Definitions for more or less
more or less

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. approximately, about, close to, just about, some, roughly, more or less, around, or soadverb

   (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct

   "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party"

2. slightly, somewhat, more or lessadverb

   to a small degree or extent

   "his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory"; "the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. more or lessadverb

   approximately

2. more or lessadverb

   almost

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1. more or less

   "More or less" is an idiomatic phrase used to express approximation or estimation. It signifies that the actual value or detail is somewhat close to, but not exactly the same as, the mentioned value or detail. It is used when precision is not available or necessary.

How to pronounce more or less?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say more or less in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of more or less in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of more or less in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of more or less in a Sentence

1. Nelson Marconi:

   For us, this level of 3.80 (reais per dollar), around that, is more or less in the right place. The trouble is keeping it there.

2. Lucas White:

   Nobody knows what will happen with commodity prices and it's more or less impossible to predict, but farmers spend all this time getting their soil to be very productive and all of a sudden a huge downpour comes and they have to start from scratch again. It's very difficult to produce agriculture in a world that is increasingly impacted by climate change.

3. Peter Parkinson:

   I'd already more or less decided I'd be a fool not to get back on the train to EU citizenship.

4. Andy Sullivan:

   The market has been beset with worries and actually things are not so bad, although the start of the Q3 results have been messy, there are enough positive signs on earnings growth to keep markets positive. The world is not ending, things are more or less on track.

5. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve:

   Four hundred targets have been identified by our intelligence services that are more or less sleeper cells, affiliated or in relation with Al Qaeda-type organizations, that can strike like the Kouachi brothers.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=more or less
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/More_or_Less
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com