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More Than

Definition: More Than

More Than

Adjective

1. Greater in number relative to something else; "more than one person stood up".

2. (comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree; "more land"; "more support"; "more rain fell"; "more than a gallon".

Adverb

1. Comparing quantity or quality; "by the time she was 4 she was more than half her father's height".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Specialty Definition: More Than

DomainDefinition

Tips from 1870

Usage: Above, More than, Preceding. "It is above a week since I heard from my brother." We may say "above the earth," "above the housetops," but in the preceding sentence it is better to say, "It is more than a week since I heard from my brother."
"In the above paragraph he quotes from Horace." Say, "In the preceding or foregoing paragraph," etc. The awkwardness of the use of the word above becomes very apparent when the line in which it occurs is found at the top of a page, and the passage to which reference is made appears at the bottom of the previous page.
Usage: Over, More than. "There were not over thirty persons present." Over is incorrect; above has some sanction; but more than, is the best, and should be used. Source: Slips of Speech.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: More Than

Synonyms: more(a) (adj), to a higher degree (adv). (additional references)
Antonyms: less(a) (adj), less than (adv), to a lesser degree (adv). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: More Than

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Benevolence

Phrase: " act a charity sometimes "; " a tender heart, a will inflexible "; de mortuis nil nisi bonum; " kind words are more than coronets "; quando amigo pide no hay manana; " the social smile, the sympathetic tear ".

Dearness

Unreasonable, extravagant, exorbitant, extortionate; overpriced, more than it's woth.

Excitation

Exciting, absorbing, riveting, distracting; Verb: impressive, warm, glowing, fervid, swelling, imposing, spirit-stirring, thrilling; high-wrought; soul-stirring, soul-subduing; heart-stirring, heart-swelling, heart-thrilling; agonizing; (painful); telling, sensational, hysterical; overpowering, overwhelming; more than flesh and blood can bear; yellow.

Improbability

Rare; (infrequent); unheard of, inconceivable; unimaginable, inimaginable; incredible; more than doubtful; strange, bizarre (uncomformable).

Latency Implication

Noun: {ant. } latency, inexpression; hidden meaning, occult meaning; occultness, mystery, cabala, anagoge; silence; (taciturnity); concealment; more than meets the eye, more than meets the ear; Delphic oracle; le dessous des cartes, undercurrent.

Multitude

Thick coming, many more, more than one can tell, a world of; no end of, no end to; cum multis aliis; thick as hops, thick as hail; plenty as blackberries; numerous as the stars in the firmament, numerous as the sands on the seashore, numerous as the hairs on the head; and what not, and heaven knows what; endless; (infinite).

Pain

Intolerable, insufferable, insupportable; unbearable, unendurable; past bearing; not to be borne, not to be endured; more than flesh and blood can bear; enough to drive one mad, enough to provoke a saint, enough to make a parson swear, enough to gag a maggot.

Plurality

Adjective: plural, more than one, upwards of; some, several, a few; certain; not alone.

Redundancy

Noun: redundancy, redundance; too much, too many; superabundance, superfluity, superfluence, saturation; nimiety, transcendency, exuberance, profuseness; profusion; (plenty); repletion, enough in all conscience, satis superque, lion's share; more than enough; plethora, engorgement, congestion, load, surfeit, sickener; turgescence; (expansion); overdose, overmeasure, oversupply, overflow; inundation; (water); avalanche.

Smallness

Almost, nearly, well-nigh, short of, not quite, all but; near upon, close upon; peu s'en faut, near the mark; within an ace of, within an inch of; on the brink of; scarcely, hardly, barely, only just, no more than. about, thereabouts, somewhere about, nearly, say; be the same, be little more or less. no ways, no way, no wise; not at all, not in the least, not a bit, not a bit of it, not a whit, not a jot, not a shadow; in no wise, in no respect; by no means, by no manner of means; on no account, at no hand.

Strength

Resistless, irresistible, invincible, proof against, impregnable, unconquerable, indomitable, dominating, inextinguishable, unquenchable; incontestable; more than a match for; overpowering, overwhelming; all powerful, all sufficient; sovereign.

