different between more vs reverse

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: mô, IPA^(key): /?m??/
• (General American) enPR: môr, IPA^(key): /?m??/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: m?r, IPA^(key): /?mo(?)?/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /?mo?/
• (non-rhotic, dough-door merger, AAVE) IPA^(key): /?mo?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Homophones: moor, Moor, Moore (all three only in accents with the pour–poor merger); maw (non-rhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger); mow (non-rhotic accents with the dough-door merger)

Etymology 1

From Middle English more, from Old English m?ra (“more”), from Proto-Germanic *maizô (“more”), from Proto-Indo-European *m?- (“many”).

Cognate with Scots mair (“more”), Saterland Frisian moor (“more”), West Frisian mear (“more”), Dutch meer (“more”), Low German mehr (“more”), German mehr (“more”), Danish mere (“more”), Swedish mera (“more”), Norwegian Bokmål mer (“more”), Norwegian Nynorsk meir (“more”), Icelandic meiri, meira (“more”).

Alternative forms

• (informal or nonstandard) mo, mo'
• (Internet slang) moar

Determiner

more

1. comparative degree of many: in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.)
3. comparative degree of much: in greater quantity, amount, or proportion. (Used for a continuous quantity.)
4. Additional; further.

   If you run out, there are more bandages in the first aid cupboard.

5. Bigger, stronger, or more valuable.

   He is more than the ten years he spent behind bars at our local prison, as he is a changed man and his past does not define him.

Antonyms

• fewer
• less

Derived terms

• more haste, less speed
• morefold
• moreness

Translations

Adverb

more (not comparable)

1. To a greater degree or extent. [from 10^thc.]
3. Used to form the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs. [from 13^thc.]
4. (now poetic) In negative constructions: any further, any longer; any more. [from 10^thc.]

   • Than was there pees betwyxte thys erle and thys Aguaurs, and grete surete that the erle sholde never warre agaynste hym more.

5. (now dialectal, humorous or proscribed) Used in addition to an inflected comparative form. [from 13^thc.; standard until 18^thc.]

Derived terms

• more or less
• more so

Translations

Pronoun

more

1. A greater number or quantity (of something).

   We're running out of napkins. I should have bought more.

   There isn't enough salt in this. You need to add more.

2. An extra or additional quantity (of something).

   There aren't many people here yet, but more should be arriving soon.

Derived terms

See also

• most

Etymology 2

From Middle English more, moore (“carrot, parsnip”) from Old English more, moru (“carrot, parsnip”) from Proto-West Germanic *morh?, from Proto-Germanic *murh? (“carrot”), from Proto-Indo-European *mork- (“edible herb, tuber”).

Akin to Old Saxon moraha (“carrot”), Old High German morha, moraha (“root of a plant or tree”) (German Möhre (“carrot”), Morchel (“mushroom, morel”)). More at morel.

Alternative forms

• moor (dialectal)

Noun

more (plural mores)

1. (obsolete) A carrot; a parsnip.
2. (dialectal) A root; stock.
3. A plant; flower; shrub.

Etymology 3

From Middle English moren, from the noun. See above.

Verb

more (third-person singular simple present mores, present participle moring, simple past and past participle mored)

1. (transitive) To root up.

Anagrams

• Mero, Omer, Orem, Orme, Rome, erom, mero, mero-, moer, omer

Afrikaans

Adverb

more

1. Alternative form of môre

Albanian

Alternative forms

• mor, ore

Etymology

According to Orel from the aoristic form of marr without a clear sense development. It could also be a remnant of a grammatical structure of a lost substrate language. It is the source of same interjection found in all Balkan languages.

Interjection

more

1. vocative particle used in a call to a man.

Usage notes

Can be placed before or after the noun, whereas bre can only be placed after.

Descendants

• ? Ottoman Turkish: ????? (more)

Related terms

• moj

References

Basque

Noun

more inan

1. purple

See also

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?mor?]

