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Words with a similar base: More, Sir_Thomas_More, Thomas_More

'More'

[more.n.01] as in: 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

'More'

[more.a.01] as in: (comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

Examples:
more land
more support
more rain fell
more than a gallon

'More'

[more.a.02] as in: (comparative of `many' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning greater in number

Examples:
a hall with more seats
we have no more bananas
more than one

'More'

[more.r.01] as in: used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs

Examples:
more interesting
more beautiful
more quickly

'More'

[more.r.02] as in: comparative of much; to a greater degree or extent

Examples:
he works more now
they eat more than they should

Origins

					More (English)
└── mór (Scottish Gaelic)