Superiority

Adjective: superior, greater, major, higher; exceeding; Verb:great; distinguished, ultra; vaulting; more than a match for.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: More Than

Specialty definitions using "more than": There's More Than One Way To Do It. (references)
Etymologies containing "more than": Transhumanize. (references)

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Modern Usage: More Than

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Michael was the most sexually experienced of us, which means he had kissed a girl on more than two occasions (Sleepers; writing credit: Barry Levinson)

The only reason I ain't signing is cause you've turned into some hoity toity yankee bitch and I'd like nothing more than to piss you off (Sweet Home Alabama; writing credit: C. Jay Cox)

After what happened to Luther, I don't think I can get more than two, three hundred guys (The Sting; writing credit: David S. Ward)

I like to drink wine more than I used to. (The Godfather; writing credit: Francis Coppola and Mario Puzo. Based on the novel by Mario Puzo.)

Come on, take a bag. I took a bag home last night, and it cost me a lot more than ten quid (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; writing credit: Guy Ritchie)

Lyrics

More than your lover (More Than A Woman; performing artist: Aaliyah)

I will love you more than that (More Than That; performing artist: Backstreet Boys)

Telling me more than any words could say (Invisible Man; performing artist: 98 Degrees; writing credit: Dane DeViller, Sean Hosein, and Steve Kipner)

Taking more than her share (YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG; performing artist: AC/DC)

And I got more than I need (Sunshine; performing artist: Aerosmith)

Clever

You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake. (references; author: Bob Hope)

It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Give a grateful man more than he asks. (references; author: Portuguese Proverb)

One picture is worth more than ten thousand words. (references; author: Chinese Proverb)

Love God more than you fear Hell. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

More Than a School (1974)

He Got More Than He Bargained For (1899)

A Darkness More Than Night (2003)

Marie Curie: More Than Meets the Eye (1997)

Rocco More Than Ever Party (1997)

Song Titles

More Than I Can Say (performing artist: Leo Sayer)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: More Than

DomainTitle

References

  • The World Market for Cream Containing More Than 6% Milkfat: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • The Hollywood Book of Death : The Bizarre, Often Sordid, Passings of More than 125 American Movie and TV Idols (reference)

  • Giving birth together : the modern parents home program of natural childbirth exercises : with case histories, illustrations, and more than 50 photographs (reference)

  • It's More Than Just a Scarf! (Captain Chuck's the Adventures of Artie the Airplane and His Friends) (reference)

  • Bernard Clayton's Complete Book of Small Breads: More Than 100 Recipes for Rolls, Buns, Biscuits, Flatbreads, Muffins, and Other Small Breads from ar (reference)

  • Citrus: Complete Guide to Selecting & Growing More Than 100 Varieties for California, Arizona, Texas, the Gulf Coast and Florida (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Hensley & Wetton: More Than Conquerors (reference)

  • Doctor Who - More Than 30 Years in the Tardis (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: More Than

Computer Images:
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Photo Album: More Than

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Pictured here is a large group of adults and children sitting around a swimming pool. They are members of a national group called the Candlelighters, which gives emotional support and practical advice to parents, patients and siblings of cancer victims. This group is in Las Vegas, Nevada and is one of more than 100 nationwide. The Candlelighters headquarters is in Washington, DC. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Since the program's establishment in 1951, EIS officers have worked on more than 10,000 studies and investigations. Each year, EIS officers assist with approximately 100 investigations requested by states and other countries. Credit: CDC.

The CDC moved its location to Clifton Road after construction was completed in 1960. In 1947, Emory University donated the land on Clifton Road for the new CDC headquarters, but construction did not begin for more than a decade. Credit: CDC.

This series of images, which spans more than five days beginning at 5:33 p.m. EDT on July 16, ... Credit: NASA.

After more than three years of inactivity, the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object ... Credit: NASA.

Where the Volga River flows into the Caspian Sea, it creates an extensive delta. The Volga Delta is comprised of more than 500 channels, and sustains the most productive fishing grounds in Eurasia. Credit: NASA.

The West Fjords are a series of peninsulas in northwestern Iceland. They represent less than one-eighth the country's land area, but their jagged perimeter accounts for more than half of Iceland's total coastline. Credit: NASA.

View from the top of the south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge looking down onto the deck of the bridge. The surface of the water is more than 700 feet below. Credit: America's Coastlines.

The record bonito, Tuna Club 1908, caught with rod and reel. This fish, which weighed 22 pounds, fought for more than an hour. Note angler's belt with socket for rod butt. In: "Sport Fishing in California and Florida," by Charles F. Holder. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, Vol. XXVIII 1908, Part I, p. 207 Plate II. Credit: Fisheries.

