Definitions

A quantity or degree that exceeds what is currently available or recognized
An extra amount surpassing that which has been previously identified or allocated
An amount that surpasses a known or standard level indicating increase ; an extra portion added beyond an original measure or expectation

Etymology: "More" is one of the oldest words in English still in everyday use, and its ancestry runs back to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "many." Its Old English form "māra" was the comparative of an earlier adjective, so "more" literally meant "greater in number or amount." That same root produced the matching words in nearly every Germanic language, from German "mehr" and Dutch "meer" to Icelandic "meira," which is why the word feels so familiar across the North Sea and Scandinavia. A second, unrelated "more" once lived alongside it. In Old English "more" also named a carrot or parsnip, and its descendant survives in English as "moor" in the sense of a plant's root. The two words share no meaning, yet they come from different Proto-Indo-European roots that happen to have fallen together in spelling.

Synonyms: additional, extra

Antonyms: less, fewer