more or less

US pronunciation

American soundmore or less

moreorless

Syllables: 3 syllables
Stress: Use the US audio for stress
Vowel: Spelling-based estimate
Ending: Clear final sound

more - or - less -> more or less

Myanmar meaning

Full entry

more /mↄ:(r) / indef det, indef pron ~ (sth) (than…)

(ထက်) ပိုသော။ နောက်ထပ်။
(က) (det ): more people/ cars/ money/ imagination ❍ hit the target with more luck than skill ❍ Would you like some more coffee? ❍ Only two more days to go! ❍ More than 10 000 people took part in the demonstration. ❍ I know many more people who'd like to come. (ခ) (pron ) နောက်ထပ်။ I couldn't possibly eat any more. ❍ I can't stand much more of this. ❍ What more can I say (ie in addition to what has already been said)? ❍ She earns a lot more than I do. ❍ I'll take three more. ❍ room for no more than three cars ❍ I hope we'll see more of you (ie see you more often). ❍ MUCH indef det, indef pron
adv
၁။ (သာလွန်အဆင့်ပြအဖြစ်)။ သာ၍၊ ပို၍။ (ထက်) သာ၍၊ ပို၍။ She was more intelligent/ generous/ frightened than her sister. ❍ She read the letter more carefully the second time.
၂။ ပို၍။ programmes that appeal to the more sophisticated viewer ❍ a course for more advanced students.
၃။ ထက်။ နောက်ထပ်။ I like her more than her husband. ❍ Try to concentrate more on your work. ❍ repeat sth once more (ie one more time) ❍ It had more the appearance of a deliberate crime than of an accident.
❏ more and more [IDM ]
၁။ တစ်နေ့တခြား တိုး၍ (လာသည်)။ More and more people are buying home computers. ❍ She spends more and more time alone in her room.
၂။ ပို၍ပို၍။ တိုး၍တိုး၍။ I am becoming more and more irritated by his behaviour.
❏ more or less [IDM ]
၁။ လုနီးပါး။ လောက်။ I've more or less finished the book.
၂။ ခန့်။ လောက်။ နီးပါး။ မျှ။ It took more or less a whole day to paint the ceiling. ❍ I can earn $200 a night, more or less, as a waiter.
❏ more than happy, glad, willing, etc [IDM ] မကသော။ I'm more than happy to take you there in my car. ငါ့ကားနဲ့ မင်းကို လိုက်ပို့ဖို့ ဘာမျှ အပန်းမကြီးပါဘူး။ ❍ It was a more than generous offer. သူ့ကမ်းလှမ်းချက်က ရက်ရော တာ ထက်တောင် ပိုလွန်းတယ်လို့ ဆိုရမှာပါ။
❏ no more [IDM ]
၁။ အလားတူ မ(တတ်) နိုင်သော။ He couldn't lift the table and no more could I.
၂။ မပိုသော။ မသာသော။ You're no more capable of speaking Chinese than I am. ❍ It's no more than a mile to the supermarket.
❏ no more than/ nothing more than/ not much more than [IDM ] မျှသာ။ လောက်သာ။ Signing the forms is no more than a formality. ❍ My new boss is not much more than a kid!
❏ what is more [IDM ] ဒါ့အပြင်။ ပြီးတော့။ He's dirty, and what's more he smells.

More examples

Scotland has become more prosperous in recent years.
Teenage marriages are more likely to end in divorce.
[more...than] : The storm was more violent than we expected.
[much/far/a lot more] : Lizzie is obviously a lot more intelligent than the other girls.
[a little/bit more] : Would you speak a little more slowly so I can understand what you’re saying?
No matter what her brother gets, she always wants more.
[more...than] : Ken already earns more than his father ever did.
We’ve had five times more rain than normal for this time of the year.
[much/far/a lot more] : The merger has created far more problems than it has solved.
[more than ever] : People in the UK are spending more than ever on health and fitness.
You should get out more and meet other people.
Reducing the tax on petrol would simply encourage people to use their cars more.
[see more of someone] : I hope we’ll see more of you when you’ve finished your course.
[more...than] : Rural life has changed more in the last 40 years than at any other time.
I loved you more than anything else in the world.
If you need more paper, there’s some in the drawer.
That’s all I know. I can’t tell you any more.
[one/two/three etc more] : We’ll have to wait for two more days.
[some/any more of something] : I’m not wasting any more of my money on lottery tickets.
[more of the same] : Today there will be sunshine and showers. Tomorrow, more of the same.
[more on that later] : There are a few changes to the programme – but more on that later.
[no more] : We have no more money in the account.
[nothing more] : There’s nothing more to say.
[more...than] : What she did was more of a mistake than a crime.

Synonyms

additional, extra, supplementary, added, further, new, other, a distinct, a further, a separate, above, additionally, aggrandized, along with, also, amassed, and, another, as well, augmented, besides, best part, better, beyond, bounteous, deeper, else, enhanced, exceeding, expanded, extended, farther, fresh, furthermore, greater, greater number, greater part, greater than, heavier, higher, in addition, increased, innumerable, larger, larger part, larger than, likewise, longer, major, majority, massed, max, more than half, more than that, moreover, numerous, on top, one more, over, over and above, refill, some other, spare, too, too many, top-up, wider, withal

Antonyms

below, down from, fewer, less