The Finney Creek restoration project placed over 750 logs into more than 80 log jams in upper Finney Creek. the logs helped to trap gravel size sediments behind the jams and create a more narrow and deeper creek. This resulted in lowering water temperatures to provide more favorable spawning conditions. Finney Creek once provided habitat for all salmon species except sockeye. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: More Than

AuthorQuotation

Brigham Young

Love the giver more than the gift.

Edmund Burke

Patience will achieve more than force.

John Donne

More than kisses letters mingle souls.

John Dryden

All empire is no more than power in trust.

Oliver Goldsmith

Fear guides more than gratitude.

Portuguese Proverb

Give a grateful man more than he asks.

Publilius Syrus

Never promise more than you can perform.

Robert E. Lee

Wisdom is nothing more than healed pain.

Thomas Fuller

We have all forgot more than we remember.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: More Than

AuthorDateQuotation

Magna Carta

1215

No scutage not aid shall be imposed on our kingdom, unless by common counsel of our kingdom, except for ransoming our person, for making our eldest son a knight, and for once marrying our eldest daughter; and for these there shall not be levied more than a reasonable aid. (reference)

John Locke

1690

And indeed it was a foolish thing, as well as dishonest, to hoard up more than he could make use of. (Second Treatise of Government)

US Constitution

1791

Clause 4: Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other Place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting. (reference)

Amendment to US Constitution

1795-2007

No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of President more than once. (reference)

Communist Manifesto

1848

Thus, to the German philosophers of the eighteenth century, the demands of the first French Revolution were nothing more than the demands of "Practical Reason" in general, and the utterance of the will of the revolutionary French bourgeoisie signified in their eyes the law of pure Will, of Will as it was bound to be, of true human Will generally. (reference)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

The divisions must not be grouped under more than two army corps headquarters staffs. (reference)

John F. Kennedy

1961

In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: More Than

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

I certainly will not persuade myself to feel more than I do.

Sylvie and Bruno

Carroll, Lewis

We need something more than a fixed Law of Nature to settle which nerve shall carry it.

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

The quarter was so long, that he was more than once convinced he must have sunk into a doze unconsciously, and missed the clock

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

This faith, more than anything else, steals the pith and availability out of whatever enterprise he may dream of undertaking

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

There he saw the star more than ever, and Savigny and Gans less than ever

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

And, more than that, I can remember even your greatgrandfather, old John Stephen Dedalus, and a fierce old fireeater he was.

Time Enough for Love

Robert Heinlein

Tilting at windmills hurts you more than the windmills

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

No more than with my soul I mourn for yours

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

The bank is something more than men, I tell you.

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

This is the court style, and I found it to be more than matter of form

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: More Than

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

It affects men more than women. (references)

Symptoms rarely last more than 3 weeks. (references)

Do not keep eggs warm for more than 2hours. (references)

Business

The store had more than 300 employees. (references)

Recycled water costs more than fresh water. (references)

The procedure can take more than ten years. (references)

Children

Russia

These children stay in COVINA for no more than 30 days. (references)

Mauritania

Local NGO's estimate that there are more than 250 street children. (references)

New Zealand

Applications to family court included protection of more than 33,000 children. (references)

Civil Liberties

Cuba

Police detained more than 20 members of the organization. (references)

Iraq

Citizens may not make more than two trips abroad annually. (references)

Mauritania

Some arrived more than 10 years ago and are employed fully. (references)

Economic History

Rwanda

Annual growth rate: More than 3%. (references)

Switzerland

Many Swiss speak more than one language. (references)

Philippines

U.S. market share is more than 26 percent. (references)

Human Rights

Gambia

Credible eyewitnesses saw more than seven youths injured. (references)

Cameroon

Some cells built for fifteen persons hold more than fifty. (references)

Equatorial Guinea

Political detentions seldom lasted more than a few months. (references)

Indigenous People

New Zealand

Maori inmates constitute more than half the prison population. (references)

Bangladesh

Bengalis later set fire to more than 100 houses belonging to tribals. (references)

Malaysia

Laws allowing condemnation and purchase of land do not require more than perfunctory notifications in newspapers to which indigenous people may have no access. (references)

Minorities

Russia

The multiethnic population is made up of more than 100 national groups. (references)

