Open main menu

Wiktionary β

more

See also: More, moré, môre, moře, møre, and -more

Contents

EnglishEdit

 
Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English more, from Old English māra (“more”), 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 formsEdit

DeterminerEdit

more

  1. comparative degree of many: in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.)
    More people are arriving.
    There are more ways to do this than I can count.
    • 2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891:
      One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.
  2. comparative degree of much: in greater quantity, amount, or proportion. (Used for a continuous quantity.)
    I want more soup;  I need more time
    There's more caffeine in my coffee than in the coffee you get in most places.
    • 2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 72-3:
      Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit

AdverbEdit

more (not comparable)

  1. To a greater degree or extent. [from 10thc.]
    He walks more in the morning these days.
    • 2013 July 19, Ian Sample, “Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 34:
      Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits.  ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.
  2. (now poetic) In negative constructions: any further, any longer; any more. [from 10thc.]
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d’Arthur, Bk.XV, Ch.II:
      Than was there pees betwyxte thys erle and thys Aguaurs, and grete surete that the erle sholde never warre agaynste hym more.
  3. Used alone to form the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs. [from 13thc.]
    You're more beautiful than I ever imagined.
    • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 5, in The Celebrity:
      Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better.
    • 2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:
      Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.
  4. (now dialectal or humorous) Used in addition to an inflected comparative form. (Standard until the 18thc.) [from 13thc.]
    I was more better at English than you.
  5. rather
    He is more clever than wise.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.
Translations to be checked

NounEdit

more (uncountable)

  1. An extra amount or extent.
Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from more (noun)

See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Middle English more, moore (“carrot, parsnip”) from Old English more, moru (“carrot, parsnip”) from Proto-Germanic *murhǭ (“carrot”), from Proto-Indo-European *mork- (“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.

NounEdit

more (plural mores)

  1. (obsolete) a carrot; a parsnip.
  2. (dialectal) a root; stock.
  3. A plant.

Etymology 3Edit

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

VerbEdit

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

  1. (transitive) To root up.

StatisticsEdit

Most common English words before 1923 in Project Gutenberg: when · if · there · #53: more · out · into · up

AnagramsEdit

AlbanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

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. It is the source of same interjection found in all Balkan languages

InterjectionEdit

more

  1. vocative particle used in a call to a man.

Usage notesEdit

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

Related termsEdit

BasqueEdit

NounEdit

more

  1. purple

See alsoEdit

Colors in Basque · koloreak (layout · text)
     gorri      berde      hori      ?      zuri
     {{{crimson}}}      ?      ?      ?      arrosa
     ?      urdin      laranja      gris      ?
     beltz      more      marroi      ?      ?

DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

VerbEdit

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

  1. To amuse, entertain

Derived termsEdit

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin mora.

NounEdit

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

  1. The unit of length (short or long) in poetic metre

AnagramsEdit

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

more f (plural mores)

  1. (phonology) mora

AdjectiveEdit

more m, f (plural mores)

  1. (dated) Alternative spelling of maure

Related termsEdit

AnagramsEdit

External linksEdit

ItalianEdit

NounEdit

more f

  1. plural of mora

VerbEdit

more

  1. (slang) Third-person singular indicative present of morire

SynonymsEdit

AnagramsEdit

LatinEdit

NounEdit

mōre

  1. ablative singular of mōs

ReferencesEdit

LatvianEdit

NounEdit

more f (5 declension)

  1. (archaic) black woman

MaoriEdit

NounEdit

more

  1. taproot

SynonymsEdit

Norwegian BokmålEdit

VerbEdit

more (present tense morer; past tense and past participle mora or moret)

  1. amuse, entertain

Old EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *murhō(n), *murhijō(n) (“carrot”), from Proto-Indo-European *mork- (“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 more, morel.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

more f

  1. carrot
  2. parsnip

DeclensionEdit

Declension of more (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative more moran
accusative moran moran
genitive moran morena
dative moran morum

SynonymsEdit

DescendantsEdit

PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

more

  1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of morar
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of morar
  3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of morar
  4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of morar

Serbo-CroatianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /môːre/
  • Hyphenation: mo‧re

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Slavic *morje, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

NounEdit

mȏre n (Cyrillic spelling мо̑ре)

  1. sea
DeclensionEdit
Declension of more
singular plural
nominative more mora
genitive mora mora
dative moru morima
accusative more mora
vocative more mora
locative moru morima
instrumental morem morima

Derived termsEdit
SynonymsEdit

See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Greek μωρέ (moré).

InterjectionEdit

mȏre (Cyrillic spelling мо̑ре)

  1. (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:
       »More, Marko, ne ori drumova!« / »More, Turci, ne gaz’te oranja!«
       »More, Marko, don’t plow up our roads!« / »More, Turks, don’t walk on my plowing!«
  2. (Serbia) when not spoken sharply, functions as a term of endearment or generic intensifier, cf. bre

Usage notesEdit

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 termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • Tomislav Maretić (editor) (1911), Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika, Volume 7, JAZU: Zagreb

SlovakEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *morje, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

NounEdit

more n (genitive singular mora, nominative plural moria, genitive plural morí, declension pattern of srdce)

  1. A body of salt water, sea.
  2. (colloquial) A huge amount, a plenty (+genitive)
    máme more času – we have plenty of time

DeclensionEdit

Declension of more
singular plural
nominative more moria
genitive mora morí
dative moru moriam
accusative more moria
locative mori moriach
instrumental morom morami

Derived termsEdit

External linksEdit

  • more in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

SpanishEdit

VerbEdit

more

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of morar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of morar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of morar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of morar.

WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

more

  1. Nasal mutation of bore (“morning”).

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
bore fore more unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=more&oldid=44169094"