- أكثر (من غيره)
- أَكْثَر (من غيره) \ best, well, better: most: Of all fruit, I like apples best. better, well, best: more: I like coffee better than tea. further: more: We must go without further delay. more: giving comparative force to many adjs. and most advs.: She’s more beautiful than her mother. He runs more slowly than his son, with greater force; for greater periods, etc.: I like tea more than coffee. You should work more and play less, (the opposite of less) a greater number or amount (of): They need (some) more food. I have no more (or I haven’t any more) for them. They need many more loaves but I have only two more. You have more than I have. over: more: Boys aged 16 and over may enter this race. \ أَكْثَر بكثير \ a good: (with numbers) at least: He lives a good 3 miles away. \ أَكْثَر الجميع \ most: (the opposite of least) n., adj. the greatest number or amount: Which of you earns the most (money)? Most of you are well paid. Most boys like football, used with an adj., to show that the person or thing has more of that quality than any other has: He is the most sensible boy in the class. \ See Also الأكثر (الأَكْثَر) \ أَكْثَر فأكثر \ more and more: increasingly: As the hours passed we got more and more anxious. \ أَكْثَر مما يَجِب \ over: (with a hyphen; followed by a noun that is formed from an adj.) too much: over-anxiety. \ أَكْثَر مما يَجِب أو ينبغي \ more than one can help: (with negative sentences) more than one must: Don’t be later than you can help. \ أَكْثَر مما يَنْبَغي \ over: (with a hyphen; followed by an adj.) too: over-full; overexcited. too: (with an adj. or adv.; also many and much) more than is desired: It’s too heavy (a weight) for me to lift (It’s so heavy that I can’t lift it). You came too soon (You should have come later). This coffee’s too hot to drink. too many: a larger number than is necessary or suitable or bearable: too many mistakes; too many flies. \ أَكْثَر مِن \ over: more than: I waited for over an hour. \ أَكْثَر مِن الجميع \ most: more than anything (or anyone) else: Which story did you like (the) most?. \ أَكْثَر مِن اللاّزم \ too: (with an adj. or adv.; also many and much) more than is desired: It’s too heavy (a weight) for me to lift (It’s so heavy that I can’t lift it). You came too soon (You should have come later). This coffee’s too hot to drink. too many: a larger number than is necessary or suitable or bearable: too many mistakes; too many flies.
Arabic-English dictionary. 2015.