Hungary

The unemployment rate for Roma is estimated to be 70 percent, more than 10 times the national average. (references)

Ecuador

It estimates that Afro-Ecuadorians account for more than 1 million persons, or about 9 percent of the total population. (references)

Political Economy

Djibouti

Presidents cannot be reelected more than twice. (references)

Sri Lanka

The conflict has claimed more than 64,000 lives. (references)

THAILAND

Patent examinations can take more than five years. (references)

Political Rights

Honduras

Of 10,000 Hondurans who registered to vote abroad, slightly more than 1,000 voted. (references)

Taiwan

The People First Party more than doubled its representation in the LY, winning 46 seats. (references)

Pakistan

Thirty-five women, more than ever before, campaigned for seats in the 1997 national elections. (references)

Trade

India

Input-output norms have been specified for more than 4200 items. (references)

Brazil

The product registration process often takes more than one year. (references)

Kenya

It normally does not finance more than 25 percent of the project cost. (references)

Travel

Vietnam

A general business call lasts no more than one hour. (references)

Romania

Issuance of this passport may take more than one day. (references)

France

One could pay less or a great deal more than this $234 amount. (references)

Women

Swaziland

In traditional marriages, a man may take more than one wife. (references)

Kenya

FIDA has trained more than 800 police officers about gender issues. (references)

Guatemala

In March MINUGUA reported that more than half of indigenous women cannot read. (references)

Worker Rights

Belarus

BYCWO receives more than 100 inquiries a month. (references)

Belize

Most salaried workers receive more than the minimum wage. (references)

China

Cao was held for more than 200 days, and released in July. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

MINSTREL, adj. Formerly a poet, singer or musician; now a nigger with a color less than skin deep and a humor more than flesh and blood can bear.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: More Than

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Art Linkletter

Or terrible stories of things that are happening to them, and they're just wallowing in this. And there's more than one that does that.

Conan O'Brien

I like Buster Keaton a lot more than Chaplin. And the Marx Brothers were probably my favorite of the older era.

Dennis Miller

People get pissed off when their microwave dinner takes more than three minutes to cook.

Earl Charles Spencer

Well, I always make it clear that they're more than welcome to ask anything or say anything or whatever with me, and I think that's a healthy way for it to be.

Mariah Carey

I'm not wacko. But my point is already made. I mean, we're all a little wacko sometimes, and if we think we're not, maybe we are more than we know.

Priscilla Presley

Right. So maybe now, more than ever, if there was to be anyone that understood my situation, it would be my daughter.

Richard Armey

We could have done more. We should have done more. But Tom Daschle was dedicated to the proposition that he should never do more than the least he should. And we just simply couldn't get more past the Senate.

Rudy Giuliani

Some of the margins of victory were larger than I thought they would be. You know in a number of the races that at least I was looking at, it seemed to me they were maybe two, three points more than I thought they would be.

Rush Limbaugh

Clearly, it is more than just bad citizenship to disclose classified information to the media.

Tim McGraw

Probably not as much as she's been a housewife when I've been out working. It's never more than a couple days if we have to do it.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: More Than

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

John Adams

1797-1801How few of the human race have ever enjoyed an opportunity of making an election of government, more than of air, soil, or climate, for themselves or their children!

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837Lawrence and the Lakes which may prove more than equivalent to the loss sustained by the discrimination made to favor the trade of the northern colonies with the West Indies.

Dwight Eisenhower

1953-1961This signifies more than the stilling of guns, easing the sorrow of war.

John F. Kennedy

1961-1963Getting America moving But a stronger nation and economy require more than a balanced Budget.

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969Today more than half of the high school graduates go on to college.

Richard Nixon

1969-1974There is nothing I want more than to see the day come when I do not have to write any of those letters.

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981In areas of peaceful competition with the Soviet Union, we will continue to more than hold our own.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989A man who has devoted more than half of his life to serving his country.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001America is far more than a place.

