any moreadj.pron.n.adv.

Brit.

/ɛnɪ ˈmɔː/, U.S.

/ˌɛni ˈmɔr/

Forms: see any adj., pron., n., and adv. and more adj., pron., adv., n.³, and prep.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: any adv., more pron.; any adj., more pron.

Etymology: Partly < any adv. + more pron., and partly < any adj. + more pron. Compare earlier no more adv.Also often written as one word since the 20th cent., especially in sense C. 1.

A. adj.

Any further; any additional.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > greater in quantity, amount, or degree > a greater quantity, amount, or degree of

moreeOE

any morec1300

c1300 Childhood Jesus (Laud) 137 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1875) 1st Ser. 7 With oute ani more lette Þat treo ful sone upriȝht him sette.

?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. 9119 Arme vs suyth & go we doun withouten any more sermoun.

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. l. 259 With-oute settynge of any lenger tyme, Prolonging forþe, or any more [a1475 Digby with oute] delay.

1591 W. Raleigh Rep. Fight Iles of Açores sig. B3 To make any more assaults or entries.

1686 Bp. G. Burnet Some Lett. conc. Switzerland v. 253 I thought..that I should not have given you the trouble of reading any more Letters.

1796 T. Jefferson Let. 4 Dec. in Papers (2002) XXIX. 212 I shall have no occasion..to order any more sashes till the next spring.

1810 R. Parkinson Treat. Breeding & Managem. Live Stock I. ii. 358 I did not venture to cut off any more tails.

1877 Spirit of Times 15 Dec. 529/3 We won't have anymore tournament fizzles like the one some time past.

1963 N. Hilliard Piece of Land i. 15 I want three bedrooms, and if there's any more kids we can build on.

2012 Independent 1 Aug. 44/1 Once I realised that, then I was home and dry and I never had any more problems.

B. pron. and n.

1. Any greater or additional number or amount; anything more; anything further.

ΚΠ

c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) (1933) l. 1482 What helpeȝ hit ani more seid?

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Sir Thopas (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 177 Lo lordes myne here is a fit. If ye wole any moore of it To telle it wol I fonde.

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. l. 3362 (MED) Me to adden any more þer-to Þan myn auctours specefie..Þe occupacioun, sothly, wer but veyn.

1550 J. Coke Deb. Heraldes Eng. & Fraunce sig. Hv^v Yf you haue any more to saye: reherse it; and I woll answere you.

1687 G. Clerke Let. 26 Sept. in I. Newton Corr. (1960) II. 485 It may be too great a presumption in me to say any more to so able a man as you are.

1732 R. Gwinnett et al. Pylades & Corinna II. vii. 25 But the Horses are put to, and I shall lose my Breakfast if I write any more.

1896 J. Baldwin Four Great Americans ii. i. 69 I cannot give you any more. So you must be careful not to spend them [sc. pennies] foolishly.

1911 J. Conrad Under Western Eyes i. iii. 71 He dared not say any more.

1965 G. Jones Island of Apples iii. iii. 197 I couldn't eat any more.

2011 Daily Tel. 13 Apr. 6/1 When you buy a drink at the bar you will be assessed by the bar person as to whether they think you should have any more.

†2. without any more: without (further) preamble or preliminaries; without delay; without hesitation. Cf. without more at more pron. 3c. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1529 (MED) Þei went in-to william wiþ-oute any more.

c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 683 He gan to syke And sette hym down with outen any moore.

c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 150 Gauan, wythoutun any more, To þe tarne con he fare To wake hit to day.

1521 tr. C. de Pisan Body of Polycye ii. xxxiii. sig. h.iii For it suffyseth me without ony more to shewe the maner and the fourme that longeth to euery man.

C. adv.

a. In negative, interrogative, or hypothetical contexts. In continuance of what has taken place up to a particular time; any further, any longer. Also occasionally (now rare): in repetition of what has taken place before; once more, a further time, again. Cf. no more adv. 1.

ΚΠ

c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) l. 8601 Wiþouten bileueing ani more Þai went to him.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Jer. iii. 1 If a man schal leue his wijf & she..wedde anoþer man, wheþer shal she turnen aȝeen any more to hym?

?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 13443 If ȝe challange any mare, he salle ȝow send suilk als þise are.

a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. ccxii But now he shall neuer dye ony more.

1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes sig. L2^v Not..to corrupt the aire, & impostumate mens ears with their pan-pudding prose any more.

