de las que with following clauses: It's much more complicated than you think Es mucho más complicado de lo que te imaginas There's much more violence now than there was in the seventies Hay mucha más violencia ahora de la que había en los setenta• Use más with de before lo + ((ADJECTIVE/PAST PARTICIPLE)): You'll have to work more quickly than usual Tendrás que trabajar más rápido de lo normal It was more difficult than expected Fue más difícil de lo previsto• Use más with de in comparisons involving numbers or quantity: There were more than twenty people there Había más de veinte personas allí More than half are women Más de la mitad son mujeres They hadn't seen each other for more than a year No se veían desde hacía más de un año• But más ... que can be used with numbers in more figurative comparisons: A picture is worth more than a thousand words Una imagen vale más que mil palabrasNOTE Más ... que can be used before numbers in the construction no ... más que, meaning "only". Compare the following: No gana más que 100.000 ptas al mes He only earns 100,000 pesetas a month No gana más de 100.000 ptas al mes He earns no more than 100,000 pesetas a monthA lot more • When translating a lot more, far more remember to make the mucho in mucho más agree with any noun it describes or refers to: We eat much more junk food than we used to Tomamos mucha más comida basura que antes It's only one sign. There are a lot or many more Sólo es una señal. Hay muchas más A lot more research will be needed Harán falta muchos más estudiosmore [ˈmɔːr] adj (= greater in number) → plus de, davantage de more people → plus de gens, davantage de gens more work → plus de travail There are more girls in the class → Il y a plus de filles dans la classe. more girls than boys → plus de filles que de garçons More girls than boys do French → Il y a plus de filles que de garçons qui font du français. more work than → plus de travail que I get more homework than you do → J'ai plus de devoirs que toi. (= additional) → encore de Could I have some more chips? → Est-ce que je pourrais avoir encore des frites? Do you want some more tea? → Voulez-vous encore du thé? It'll take a few more days → Ça prendra encore quelques jours. we've got no more time → nous n'avons plus le temps I haven't got any more money → je n'ai plus d'argent pron → plus, davantage a bit more → un peu plus a little more → un peu plus much more → beaucoup plus, bien davantage many more → beaucoup plus, bien davantage Is there any more? → Est-ce qu'il y en a encore? Would you like some more? → Vous en voulez encore? I want some more → J'en veux plus or davantage. There isn't any more → Il n'y en a plus. there's no more → il n'y en a plus more than 10 → plus de 10 I spent more than 200 euros → J'ai dépensé plus de deux cents euros. no more than → pas plus de it cost more than we expected → cela a coûté plus que prévu and what's more ... → et de plus ..., et qui plus est ... adv → plus Beer is more expensive in Britain → La bière est plus chère en Grande-Bretagne. Could you speak more slowly? → Est-ce que vous pourriez parler plus lentement? more dangerous → plus dangereux more easily → plus facilement more ... than → plus ... que He's more intelligent than me → Il est plus intelligent que moi. She practises more than I do → Elle s'entraîne plus que moi. more and more expensive → de plus en plus cher more or less → plus ou moins more than ever → plus que jamais once more → encore une fois, une fois de plus more n, pron (= greater amount) → mehr; (= a further or additional amount) → noch mehr; (of countable things) → noch mehr or welche; more and more → immer mehr; I want a lot more → ich will viel mehr; (in addition) → ich will noch viel mehr; three more → noch drei; a few more → noch ein paar; a little more → etwas mehr; (in addition) → noch etwas mehr; many/much more → viel mehr; not many/much more → nicht mehr viele/viel; no more → nichts mehr; (countable) → keine mehr; some more → noch etwas; (countable) → noch welche; any more? → noch mehr or etwas?; (countable) → noch mehr or welche?; there isn’t/aren’t any more → mehr gibt es nicht; (here, at the moment, left over) → es ist nichts/es sind keine mehr da; is/are there any more? → gibt es noch mehr?; (left over) → ist noch etwas/sind noch welche da?; even more → noch mehr; I shall have more to say about this → dazu habe ich noch etwas zu sagen; let’s say no more about it → reden wir nicht mehr darüber; we shall hear/see more of you → wir werden öfter von dir hören/dich öfter sehen; there’s more to come → da kommt noch etwas, das ist noch nicht alles; what more do you want? → was willst du denn noch?; what more could one want? → mehr kann man sich doch nicht wünschen; there’s more to it → da steckt (noch) mehr dahinter; there’s more to bringing up children than just … → zum Kindererziehen gehört mehr als nur …; and what’s more, he … → und außerdem or obendrein hat er … (noch) …; they are more than we are → sie sind in der Mehrzahl; there’s more where that came from → davon gibts noch mehr adj → mehr; (in addition) → noch mehr; two/five more bottles → noch zwei/fünf Flaschen; one more day, one day more → noch ein Tag; more and more money/friends → immer mehr Geld/Freunde; a lot/a little more money → viel/etwas mehr Geld; (in addition) → noch viel/noch etwas mehr Geld; a few more friends/weeks → noch ein paar Freunde/Wochen; you won’t have many more friends/much more money left → du hast nicht mehr viele Freunde/nicht mehr viel Geld übrig; no more money/friends → kein Geld/keine Freunde mehr; no more singing/squabbling! → Schluss mit der Singerei/mit dem Zanken!; do you want some more tea/books? → möchten Sie noch etwas Tee/noch ein paar Bücher?; is there any more wine in the bottle? → ist noch (etwas) Wein in der Flasche?; there isn’t any more wine → es ist kein Wein mehr da; there aren’t any more books → mehr Bücher gibt es nicht; (here, at the moment) → es sind keine Bücher mehr da; (the) more fool you! → du bist ja vielleicht ein Dummkopf!; (the) more fool you for giving him the money → dass du auch so dumm bist und ihm das Geld gibst adv → mehr; more and more → immer mehr; it will weigh/grow a bit more → es wird etwas mehr wiegen/noch etwas wachsen; will it weigh/grow any more? → wird es mehr wiegen/noch wachsen?; it’ll grow more if you … → es wächst besser, wenn du …; to like/want something more → etw lieber mögen/wollen; more than → mehr als; £5/2 hours more than I thought → £ 5 mehr/2 Stunden länger, als ich dachte; it will more than meet the demand → das wird die Nachfrage mehr als genügend befriedigen; he’s more lazy than stupid → er ist eher faul als dumm; no more than, not more than → nicht mehr als; no more a duchess than I am → genauso wenig eine Herzogin wie ich (eine bin); nothing more than a wild guess → eine reine Vermutung; he’s more like a brother to me → er ist eher wie ein Bruder (für mich); no more do I → ich auch nicht; he has resigned — that’s no more than I expected → er hat gekündigt — das habe ich ja erwartet (= longer) → mehr; no more, not any more → nicht mehr; to be no more (person) → nicht mehr sein or leben; (thing) → nicht mehr existieren; if he comes here any more … → wenn er noch weiter or länger hierher kommt … adj more [moː] 1 a greater number or quantity of I've more pencils than he has. meer أكْثَر повече více mere; flere mehr περισσότερος más rohkem بيشتر enemmän plus (de) יוֹתֵר अधिक, ज्यादा više több lebih banyak meiri, fleiri più もっと多くの (분량, 액수, 규모, 정도 등이) …보다 더 큰(많은) daugiau, labiau vairāk lebih banyak meer flere, mer więcej mais mai mult больший viac(ej) več više mer, mera, fler, flera มากกว่า daha fazla/çok 較多的,更多的 більший بڑی تعداد nhiều hơn 较多的 2 an additional number or quantity of We need some more milk. meer, nog أكْثَر، إضافي още ještě trochu mere; flere mehr περισσότερος, κι άλλος más veel بيش lisää d'autres, encore יוֹתֵר अतिरिक्त još više (még valamivel) több tambahan fleiri, meiri più さらに追加の 그 이상의, 더 많은 dar vēl lebih lagi meer flere, mer, (to osv.)