The Collaborative International Dictionary
More \More\, adv.
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In a greater quantity; in or to a greater extent or degree.
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With a verb or participle.
Admiring more The riches of Heaven's pavement.
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With an adjective or adverb (instead of the suffix -er) to form the comparative degree; as, more durable; more active; more sweetly.
Happy here, and more happy hereafter.
--Bacon.Note: Double comparatives were common among writers of the Elizabeth period, and for some time later; as, more brighter; more dearer.
The duke of Milan And his more braver daughter.
--Shak.
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In addition; further; besides; again.
Yet once more, O ye laurels, and once more, Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere, I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude.
--Milton.More and more, with continual increase. ``Amon trespassed more and more.''
--2 Chron. xxxiii. 2 -
The more, to a greater degree; by an added quantity; for a reason already specified.
The more -- the more, by how much more -- by so much more. ``The more he praised it in himself, the more he seems to suspect that in very deed it was not in him.''
--Milton.To be no more, to have ceased to be; as, Cassius is no more; Troy is no more.
Those oracles which set the world in flames, Nor ceased to burn till kingdoms were no more.
--Byron.
Wiktionary
adv. 1 (context degree English) Progressively more. 2 (context manner English) In a manner that progressively increases. 3 (context modal English) (non-gloss definition: Indicates that the statement is becoming progressively more true.) det. Increasingly more; a growing number of; a growing quantity of.
WordNet
adv. advancing in amount or intensity; "she became increasingly depressed" [syn: increasingly, progressively]
Wikipedia
More and More may refer to:
- "More and More" (Andy Williams song)
- "More and More" (Captain Hollywood Project song)
- "More and More" (Fleur East song)
- "More and More" (Joe song)
- "More and More" (Webb Pierce song)
- "More and More", a song by Blood Sweat & Tears from Blood, Sweat & Tears
- "More and More", a song by Diana Ross from Eaten Alive
- "More and More", a song written by Jerome Kern and E. Y. Harburg, from the 1944 musical film Can't Help Singing
"More and More" is a song recorded by German eurodance act Captain Hollywood Project. The lead vocal on the track is sung by Nina Gerhard (de). The first single from his debut album, Love Is Not Sex, this dance song was a hit in several countries, particularly in Germany, where it reached number-one for four weeks. The single was released in July 1992, and was also a crossover pop hit in the United States, where it reached number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 in June 1993. The song remained in the Top 40 for 12 weeks and, to date, it is Captain Hollywood Project's only pop hit in the U.S.
A remix of this track is included in Offer Nissim's Happy People Album (2008).
The track was the theme song for the first sketch featuring The Roxbury Guys on Saturday Night Live. All subsequent editions of the sketch used Haddaway's " What Is Love."
"More and More" is a song written by country singer/songwriter Merle Kilgore. Webb Pierce's 1954 recording of "More and More" spent ten weeks at number one on the country charts and a total of twenty-nine weeks on the chart. The song Also crossed over and peaked at No. 22 on the pop charts, making it Webb's Most successful entry in the pop charts. The B-side of "More and More", a song entitled, "You're Not Mine Anymore" peaked at number eight on the C&W Best Seller charts.
The song was put in the opening credits of the film The Hills Have Eyes.
"More and More" is a song written by Allan Reuss, Rainey Robinson, and Tommy Karen and performed by Andy Williams. The song reached #2 on the adult contemporary chart, #45 in the UK, and #88 on the Billboard chart in 1967.
"More and More" is a song recorded by English R&B and pop recording artist Fleur East for her debut studio album Love, Sax and Flashbacks (2015). It is the second single released from the album by Syco Records.
Usage examples of "more and more".
But there was a small flatfooted lizard that quickly became a large flatfooted lizard and came to look more and more like the brontosaurus.
He and the great seashell came to look more and more like each other by the day.
It is the sounds of all outdoors that are heard in this drama, faintly at first, and more and more as time goes on.
There was a wonderful and many-leveled table intrigue, and I believe that more and more of it will come through every time the drama is replayed.
Clarinda, in her three roles, seemed to lose quite a bit of blood as the drama went on, and she fell down more and more often.
Eventually, by adding more and more hot water, I felt warm enough to get out and dry off.
And Crispin and Sharon became more and more suspect after the termination of their children.
The eruption of such manifestations had become more and more seldom now.