George W. Bush

2001-2005When I spoke to Congress more than a year ago, I said that those who harbor terrorists are as guilty as the terrorists themselves.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expressions: More Than

Expressions using "more than": balance with banks for periods of more than one month bite off more than one can chew have more than one string to one's bow i've had more than enough of that business! jump more than liabilities to banks for periods of more than one month more than a match for more than enough more than flesh and blood can bear more than generously more than is right more than it's woth more than necessary no more than not more than quality matters more than quantity star knob with more than four projections storage of more than one year There's More Than One Way To Do It. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: More Than

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

more than words

303

devil evil god greater more than than

20

lyrics more than words

171

andrew jessica more than theres

19

more than a woman

112

is more than a word

18

extreme more than words

103

more than words can say

18

more than theres

79

chord more than words

18

more than

64

aaliyah more than a woman

18

extreme lyrics more than words

57

more than meet the eye

17

more than a feeling

50

more than insurance

17

andrew jessica lyrics more than theres

45

more than this

17

lyrics more than theres

45

more than words song

16

boston more than a feeling

43

lyrics more than think

16

more than you think you are

40

aaliyah lyrics more than woman

16

boston more than a feeling lyrics

38

human human more than

14

more than that

35

20 lyrics matchbox more than think

14

more than friend

34

i love you more than

11

dollar dollar more than today tomorrow worth

33

more than conqueror

10

feeling lyrics more than

30

matchbox more than think twenty

10

20 matchbox more than think

28

more than one

9

lyrics more than woman

25

lyrics matchbox more than think twenty

9

more than enough

23

chord guitar more than words

9
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: More Than

Language Translations for "more than"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

oor (about, above, after, behind, concerning, ear, more, on, over, upon). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏أكثر من. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

以上 (above, over, the above-mentioned), 不止 (incessantly, not limited to, without end). (various references)

   

Czech

  

vrchovatou mìrou (more than generously), víc než dost (enough and to spare, more than enough), okousnout si příliš velké sousto (bite off more than one can chew), ne víc než (no more than). (various references)

   

Danish

  

man kan undgaa denne sekundaere sejgring af kulstof ved en foroegelse af afkoelingshastigheden og af kornstoerrelsen til udover sejgringsafstanden (the segregation of carbon during secondary banding can be prevented by increasing the cooling rate and coarsening the grain size to more than the segregation distance), i minegallerierne daempes forplantningen af radioboelger med en frekvens paa mere end 50 mHz dl kraftigt p.g.a. bjergarternes ringe ledningsevne (because of the bad conductivity of the rocks, the frequency waves of more than 50 mHz are greatly attenuated during propagation in mine roadways), arbejdsulykker med mere end 3 fraværsdage til følge (accident with more than 3 days'absence, non-fatal accident with more than 3 days'absence), civile statsborgere,der opholder sig i udlandet i en periode,der overstiger ét år (national civilians staying abroad for a period of more than one year), da overfladelagene af pladen har tendens til at forlaenge sig mere end det indre,opstaar der trykspaendinger i dem (as the surface layers of the sheet tend to elongate more than the internal zones a compressive stress is set up), de faste bruttoinvesteringer udgoer vaerdien af varige goder,bestemt til andet end militaere formaal,som har en vaerdi paa mere end ca.100 ECU,som erhverves af en hjemmehoerende produktionsenhed med det formaal at blive anvendt i produktionsprocessen i en (each of more than about 100 ECU in value, gross fixed capital formation represents the value of durable goods intended for non-military purposes, including the value of any services embodied in fixed capital goods, which are acquired by resident producer units in order to be used for a period of more than one year in their process of production), hvert medlem af raadet kan kun fra ét af de oevrige medlemmer modtage fuldmagt til at stemme (any member of the Council may act on behalf of not more than one other member), hvis der er flere ansøgere (if there is more than one applicant), i blaesere,som udoever et hoejt tryk,udvikles der kompressionvarme (fans producing more than average pressure may occasion developing heat of compression), alle personer,der befinder sig eller har til hensigt at befinde sig inden for landets oekonomiske omraade i en periode,der overstiger ét aar,betragtes som havende fast bopael (on the economic territory of the country for a period of more than one year is regarded as permanently settled there, or intends to stay), i skyggemaske-billedroeret afskaeres mere end 80% af elektronerne i den afsoegende elektronstraale af skyggemasken, saaledes at kun den resterende procentdel naar billedskaermen (in the shadow ώ-mask type of picture tube more than 8O% of the electrons in the scanning beam are intercepted by the mask, leaving only the remaining small percent to travel to the phosphor screen), søgsmål om krænkelse af flere varemærker (civil action on the basis of more than one trade mark), stjernehåndtag (palm grip hand knob, star knob with more than four projections), tandfyldning med flerrodsbehandling (filling with devitalization of more than one root), ved blokkene paa mere end 20 tons er sedimentationen endnu tydeligere:V-formede lag af kugleformede dendritter er skudt ind imellem lagene af stoerre,ligeaksede dendritter (in large ingots of more than 20 tons the sedimentation is even more distinct, with V-layers of rounded dendrites sandwiched between layers of larger equiaxed dendrites), i forhold til perlitomraadet forskudt mod laengere holdetider (the bainite reaction is retarded more than the pearlite reaction). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

