more+or+less

  • 51(the) more...the less — the more...the more/less/ phrase used for saying that when a particular activity, feeling etc increases, it causes something else to change at the same time The more fruit and vegetables you eat, the less chance you have of getting cancer. The… …

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  • 52More Than a Feeling — Single by Boston from the album Boston B side …

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  • 53more — ► DETERMINER & PRONOUN ▪ a greater or additional amount or degree. ► ADVERB 1) forming the comparative of adjectives and adverbs. 2) to a greater extent. 3) again. 4) (more than) extremely. ● …

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  • 54more preferable — More should be dropped from this wordy expression; preferable means more desirable. Say This apartment is preferable (not more preferable) to that one. (Notice that to is used in the preceding sentence; never say prefer than. ) The comparative… …

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  • 55more — (adj.) O.E. mara greater, more, stronger, mightier, used as a comparative of micel great (see MICKLE (Cf. mickle)), from P.Gmc. *maizon (Cf. O.S. mera, O.N. meiri, O.Fris. mara, M.Du. mere, O.H.G. mero, Ger. mehr), from PIE …

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  • 56More/less — is the name of a sculpture presented in the 2006 Sculpture by the Sea exhibition by young Australian artists Ellie Nuss and James McDermid. It is constructed from wood and consists of four Escheresque objects, each constituting letters for the… …

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  • 57less — [adj] smaller, inferior beneath, declined, deficient, depressed, diminished, excepting, fewer, lacking, lesser, limited, lower, minor, minus, negative, not as great, reduced, secondary, shortened, shorter, slighter, subordinate, subtracting,… …

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  • 58Less — Less, n. 1. A smaller portion or quantity. [1913 Webster] The children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. Ex. xvi. 17. [1913 Webster] 2. The inferior, younger, or smaller. [1913 Webster] The less is blessed of the better. Heb.… …

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  • 59more — [môr] adj. [ME < OE mara, greater, used as compar. of mycel, big, much (see MUCH): akin to Goth maiza < IE base * mē , *mō , big] 1. greater in amount, degree, or number: often used as the comparative of MUCH or MANY [we have more time than …

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  • 60More pie now — (MPN) is a fictional character originating in the O Reilly comic book series around the late nineteen nineties, but popularized more recently in the manga Southgate, Cutter and Tinman released to a limited audience in late 2005. He is a large… …

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