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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(comparative of 'much' used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
Example:
more than a gallon
Synonyms:
more; more than
Classified under:
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:
People who have allergies often are sensitive to more than one thing.
(Allergy, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
Tests showed that, more than a decade after infection, the survivor retained antibodies against Ebola.
(Experimental Ebola antibody protects monkeys, NIH)
Those whose training began more than 6 hours later remained afraid of the squares.
(How Our Memory Works, NIH, US)
SLC44A4, potentially a sodium-dependent transmembrane transport protein, is overexpressed on more than 80 percent of samples derived from patients with pancreatic, prostate and gastric cancers.
(Anti-AGS-5 Antibody-Drug Conjugate ASG-5ME, NCI Thesaurus)
NOTE(S): This description should point out what is different between the Arms, if there is more than one Arm.
(Arm Description, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
She hated herself more than she could express.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
The signet-ring cells constitute more than fifty-percent of the malignant cells.
(Appendix Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The cessation of breathing in premature infants that lasts for more than 15-20 seconds.
(Apnea of Prematurity, NCI Thesaurus)
Adele went to kiss him before quitting the room: he endured the caress, but scarcely seemed to relish it more than Pilot would have done, nor so much.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
What the scientists do know is that the sea monster is more than 4 meters long.
(Sea Monster Swam Oceans 170 Million Years Ago, Voanews)
