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• she was far more intelligent than her sister.
• he read the letter more carefully the second time.
• i like her more than her husband.
• a course for more advanced students

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1. used to form the comparative of adjectives and adverbs with two or more syllables
• She was far more intelligent than her sister.
• He read the letter more carefully the second time.
2. to a greater degree than something else; to a greater degree than usual
• see also any more
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/any-more
• I like her more than her husband.
• a course for more advanced students
• It had more the appearance of a deliberate crime than of an accident.
• Could you repeat that once more (= one more time)?
• I had no complaints and no more (= neither) did Tom.
• Signing the forms is little more than (= only) a formality.
• I'm more than happy (= extremely happy) to take you there in my car.
• She was more than a little shaken (= extremely shaken) by the experience.
• I will torment you no more (= no longer).
3. continuing to become larger in number or amount
• synonym increasingly
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/increasingly
• I was becoming more and more irritated by his behaviour.
4. used to show that two things change to the same degree
• The more she thought about it, the more depressed she became.
• The less said about the whole thing, the happier I'll be.
5. almost
• I've more or less finished the book.
6. approximately
• She could earn $200 a night, more or less.
7. used to add a point that is even more important
• You're wrong, and what's more you know it!
• Bilingual children do better in IQ tests than children who speak only one language. In addition/What is more, they seem to find it easier to learn third or even fourth languages.
• Learning another language not only improves children’s job prospects in later life, but also boosts their self-esteem.
• Teaching children a second language improves their job prospects in later life. Other benefits include increased self-esteem and greater tolerance of other cultures.
• Another/One further/One additional reason for encouraging bilingual education is that it boosts children’s self-esteem.
• Studies suggest that bilingual children find it easier to learn additional languages. There is, moreover, increasing evidence that bilingual children perform better across a range of school subjects, not just foreign languages.
• His claim that children find bilingual education confusing is based on very little evidence. Moreover, the evidence he does provide is seriously flawed.
• Research has shown that first-language development is not impeded by exposure to a second language. Furthermore, there is no evidence to support the claim that children find bilingual education confusing.

Word Origin

• Old English māra, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch meer and German mehr.