Noun

more

1. vocative singular of mor

Danish

Etymology

Derived from moro (“fun”), which may be a compound of mod, from Old Norse móðr (“mind”) and ro, from ró (“rest”).

Verb

more (imperative mor, infinitive at more, present tense morer, past tense morede, perfect tense har moret)

1. To amuse, entertain

Derived terms

• morskab c
• morsom
• morsomhed c

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin mora.

Pronunciation

Noun

more m or f (plural moren, diminutive moretje n)

1. The unit of length (short or long) in poetic metre

Anagrams

• moer, roem, Rome

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??/
• Homophones: maure, maures, mores, mort, morts

Noun

more f (plural mores)

1. (phonology) mora

Adjective

more (plural mores)

1. (dated) Alternative spelling of maure

Related terms

• More m

Anagrams

• orme
• Rome

Further reading

• “more” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?re

Noun

more f

1. plural of mora

Verb

more

1. (slang) third-person singular indicative present of morire

Synonyms

• muore

Anagrams

• mero
• orme
• remo, Remo, remò
• Rome

Latin

Noun

m?re

1. ablative singular of m?s

References

• more in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Latvian

Noun

more f (5 declension, masculine form: moris)

1. (archaic) black woman, blackamoor, black moor

Declension

Maori

Noun

more

1. taproot

Synonyms

• t?more

Middle English

Alternative forms

• mare

Etymology

From Old English m?ra.

Determiner

more

1. more

Descendants

• English: more
• Scots: mair

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

more (present tense morer, past tense mora or moret, past participle mora or moret)

1. amuse, entertain

Old English

Alternative forms

• m?ru

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *morh?, from Proto-Germanic *murh? (“carrot”). Cognate with Old Saxon moraha (“carrot”), Old High German moraha (German Möhre).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mo?.re/

Noun

m?re f

1. carrot
2. parsnip

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: more
  • English: more
• ? Welsh: moron

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?m?.?i/
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /?m?.?e/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?m?.??/

Verb

more

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of morar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of morar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of morar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of morar

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mô?re/
• Hyphenation: mo?re

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *mo?e, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Noun

m?re n (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. sea
2. (by extension, preceded by preposition na) seaside or shore (any area or place near the sea where the sea is seen as the defining feature)

3. (figuratively) a vast expanse or quantity of something, usually detrimental or unwelcome

Declension

Synonyms

• (Croatia, archaic) morje

Derived terms

• mòrsk?

See also

• Category:sh:Seas

Etymology 2

From Greek ???? (moré).

Interjection

m?re (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. (Croatia, Kajkavian, colloquial) Alternative form of može
2. (Serbia) when spoken sharply, asserts that the speaker is stronger or older or more powerful than the addressee, sometimes expressing contempt or superiority
   • 1824, recorded by Vuk Stefanovi? Karadži?, Narodne srpske pjesme:

     »More, Marko, ne ori drumova!« / »More, Turci, ne gaz’te oranja!«

     »More, Marko, don’t plow up our roads!« / »More, Turks, don’t walk on my plowing!«

3. (Serbia) when not spoken sharply, functions as a term of endearment or generic intensifier, cf. bre

Usage notes

More is most often used in addressing a single male, more rarely when addressing groups of males, and more rarely still when addressing females.

Related terms

• bre

References

• Tomislav Mareti?, editor (1911-1916) , “m?re 1”, in Rje?nik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 7, Zagreb: JAZU, page 4

Noun

more (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. inflection of mora:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Verb

more (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. third-person plural present of moriti

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mo?e, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?r?/

Noun

more n (genitive singular mora, nominative plural moria, genitive plural morí, declension pattern of srdce)

1. A body of salt water, sea.
2. (colloquial) A huge amount, plenty (+genitive)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• more in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mo?e/, [?mo.?e]

Verb

more

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of morar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of morar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of morar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of morar.

