more

 
Pronunciation: /mɔː/

determiner & pronoun

  • a greater or additional amount or degree: [as determiner]: some more people arrived [as pronoun]: tell me more they proved more of a hindrance than a help

adverb

  • 1forming the comparative of adjectives and adverbs, especially those of more than one syllable: for them enthusiasm is more important than talent
  • 2to a greater extent: in his experience females liked chocolate more than males did
  • (more than) extremely (used before an adjective conveying a positive feeling or attitude): she is more than happy to oblige
  • 3again: repeat once more
  • 4moreover: he was rich, and more, he was handsome

Phrases

more and more

at a continually increasing rate: vacancies were becoming more and more rare

more like it

see like1

more or less

speaking imprecisely; to a certain extent: they are more or less a waste of time
approximately: more or less symmetrical

no more

  • 1nothing further: there was no more to be said about it
  • 2no further: you must have some hot soup, but no more wine
  • 3 (be no more) exist no longer: the patch of ground was overgrown and the hut was no more
  • 4never again: mention his name no more to me
  • 5neither: I had no complaints and no more did Tom

Origin:

Old English māra, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch meer and German mehr

It is incorrect to use more with an adjective that is already in a comparative form ( more hungrier, more better); the correct usage is simply hungrier (or more hungry) or better.