meer dan (above, over), ruim (above, extensive, hold, over, spacious, vast, wide, widely), over (abiding, about, above, across, after, away, behind, beyond, concerning, in, left, left over, on, on the other side of, over, past, remaining, upon), boven (above, on top, over, overhead, upstairs). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

pli ol (above, over). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

yli (above, over), enemmän kuin (upwards of). (various references)

   

French

  

plus que. (various references)

   

German

  

erst recht (more than ever), übergenug (more than enough). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ταμιευτήρας υπερετήσιας βάσης (storage of more than one year), αστική αγωγή επί τη βάσει περισσότερων του ενός σημάτων (civil action on the basis of more than one trade mark), αστεροειδής λαβή (palm grip hand knob, star knob with more than four projections), αξίες επί προθεσμία (balance with banks for periods of more than one month, due from banks at term, due from banks on time, due from banks-more than one month, due from banks-terms, term deposit with banks, time deposit with banks), αν περισσότερα του ενός πρόσωπα καταθέσουν αίτηση (if there is more than one applicant), είμαι πολύ καλύτερος από (be more than a match for), ταμιευτήρας υπερετήσιας ρύθμισης (storage of more than one year), είναι αρκετά ικανός να (he is more than up to), τα σωματίδια που έχουν διάμετρο πάνω από 2μ,αποτίθενται πάνω στη βλεννώδη μεμβράνη και παρασύρονται από βλεννο-βλεφαροειδή ρεύ-ματα,έως το (particles which have more than 2 diameter are deposited on the mucous lining and are transported through the mucociliary flows to the oesophagus and swallowed), οι εξαεριστήρες που εργάζονται σε υψηλές πιέσεις παράγουν κάποια ποσότητα θερμότητας συμπίεσης (fans producing more than average pressure may occasion developing heat of compression), οι ακαθάριστες επενδύσεις πάγιου κεφαλαίου αντιπροσωπεύουν την αξία των διαρκών αγαθών που προορίζονται για μη στρατιωτικούς σκοπούς,με (each of more than about 100 ECU in value, which are acquired by resident producer units in order to be used for a period of more than one year in their process of production), ο δευτερογενής διαφορισμός του άνθρακα είναι δυνατόν να αποτραπεί με αύξηση της ταχύτητας ψύξης και του βαθμού ανάπτυξης του μεγέθους των (the segregation of carbon during secondary banding can be prevented by increasing the cooling rate and coarsening the grain size to more than the segregation distance), απαιτήσεις επί προθεσμία από άλλες τράπεζες (balance with banks for periods of more than one month, due from banks at term, due from banks on time, due from banks-more than one month, due from banks-terms, term deposit with banks, time deposit with banks), υπερτερώ (be more than a match for, beat, best, cap, outclass, outmatch, outrival, outweigh, overmatch, surpass), κάθε μέλος του Συμβουλίου δύναται να αντιπροσωπεύσει ένα μόνο από τα λοιπά μέλη (any member of the Council may act on behalf of not more than one other member), καθώς τα επιφανειακά στρώματα του ελάσματος τείνουν να επιμηκυνθούν περισσότερο από τις εσωτερικές ζώνες,δημιουργούνται τάσεις θλίψης (as the surface layers of the sheet tend to elongate more than the internal zones a compressive stress is set up), ένα άτομο που διαμένει,ή σκοπεύει να διαμείνει,στην οικονομική επικράτεια της χώρας για περίοδο τουλάχιστον ενός έτους,θεωρείται ότι είνα (on the economic territory of the country for a period of more than one year is regarded as permanently settled there), προγραμματισμός πολλαπλής ακολουθίας σπονδύλων (concurrent processing of more than one message(or similar service-request)by an application program, multithreading), προθεσμιακές (balance with banks for periods of more than one month, due from banks at term, due from banks on time, due from banks-more than one month, due from banks-terms, term deposit with banks, time deposit with banks), Στη λυχνία εικόνας τύπου μάσκας-σκιάς περισσότερα από 80% των ηλεκτρο-νίων στη δέσμη σάρωσης ανακόπτονται από τη μάσκα,αφήνοντας μόνο το υπό (in the shadow ώ-mask type of picture tube more than 8O% of the electrons in the scanning beam are intercepted by the mask), πολύ περισσότερο από (far more than), υποχρεώσεις προς άλλες τράπεζες καθορισμένου χρόνου (banks'account on term, due to bank at term, due to banks at fixed dates, due to banks on time, due to banks-more than one month, due to banks-term, liabilities to banks for periods of more than one month, time deposit from banks), υποχρεώσεις υπό προθεσμία στην τράπεζα (banks'account on term, due to bank at term, due to banks at fixed dates, due to banks on time, due to banks-more than one month, due to banks-term, liabilities to banks for periods of more than one month, time deposit from banks), ημεδαποί ιδιώτες που διαμένουν στο εξωτερικό για περίοδο τουλάχιστον ενός έτους (national civilians staying abroad for a period of more than one year), η βεανιτική αντίδραση επιβραδύνεται περισσότερο της περλιτικής (the bainite reaction is retarded more than the pearlite reaction), η ιζηματοποίηση είναι ακόμη πιο ευκρινής στην περίπτωση πλινθωμάτων άνω των 20 τόννων:στρώματα σχήματος V που αποτελούνται από σφαιροειδεί (in large ingots of more than 20 tons the sedimentation is even more distinct, with V-layers of rounded dendrites sandwiched between layers of larger equiaxed dendrites), επί προθεσμία (at fixed dates, at term, for periods of more than one month, more than one month, on time, time-), πηγαίνω για μαλλί και βγαίνω κουρεμένος (get more than one bargained). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מן (because, from, of, out of, since, than), מכ"י (more than enough, since, whereas), יותר מן- (than, upward of). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