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) (standard) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /?m?r?/
  • (North Wales) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /?m?ra/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?mo?r?/, /?m?r?/

Noun

more

1. Nasal mutation of bore (“morning”).

Mutation

English

Etymology

From Middle English revers (noun, adjective}, reversen (verb), from Anglo-Norman revers (noun, adjective), reverser (verb), Middle French revers (noun, adjective), reverser (verb), and their source, Latin reversus (perfect passive participle), revers? (verb), from re- + vers?. Doublet of revers.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???v??s/
• Rhymes: -??(?)s

Adjective

reverse (not comparable)

1. Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction. [from 14th c.]

2. Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction. [from 19th c.]

3. (rail transport, of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
4. Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.

   • He found the sea diverse / With many a windy storm reverse.

5. (botany) Reversed.

6. (genetics) In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.

Antonyms

• (rail transport): normal

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

reverse (not comparable)

1. (now rare) In a reverse way or direction; in reverse; upside-down. [from 16^thc. (from the 14^thc. in Middle English)]
   • 1963, Donal Serrell Thomas, Points of Contact:

     The man was killed to feed his image fat / Within this pictured world that ran reverse, / Where miracles alone were ever plain.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:vice versa or Thesaurus:upside down

Noun

reverse (plural reverses)

1. The opposite of something. [from 14th c.]

2. The act of going backwards; a reversal. [from 15th c.]
   • 1808, Charles Lamb, Specimens of the English Dramatic Poets Who Lived About the Time of Shakespeare

     By a reverse of fortune, Stephen becomes rich.

3. A piece of misfortune; a setback. [from 16th c.]
   • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 309:

     In fact, though the Russians did not yet know it, the British had met with a reverse.

4. The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse. [from 17th c.]
5. The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side. [from 18th c.]
6. The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards. [from 19th c.]

   Synonym: reverse gear

7. A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
8. (surgery) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

reverse (third-person singular simple present reverses, present participle reversing, simple past and past participle reversed)

1. (transitive) To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.

   to reverse the order of books on a shelf

   to reverse a portion of video footage

2. (transitive) To turn something inside out or upside down.
   • 1672, William Temple, Essay on the Original and Nature of Government

     A pyramid reversed may stand upon his point if balanced by admirable skill.

3. (transitive) To transpose the positions of two things.
4. (transitive) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
5. (obsolete, intransitive) To return, come back.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.4:

     Bene they all dead, and laide in dolefull herse? / Or doen they onely sleepe, and shall againe reuerse?

6. (obsolete, transitive) To turn away; to cause to depart.
7. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to return; to recall.
8. (law) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.

   to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree
9. (ergative) To cause a mechanism or a vehicle to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal.
10. (chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
11. (rail transport, transitive) To place a set of points in the reverse position
12. (rail transport, intransitive, of points) to move from the normal position to the reverse position
13. To overthrow; to subvert.
    • a. 1729, John Rogers, Conformity to the World destructive of our Happiness

      Custom […] reverses even the distinctions of good and evil.

14. (computing) Short for reverse-engineer.
    • 2011, Eldad Eilam, Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering

      Reversing is also heavily used in connection with malicious software, on both ends of the fence: […]

    • 2012, Christopher C. Elisan, Malware, Rootkits & Botnets: A Beginner's Guide (page 117)

      […] but in some instances where malware is proving to be difficult, reversing is needed.

Antonyms

• (to turn something in the opposite direction): unreverse
• (rail transport): normalise / normalize (transitive and intransitive)

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Reserve, Reveres, reserve, reveres, severer, veerers

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.v??s/

Verb

reverse

1. first-person singular present indicative of reverser
2. third-person singular present indicative of reverser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of reverser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of reverser
5. second-person singular imperative of reverser

Anagrams

• réserve, réservé

Latin

Participle

reverse

1. vocative masculine singular of reversus

References

• reverse in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [re?verse]

Verb

reverse

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of rev?rsa
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of rev?rsa

Spanish

Verb

reverse

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of reversar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of reversar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of reversar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of reversar.