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1 [used before an adjective or adverb to form the comparative] having a particular quality to a greater degree [≠ less]: You'll have to be more careful next time. Can't it be done more quickly?
You'll have to be more careful next time.Can't it be done more quickly? more ... than It was a lot more expensive than I had expected. Your health is more important than anything else. Children can often do these puzzles more easily than adults.
! Do not use more with the -er form of an adjective or adverb: I'll be smarter than before (NOT I'll be more smarter than before).It was a lot more expensive than I had expected.Your health is more important than anything else.Children can often do these puzzles more easily than adults.2 used to say that something happens a greater number of times or for longer [≠ less]: I promised Mum that I'd help more with the housework. You need to get out of the house more.
I promised Mum that I'd help more with the housework.You need to get out of the house more.3 used to say that something happens to a greater degree [≠ less]: She cares a lot more for her dogs than she does for me.
She cares a lot more for her dogs than she does for me. more than It's his manner I dislike, more than anything else.
It's his manner I dislike, more than anything else.4 used to say that a quality, situation etc gradually increases [= increasingly]: More and more, we are finding that people want to continue working beyond 60. As the disease worsened, he found walking more and more difficult.
more and more
More and more, we are finding that people want to continue working beyond 60.As the disease worsened, he found walking more and more difficult.5 almost : a place where the ground was more or less flat They've settled here more or less permanently. He more or less accused me of lying.
more or less
a place where the ground was more or less flatThey've settled here more or less permanently.He more or less accused me of lying.6
once more
a) again, and often for the last time : May I thank you all once more for making this occasion such a big success. Once more the soldiers attacked and once more they were defeated.
May I thank you all once more for making this occasion such a big success.Once more the soldiers attacked and once more they were defeated.b) used to say that someone or something returns to the situation they were in before : England was once more at war with France.
England was once more at war with France.7 if something does not happen any more, it used to happen but does not happen now : Sarah doesn't live here any more.
not any more
also no more literarySarah doesn't live here any more.8 very happy, welcome, likely etc - used to emphasize what you are saying : The store is more than happy to deliver goods to your home. The police are more than likely to ban the match.
more than happy/welcome/likely etc
The store is more than happy to deliver goods to your home.The police are more than likely to ban the match.9 used to say that if a particular activity increases, another change happens as a result : The more I thought about it, the less I liked the idea.
the more ..., the more/less ...
The more I thought about it, the less I liked the idea.10 to be one thing rather than another : It was more a worry than a pleasure.
be more something than something
It was more a worry than a pleasure.12 used to say that a negative statement is also true about someone else [= nor, neither]: 'She didn't know the reason for his leaving.' 'No more do I (=neither do I).'
no more does/has/will etc somebody
spoken old-fashioned'She didn't know the reason for his leaving.' 'No more do I (=neither do I).'13 used to emphasize that someone or something does not have a particular quality or would not do something : He's no more fit to be a priest than I am!
no more ... than
He's no more fit to be a priest than I am!