...til więcej mais mai mult дополнительный;ещё še još mer, ytterligare มากกว่า daha (çok/fazla) 附加的﹐額外的 більший thêm nữa 更多的 adv 1 used to form the comparative of many adjectives and adverbs, especially those of more than two syllables She can do it more easily that I can; He is much more intelligent than they are. meer تُسْتَعْمَل مع الصِّفات ا لمكوَّنه من أكْثَر من مَقْطَعَيْن повече от více mere; -ere zur Bildung des Komperatives πιο, περισσότερο más (keskvõrre) بيشتر plus יוֹתֵר उससे कहीं ज्यादा više (középfok:) -bb (pl. intelligensebb) lebih enn, meira più もっと …보다 더 labiau (vairāk) lebih meer mer, –ere bardziej mais mai более viac(ej) bolj više mer นานขึ้น daha 更 більше شدت یا درجے میں پہلے سے زیادہ، بیشتر hơn 更 2 to a greater degree or extent I'm exercising a little more now than I used to. meer بِدَرَجَةٍ أكْبَر повече více mere mehr περισσότερο más rohkem بيشتر enemmän, useammin davantage יוֹתֵר जितना था उसके मुकाबले कहीं ज्यादा više nego inkább lebih banyak meir, meira più さらに多く …보다 더 많이, 크게 daugiau, labiau vairāk lebih banyak meer mer więcej, bardziej mais mai mult больше, более viac(ej) več više mer ทำให้นานขึ้น daha fazla/çok 更多地 більше پہلے سے زیادہ nhiều hơn 更多 3 again We'll play it once more. nog 'n keer ثانِيَةً пак ještě igen noch πάλι más veel kord زيادتر uudestaan encore שוּב एक बार फिर još, ponovo ismét, még egyszer lagi enn, í viðbót ancora さらに 다시 dar kartą, vėl atkal; vēlreiz lagi sekali opnieuw én gang til jeszcze mais încă (o dată) ещё; опять ešte še još [] till อีกครั้ง tekrar, yine 再 ще دوبارہ một lần nữa 再 pron 1 a greater number or quantity Are there a lot of people?' `There are far more than we expected.' meer عددٌ أكْبَر повече více mere; flere mehr περισσότερος más rohkem بيشتر enemmän plus יוֹתֵר अपेक्षा इत्यादि से ज्यादा znatan broj több lebih banyak fleiri, meiri più もっと多くのもの 더 많은 양[] daugiau vairāk lebih banyak meer flere, mer więcej mais mai mult больше viac(ej) več više fler จำนวนมาก daha fazlası/çoğu 更多的數量 більше زیادہ مقدار یا تعداد nhiều hơn 更多的数量 2 an additional number or amount We've run out of paint. Will you go and get some more? meer كمِّيَه إضافِيَّه още ještě mere; flere mehr επιπλέον, ακόμα más lisa بيشتر lisää encore, davantage עוֹד अतिरिक्त संख्या višak még több(et) tambahan meiri, fleiri ancora, più さらに追加のもの 부가한 것 daugiau vēl []; papildu tambahan nog wat flere, mer więcej mais nişte ещё ešte še još mer จำนวนที่มากกว่า daha fazla sayıda/miktarda 額外的數量 більше; ще اضافی تعداد یا مقدار thêm 另外的一些 adv moreˈover also; what is more important I don't like the idea, and moreover, I think it's illegal. buitendien علاوَةً على ذلك، إضافَةً إلى ذلك също така kromě toho desuden außerdem επίσης, επιπλέον además pealegi علاوه بر اين sitä paitsi de plus יֶתֶר עַל כֵּן इसके अतिरिक्त što više azonfelül lebih-lebih ennfremur inoltre その上 게다가 be to turklāt lebih-lebih lagi bovendien dessuten ponadto além do mais în plus, mai mult кроме того; более того okrem toho razen tega štaviše dessutom ยิ่งกว่านั้น üstelik, ayrıca 而且 до того ж, крім того اس کے علاوہ یہ بھی اہم ہے hơn nữa 而且 any more any longer; nowadays He doesn't go any more, but he used to go twice a week. meer, nie meer أبدا هذه الأيّام вече už ne ikke længere mehr πια, πλέον