1611 Bible (King James) Gen. viii. 12 Hee..sent forth the doue, which returned not againe vnto him any more .

1614 P. Forbes Def. Lawful Calling 2 I resolved never any more to put pen to paper, at least, in this polemick kinde of writing.

1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion i. 11 I cry God mercy..if thou gratest my eares any more with thy ribble rabble discourse.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 186 They..quite forgot the Days, and knew not a Sunday from a Working-Day any more.

1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality II. xii. 283 If he does'nt first unmarry himself, I will never see him any more.

1844 Chambers' Edinb. Jrnl. 20 Jan. 34/1 Why, then, should it any more be thought of?

1874 N. Harrigan I'll never get Drunk Any More (sheet music) 5 The pledge I will take, the whisky I'll shake, Oh I'll nev-er get drunk a-ny more.

1894 Mrs. H. Ward Marcella II. ii. v. 5 If Westall bullies him any more he will put a knife into him.

1921 Arts & Decoration Aug. 260/3 Liszt..was adored in England, especially when he was too old to play any more.

1970 P. Axthelm City Game ii. 13 When a coach holds you back, you lose the feel and it isn't any fun anymore.

2008 Independent 13 Feb. (Extra section) 22/2 How come you're not funny anymore?

b. In affirmative contexts: now; at the present time; from now on. Chiefly Irish English and North American colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [adverb]

noweOE

nowtheOE

nughuOE

todayOE

nowthenc1225

orc1275

in presentc1330

in this presentc1330

now by dawec1330

of present1340

presentc1385

nowadays?1387

adaysa1393

nowadaya1393

now on daysa1393

presently?a1425

now of daysc1425

now-o'-daysc1450

at (the) presenta1500

at this presenta1500

nowdaysa1500

currently1579

on the presenta1616

actually1663

nowanights1672

naow1824

at this (or the) present speaking1835

again1837

contemporarily1837

nowdays1850

any more1859

hic et nunc1935

at this moment in time1936

1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) at All any more A servant will say, ‘The potatoes is all any more,’ i.e. are all gone [now].

1898 Eng. Dial. Dict. I. 63/1 [Northern Ireland] A servant being instructed how to act, will answer ‘I will do it any more’.

1903 McClure's Mag. Dec. 215/1 There's just only this one any more.

1920 D. H. Lawrence Women in Love xiii. 167 ‘Quite absurd,’ he said. ‘Suffering bores me, any more.’

1971 T. Murphy Whistle in Dark ii. 47 We'll squeeze Michael a bit. He'll chip in anymore.

1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 7/1 I think it'll be fine any more.

2. Followed by than. Used to exclude or deny a second sentence element that is parallel with one in a previous negative clause: to any greater extent; in any greater degree. Cf. no more adv. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > in or to a greater degree or extent

moeOE

moreOE

furtherc1050

greaterc1230

furthermorea1300

heldera1400

largerlya1425

any more1533

farthera1535

furtherfortha1542

preferentially1864

worse1883

much more1912

1533 T. More 2nd Pt. Confut. Tyndals Answere iv. p. cxxx Whiche is as moche, as to say that the wyll of man is no wyll at all, any more than as he myght saye that the wyll of a tre were to growe.

1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. II. 44 I will never beleeve that ill fortune any more than good will seeke after mee so farre as this.

1695 J. Dryden tr. C. A. Du Fresnoy De Arte Graphica 20 The Figures in the Grouppes, ought not to be like each other in their Motions, any more than in their Parts.

1710 Ld. Shaftesbury Soliloquy 147 I can't conceive..how a Writer changes his Capacity, by this new Dress, any more than by the wear of Wove Stockins.

1789 A. Young Jrnl. 28 Dec. in Trav. France (1792) i. 262 What, in point of beauty, has London to do with the Thames..any more than with Fleet-ditch, buried as it is?

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. viii. 684 He had no genius, any more than Clive, for schemes of policy including large views of the past.

1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues I. 108 Poets, who ought not to be allowed, any more than flute-girls, to come into good society.

1931 J. S. Huxley What dare I Think? vi. 199 There is no such instinct, any more than there is..a bridge-building instinct.

