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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [muh-rey awr les]
- /məˈreɪ ɔr lɛs/
- /mɔː(r) ɔː(r) les/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [muh-rey awr les]
- /məˈreɪ ɔr lɛs/

Definitions of more or less words

adjective more or less in greater quantity, amount, measure, degree, or number: I need more money. 1
adjective more or less additional or further: Do you need more time? More discussion seems pointless. 1
noun more or less an additional quantity, amount, or number: I would give you more if I had it. He likes her all the more. When I could take no more of such nonsense, I left. 1
noun more or less a greater quantity, amount, or degree: More is expected of him. The price is more than I thought. 1
noun more or less something of greater importance: His report is more than a survey. 1
noun more or less (used with a plural verb) a greater number of a class specified, or the greater number of persons: More will attend this year than ever before. 1

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Origin of more or less

First appearance:

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; Middle English; Old English māra; cognate with Old High German mēro, Old Norse meiri, Gothic maiza. See most

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Parts of speech for More or less

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of More or less

more or less popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for more or less

adv more or less

about — You use about to introduce who or what something relates to or concerns.
almost — You use almost to indicate that something is not completely the case but is nearly the case.
around — To be positioned around a place or object means to surround it or be on all sides of it. To move around a place means to go along its edge, back to your starting point.
ballpark figure — approximate number
circa — Circa is used in front of a particular year to say that this is the approximate date when something happened or was made.

All 12 Synonyms of more or less