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no more
[noh mawr]
adjective
not any more.
When she had no more clean clothes, she finally decided to do the laundry.
noun
not any more (of something).
We went back to buy another copy, but they had no more.
I’ll have no more of your backtalk!
nothing else; nothing additional.
He said no more, but it was clear that he understood.
These allegations are mere malicious rumor and no more.
adverb
not to any greater extent or degree.
It’s no more expensive to buy it ready-made than to make it yourself.
The author of this paper is no more a scientist than I am a Martian!
no longer.
Cry no more, my friend, for we will see justice done.
You’re here at last, and I am lonely no more.
never again.
With these words he galloped away and was seen no more.
neither.
I never took to the fellow, I’m afraid—and no more did my wife.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of no more1
Idioms and Phrases
be no more, to be dead or gone; be no longer existing.
Let us drink to the memory of the ships and sailors that are no more.
no more than, less than or equal to; a maximum of.
The assessment should take no more than 5–10 minutes of your time.
The pub is on your left, no more than half a mile down the road.
say no more, (an exclamation expressing full agreement or understanding based on very little said).
“We’re on a budget.” “Say no more, ma’am, I know just the car for you.”
Example Sentences
But in modern practice, “The Life of Chuck” is no more than a nostalgia tranquilizer, designed to comfort you after you roll your ankle on a two-step, dancing like no one’s watching.
However, private guards have no more power than a member of the public.
“And what Alex does in the last two episodes is amazing. I don’t care if I’m in no more seasons, but Alexander Skarsgård has to carry on making seasons of ‘Murderbot.’
Since 2005, there were no more than seven entrants, which allowed the annual competition to be held over 10 days during a break in the European season.
Net zero is the point where no more greenhouse gases are being added to the total in the atmosphere.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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