1960 Today 25 June 4 If a conversion has nothing but emotion it won't last, any more than a marriage will.

2004 Cadence May 40/2 The section did not stand apart in the limelight any more than the French horn section of a large symphony orchestra would.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	any more
释义	any moreadj.pron.n.adv. Brit. /ɛnɪ ˈmɔː/, U.S. /ˌɛni ˈmɔr/ Forms: see any adj., pron., n., and adv. and more adj., pron., adv., n.³, and prep. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: any adv., more pron.; any adj., more pron. Etymology: Partly < any adv. + more pron., and partly < any adj. + more pron. Compare earlier no more adv.Also often written as one word since the 20th cent., especially in sense C. 1. A. adj. Any further; any additional. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > greater in quantity, amount, or degree > a greater quantity, amount, or degree of moreeOE any morec1300 c1300 Childhood Jesus (Laud) 137 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1875) 1st Ser. 7 With oute ani more lette Þat treo ful sone upriȝht him sette. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. 9119 Arme vs suyth & go we doun withouten any more sermoun. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. l. 259 With-oute settynge of any lenger tyme, Prolonging forþe, or any more [a1475 Digby with oute] delay. 1591 W. Raleigh Rep. Fight Iles of Açores sig. B3 To make any more assaults or entries. 1686 Bp. G. Burnet Some Lett. conc. Switzerland v. 253 I thought..that I should not have given you the trouble of reading any more Letters. 1796 T. Jefferson Let. 4 Dec. in Papers (2002) XXIX. 212 I shall have no occasion..to order any more sashes till the next spring. 1810 R. Parkinson Treat. Breeding & Managem. Live Stock I. ii. 358 I did not venture to cut off any more tails. 1877 Spirit of Times 15 Dec. 529/3 We won't have anymore tournament fizzles like the one some time past. 1963 N. Hilliard Piece of Land i. 15 I want three bedrooms, and if there's any more kids we can build on. 2012 Independent 1 Aug. 44/1 Once I realised that, then I was home and dry and I never had any more problems. B. pron. and n. 1. Any greater or additional number or amount; anything more; anything further. ΚΠ c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) (1933) l. 1482 What helpeȝ hit ani more seid? c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Sir Thopas (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 177 Lo lordes myne here is a fit. If ye wole any moore of it To telle it wol I fonde. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. l. 3362 (MED) Me to adden any more þer-to Þan myn auctours specefie..Þe occupacioun, sothly, wer but veyn. 1550 J. Coke Deb. Heraldes Eng. & Fraunce sig. Hv^v Yf you haue any more to saye: reherse it; and I woll answere you. 1687 G. Clerke Let. 26 Sept. in I. Newton Corr. (1960) II. 485 It may be too great a presumption in me to say any more to so able a man as you are. 1732 R. Gwinnett et al. Pylades & Corinna II. vii. 25 But the Horses are put to, and I shall lose my Breakfast if I write any more. 1896 J. Baldwin Four Great Americans ii. i. 69 I cannot give you any more. So you must be careful not to spend them [sc. pennies] foolishly. 1911 J. Conrad Under Western Eyes i. iii. 71 He dared not say any more. 1965 G. Jones Island of Apples iii. iii. 197 I couldn't eat any more. 2011 Daily Tel. 13 Apr. 6/1 When you buy a drink at the bar you will be assessed by the bar person as to whether they think you should have any more. †2. without any more: without (further) preamble or preliminaries; without delay; without hesitation. Cf. without more at more pron. 3c. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1529 (MED) Þei went in-to william wiþ-oute any more. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 683 He gan to syke And sette hym down with outen any moore. c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 150 Gauan, wythoutun any more, To þe tarne con he fare To wake hit to day. 1521 tr. C. de Pisan Body of Polycye ii. xxxiii. sig. h.iii For it suffyseth me without ony more to shewe the maner and the fourme that longeth to euery man. C. adv. 1. a. In negative, interrogative, or hypothetical contexts. In continuance of what has taken place up to a particular time; any further, any longer. Also occasionally (now rare): in repetition of what has taken place before; once more, a further time, again. Cf. no more adv. 1. ΚΠ c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) l. 8601 Wiþouten bileueing ani more Þai went to him. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Jer. iii. 1 If a man schal leue his wijf & she..wedde anoþer man, wheþer shal she turnen aȝeen any more to hym? ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 13443 If ȝe challange any mare, he salle ȝow send suilk als þise are. a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. ccxii But now he shall neuer dye ony more. 1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes sig. L2^v Not..to corrupt the aire, & impostumate mens ears with their pan-pudding prose any more. 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. viii. 12 Hee..sent forth the doue, which returned not againe vnto him any more . View more context for this quotation 1614 P. Forbes Def. Lawful Calling 2 I resolved never any more to put pen to paper, at least, in this polemick kinde of writing. 1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion i. 11 I cry God mercy..if thou gratest my eares any more with thy ribble rabble discourse. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 186 They..quite forgot the Days, and knew not a Sunday from a Working-Day any more. 1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality II. xii. 283 If he does'nt first unmarry himself, I will never see him any more. 1844 Chambers' Edinb. Jrnl. 20 Jan. 34/1 Why, then, should it any more be thought of? 1874 N. Harrigan I'll never get Drunk Any More (sheet music) 5 The pledge I will take, the whisky I'll shake, Oh I'll nev-er get drunk a-ny more. 1894 Mrs. H. Ward Marcella II. ii. v. 5 If Westall bullies him any more he will put a knife into him. 1921 Arts & Decoration Aug. 260/3 Liszt..was adored in England, especially when he was too old to play any more. 1970 P. Axthelm City Game ii. 13 When a coach holds you back, you lose the feel and it isn't any fun anymore. 2008 Independent 13 Feb. (Extra section) 22/2 How come you're not funny anymore? b. In affirmative contexts: now; at the present time; from now on. Chiefly Irish English and North American colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [adverb] noweOE nowtheOE nughuOE todayOE nowthenc1225 orc1275 in presentc1330 in this presentc1330 now by dawec1330 of present1340 presentc1385 nowadays?1387 adaysa1393 nowadaya1393 now on daysa1393 presently?a1425 now of daysc1425 now-o'-daysc1450 at (the) presenta1500 at this presenta1500 nowdaysa1500 currently1579 on the presenta1616 actually1663 nowanights1672 naow1824 at this (or the) present speaking1835 again1837 contemporarily1837 nowdays1850 any more1859 hic et nunc1935 at this moment in time1936 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) at All any more A servant will say, ‘The potatoes is all any more,’ i.e. are all gone [now]. 1898 Eng. Dial. Dict. I. 63/1 [Northern Ireland] A servant being instructed how to act, will answer ‘I will do it any more’. 1903 McClure's Mag. Dec. 215/1 There's just only this one any more. 1920 D. H. Lawrence Women in Love xiii. 167 ‘Quite absurd,’ he said. ‘Suffering bores me, any more.’ 1971 T. Murphy Whistle in Dark ii. 47 We'll squeeze Michael a bit. He'll chip in anymore. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 7/1 I think it'll be fine any more. 2. Followed by than. Used to exclude or deny a second sentence element that is parallel with one in a previous negative clause: to any greater extent; in any greater degree. Cf. no more adv. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > in or to a greater degree or extent moeOE moreOE furtherc1050 greaterc1230 furthermorea1300 heldera1400 largerlya1425 any more1533 farthera1535 furtherfortha1542 preferentially1864 worse1883 much more1912 1533 T. More 2nd Pt. Confut. Tyndals Answere iv. p. cxxx Whiche is as moche, as to say that the wyll of man is no wyll at all, any more than as he myght saye that the wyll of a tre were to growe. 1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. II. 44 I will never beleeve that ill fortune any more than good will seeke after mee so farre as this. 1695 J. Dryden tr. C. A. Du Fresnoy De Arte Graphica 20 The Figures in the Grouppes, ought not to be like each other in their Motions, any more than in their Parts. 1710 Ld. Shaftesbury Soliloquy 147 I can't conceive..how a Writer changes his Capacity, by this new Dress, any more than by the wear of Wove Stockins. 1789 A. Young Jrnl. 28 Dec. in Trav. France (1792) i. 262 What, in point of beauty, has London to do with the Thames..any more than with Fleet-ditch, buried as it is? 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. viii. 684 He had no genius, any more than Clive, for schemes of policy including large views of the past. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues I. 108 Poets, who ought not to be allowed, any more than flute-girls, to come into good society. 1931 J. S. Huxley What dare I Think? vi. 199 There is no such instinct, any more than there is..a bridge-building instinct. 1960 Today 25 June 4 If a conversion has nothing but emotion it won't last, any more than a marriage will. 2004 Cadence May 40/2 The section did not stand apart in the limelight any more than the French horn section of a large symphony orchestra would. 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