több mint (above, in excess of, upwards of), több (better, better than fifty years ago, he spoke for over an hour, moe, more, multi, parti-coloured, pluri, plus, rising of ten thousand, several, some, to be on the shady side of thirty, to be on the wrong side of thirty). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

doang (no more than, only). (various references)

   

Italian

  

oltre (above, across, as well as, beside, beyond, by, farther, further, in addition to, longer, more, on the other side of, onward, over, past, up). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

有余 , (over), 以上  (exceeding, greater than, over, this is all), 以上 (above, and up, as long as, beyond, exceeding, greater than, over, since, the above-mentioned, the end, this is all). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

いじょう (aberration, abnormality, above, accident, and up, as long as, assignment, beyond, change, disorder, enclosure, exceeding, greater than, over, since, something wrong, strangeness, surrounding, the above-mentioned, the end, this is all, transfer, transferring to), ゆうよ (deferment, postponement), (age, generation, over, society, world). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oremay anthay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

mais do que. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

m-am sãturat pânã peste cap de povestea asta (i've had more than enough of that business), se angaja la ceva care-i depãşeşte puterile (bite off more than one can chew), fi lacom (bite off more than one can chew, gluttonize). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

более чем (any more than). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

más que (greater than, plenty). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

stjärngrepp (palm grip hand knob, star knob with more than four projections), inte mer än (no more than), flerprocessorarkitektur (concurrent processing of more than one message(or similar service-request)by an application program, multithreading), döma utöver vad som yrkats (to adjudicate more than is asked for). (various references)

   

Tswana

  

fetisa. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yeter de artar (enough and to spare, more than enough), gereğinden fazla (excrescent, more than enough, over, overmuch, redundant, superabundant, unnecessary), fazlasıyla (amply, damned, darned, disproportionate, eminently, exceedingly, extremely, far better, in spades, jolly, largely, more than enough, parlous, precious, strongly, superfluously), birden fazla seçeneği olmak (have more than one string to one's bow), başından büyük işe girişmek (bite off more than one can chew). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

gowrak. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

не більше ніж (not more than). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

yn anad dim (above all), yn anad (above all). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: More Than

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

plura, pluribus, pluris, plus, praeter, supra, ulterius, ultimum, ultra. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: More Than

LanguageDateSourceLuke Chapter 12, Verse 23
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintH yuch pleion estin thV trofhV kai to swma tou endumatoV
Latin405