MORE THAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does more than mean? 

• MORE THAN (adjective)
  The adjective MORE THAN has 1 sense:

1. (comparative of 'much' used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

  Familiarity information: MORE THAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MORE THAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(comparative of 'much' used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

Synonyms:

more; more than

Context example:

more than a gallon

Also:

much ((quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent)

Domain usage:

comparative; comparative degree (the comparative form of an adjective or adverb)

 Context examples 

It may be that you need to work additional hours or travel more than usual for business.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

"Well, our rope is still more than a hundred feet long," I cried.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A quarter would more than do it, and leave a few cents over for a treat for you.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

"Yes," answered the tin man, "I did. I've been groaning for more than a year, and no one has ever heard me before or come to help me."

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

He remembered her vaguely, but he remembered her, and that was more than could be said for her.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

I have no more than hinted in awkward speech.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He received it with abundance of thanks, more than such a trifle could deserve.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

The oldest and largest organization of public health professionals in the world, representing more than 50,000 members from more than 50 occupations of public health.

(American Public Health Association, NCI Thesaurus)

More than I can recollect in a moment; but I can tell you some.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

While normally expressed at low levels in the proximal tubules of the kidney, AGS-16 has been found to be overexpressed in more than 95% of kidney and 40% of liver neoplasms.

(Anti-AGS-16 Monoclonal Antibody AGS-16M18, NCI Thesaurus)