more
n.n. a larger amount or number of something. You use it to compare two things and show that one has a higher quantity than the other.
n. a greater quantity, number, or degree of something. Functions as a comparative determiner or pronoun, often followed by 'than' in comparative structures.
I would like some more water, please.
The manager decided that the team needed more time to finish the project before the final deadline.
While the initial results were promising, the researchers concluded that more data would be required to establish a statistically significant correlation between the two variables.
From Middle English more, from Old English māra (“more”), from Proto-West Germanic maiʀō, 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”).
From Middle English more, moore (“root”), from Old English more, moru (“carrot, parsnip”) from Proto-West Germanic morhā, from Proto-Germanic murhǭ (“carrot”), from Proto-Indo-European *merk- (“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.
From Middle English moren, from the noun. See above.
Back-formation from mores.
Typically placed before a noun or used alone as a pronoun. When used as a determiner, it can modify both countable and uncountable nouns.
This is more betterThis is betterLearners often use 'more' with adjectives that are already in their comparative form; 'better' is already comparative and does not need 'more'.