más enam دیگر enää plus יוֹתֵר, עוֹד ज्यादा लंबा इत्यादि ne više többé nem sekarang, lagi ekki lengur più もはや 그 이상 daugiau, jau vairs [] lagi niet meer ikke lenger już mais deloc теперь; уже už viac nič več više inte längre อีกต่อไป artık, bir daha 再,現在 більше آجکل، اب chút nào nữa 再 more and more increasingly It's becoming more and more difficult to see. al hoe meer أكْثَر وأكْثَر все повече stále více mere og mere immer(mehr) όλο και πιο πολύ cada vez más üha enam بیشتر و بیشتر yhä enemmän ja enemmän de plus en plus יוֹתֵר וְיוֹתר अधिकाधिक više i više egyre inkább semakin meir og meir sempre più ますます 점점 더 vis (sunkiau) arvien vairāk semakin steeds meer mer og mer/-ere og –ere bardziej, coraz więcej cada vez mais din ce în ce mai всё более и более stále viac bolj in bolj sve više i više alltmer ยิ่งขึ้น giderek daha çok, gittikçe 越來越多 ще і ще اور بھی زیادہ ngày càng 越来越多 more or less approximately or almost They've more or less finished the job; The distance is ten kilometres, more or less. min of meer تَقْريبا повече или по-малко víceméně, zhruba mere eller mindre mehr oder weniger περίπου, πάνω κάτω más o menos enam-vähem کمابيش suurin piirtein plus ou moins פָּחוֹת אוֹ יוֹתֵר कमोबेश više manje többé-kevésbé kurang lebih nokkurn veginn, um það bil più o meno 大体 거의 daugmaž, daugiau ar mažiau daudzmaz lebih kurang min of meer mer eller mindre, cirka mniej więcej mais ou menos mai mult sau mai puţin более или менее viac-menej bolj ali manj manje-više mer eller mindre อย่างเหมาะสม aşağı yukarı, hemen hemen 或多或少 більш або менш, приблизно تقریبا không ít thì nhiều 或多或少 the more … the more/less The more I see her, the more/less I like her. hoe meer, hoe meer/minder كلما كان أكثَر/ أقَل... كُلَّما كان أكْثَر/أقَل колкото повече толкова... čím více ... tím více/méně jo mere ... desto mere je öfter-desto mehr/weniger όσο περισσότερο...τόσο περισσότερο, λιγότερο κτλ. cuanto más... más/menos mida rohkem ... seda rohkem / vähem بيش از بيش mitä enemmän... sitä plus... plus/moins כְכָל ש... יוֹתֵר... जितना ज्यादा–उतना ही ज्यादा utoliko više / manje minél (inkább) ... annál (inkább) makin því meir .{{TH}}.{{TH}}. því meir/minna più... più/meno ~すればそれだけ~する[] …하면 할수록 더욱 더(덜) …하다 juo daugiau ... tuo daugiau/mažiau jo vairāk... jo vairāk/mazāk lebih hoe meer... hoe jo mer...jo mer/mindre im więcej/bardziej... tym... quanto mais...mais/menos cu cât mai (mult/ puţin)..., cu atât mai (mult/puţin) чем больше... тем больше/меньше čím viac ... tým viac / menej bolj... bolj/manj što više, to ju mer... desto mer/mindre ยิ่ง...มากเท่าไหร่ ยิ่ง....มากหรือน้อยขึ้นเท่าันั้น ne kadar... ise, o kadar fazla 愈...愈 чим більше ..., тим більше جتنا زیادہ میں کچھ کرتا ہوں اتنا زیادہ/کم càng...càng 愈...愈 what is / what's more moreover He came home after midnight, and what's more, he was drunk. om alles te kroon والأكْثَر من هذا също така nadto hvad værre er außerdem το πιο σημαντικό, και μάλιστα además, lo que es más peale selle بعلاوه kaiken lisäksi qui plus est יֶתֶר עַל כֵּן और भी इससे अधिक महत्वपूर्ण što više (sőt) mi több lebih-lebih þar að auki, ennfremur per di più その上 더욱이 be to turklāt, bez tam tambahan lagi bovendien dessuten, i tillegg ponadto, co więcej além disso mai mult decât atât больше того a čo viac za nameček štaviše dessutom ยิ่งกว่านั้น üstelik, bir de 更有甚者,此外 до того ж اس کے علاوہ thêm vào nữa 更有甚者,此外 More → أكثر, بدرجة أكبر více flere, mere mehr περισσότερος, πλέον más enemmän, lisää, useampi plus dalji, više di più, più さらに多い, さらに多く, それ以上のこと 더 많은, 더 많이, 보다 많은 양 meer fler, flere, mer bardziej, więcej mais более, больше mer จำนวนที่มากกว่า, บ่อยขึ้น, มากกว่า daha, daha fazla hơn, nhiều hơn, thêm nữa 更多, 更多的 How to thank TFD for its existence? 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