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# more

determiner, pronoun, adverb (more; most)

«more» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. More means a bigger number or amount: more apples, more water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/more/#m1)
2. More means extra, in addition: three more. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/more/#m2)
3. «More than» compares: 8 is more than 5 (8 \> 5). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/more/#m3)
4. More makes longer adjectives compare: more beautiful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/more/#m4)
5. Most means the biggest number or amount of all. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/more/#m5)
6. «More or less» means about; «once more» means one more time; «no more» means none left or not any longer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/more/#m6)
7. (casual) «Any more?», «more pls», «moar» (joking spelling online) ask for extra; «what's more» adds a point. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/more/#m7)
8. (formal) The exam voice says «additional», «further», «a further 4», «in excess of», «exceeding», «surplus», «by how many does … exceed …». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/more/#m8)

### In the lessons

extra things coming («gets N more», «found N more» = add); or in «how many more … than» a comparison (= subtract); the sign \> means «more than»; in everyday life «once more», «no more», «more or less» (about), «any more»; in casual talk «got any more?», «more pls»; in the exam voice «a further 4», «additional», «by how many does A exceed B» (= the difference)

### Examples

- Zoe gets 8 more cards. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/more/#x1)
- How many more books does Tom have than Ben? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/more/#x2)
- Ann has 3 apples. She picks 4 more. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/more/#x3)
- Can I have some more pasta? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/more/#x4)
- 10 is more than 7. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/more/#x5)
- Read it once more, please. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/more/#x6)
- This puzzle is more difficult than the last one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/more/#x7)
- Who has the most stickers? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/more/#x8)
- There is no more milk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/more/#x9)
- can i have 2 more?? pleeease [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/more/#x10)
- You've got 3 more than me, that's not fair! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/more/#x11)
- By how many does the quantity held by Tom exceed that held by Ben, given that Tom holds 12 and Ben holds 7? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/more/#x12)
- He mustn't have that any more!" [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/more/#x13)

### Note

«gets/found N more», «a further N» or «N additional» means adding. Trap: «how many more … than» or «by how many does A exceed B» asks for a difference: subtract. «Tom has 3 more than Ali» with Ali's amount given asks you to add 3 to Ali's. Use «more» with long adjectives (more careful) and -er with short ones (bigger), not both («more bigger» is wrong). «no more» means zero left.

## In Jewish tradition

extra things coming («gets N more», «found N more» = add); or in «how many more … than» a comparison (= subtract); the sign \> means «more than»; in everyday life «once more», «no more», «more or less» (about), «any more»; in casual talk «got any more?», «more pls»; in the exam voice «a further 4», «additional», «by how many does A exceed B» (= the difference)

### Examples

- And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they. (Torah NUM.22.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/more/#x1)
- Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked. (Torah DEU.10.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/more/#x2)
- 'Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore. (Torah EXO.5.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/more/#x3)
- It shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD. (Prophets EZK.21.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/more/#x4)
- Thou lovest evil more than good; falsehood rather than speaking righteousness. (Writings PSA.52.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/more/#x5)
- The LORD increase you more and more, you and your children. (Writings PSA.115.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/more/#x6)

### Note

«gets/found N more», «a further N» or «N additional» means adding. Trap: «how many more … than» or «by how many does A exceed B» asks for a difference: subtract. «Tom has 3 more than Ali» with Ali's amount given asks you to add 3 to Ali's. Use «more» with long adjectives (more careful) and -er with short ones (bigger), not both («more bigger» is wrong). «no more» means zero left.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «more» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/more/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«more» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/more.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «more» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/more/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«more» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/more.html) on Mova free.